Saturated Fat is good for the brain and in particular growing children.
The great thing about buying the cheaper mince is that it has a higher fat content. Continue reading
Cooking with Fatty Cheaper Meat
Tag Archives: carbs
Terrible Food Recommendations from Eat Healthy Tasmania
If the Tasmanian Government are relying on Eat Healthy Tasmania to sort out our health and weight issues then we are in deep strife. Continue reading
More on the Tasmanian Legislation
‘Eat Well Tasmania is impotent, poorly funded and from the last Financial Figures for 2011/12 year had a near halving of its funding’ Continue reading
Junk Food Motion Passed in Tasmanian Upper House
The Tasmanian Legislative Council debated the issue of Junk Food and Hospital Food in general this week. (29 October 2013)
The motion proposed by Kerry Finch MLC was passed in the AFFIRMATIVE!!!!!!! Continue reading
Hospital Food and Triglycerides and Parliament Today
One of my fit and healthy medical colleagues has recently injured himself and been on bed rest for a month. It has meant being under the effects of hospital food for that period.
Fortunately for us he had his Lipid profile done a few weeks before as part of a routine check-up. Continue reading
The Dark Side to Halloween: Marketing Unhealthy Products to Our Children?
Trying to work out Halloween? – What to do for ‘Trick or Treat’
Halloween is a new phenomenon in Australia. I did not know about it as a child but the chances are some ‘sugar hyped up’ kid may be on your doorstep this Thursday for ‘Trick or Treat.’ Continue reading
KISS: Keep It Simple, Sugar
If you have a minute this is how I try and describe the NoFructose concept to people. My KISS method. Continue reading
The Cheese Wheel Wedding Cake – Symbolic of Good Health, Fertility and Prosperity!
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Belinda and I have a busy year next year (as distinct from every other year) with 2 of our children getting married. Our elder daughter Kate ‘officially’ announced her engagement to Ed yesterday in the newspaper. Facebook knew about it weeks ago! William and Heidi are getting married in January.
It has me thinking about ‘that’ wedding cake. The contemporary fruit cake is not that traditional. Continue reading
Fairsy – the Tasmanian ‘Poster Boy’ of NoFructose
13 kg off in 8 weeks with a broken ankle!
Rob Fairs is the big half of ‘Fairsy and Jules’ who run the morning 7LA radio show in Northern Tasmania.
Fairsy is on the NoFructose journey. He had no choice after he broke his ankle on a fishing trip and came under my ‘care’. He has questioned me about the term ‘care’. Ha Continue reading
Bariatric Surgery – Not My Recommendation
I think Lap Banding and Stomach bypass procedures are expensive surgical procedures for an elite few and the procedures have significant risks in the short and long term. Bariatric surgery is not a sustainable option for the wider society. There is a better option by taking control of your diet and lifestyle.
For every success of Bariatric surgery I see a failure. I regularly see people who have had the surgery but have reverted to their old weights and habits. You can still get call calories in a liquefied form. Sure there are the success stories touted in the media and even by surgeons. Continue reading