LCHF lifestyle for (new) moms
New moms seeking the trifecta of hormonal balance, health for themselves and the baby and ultimately weightloss could benefit from a modified low carb/ high fat (LCHF) approach. #jerf #lchf #lowcarb#healthy #nutrition #highfat #food #realfood #weight
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A falling out of love letter to the university (….we need to talk)
By Prof Grant Schofield What does an academic actually do and do they have any useful function in society today? This is a…
The mouth is missing out too…
Hot off the press is a paper published in the NZ Medical Journal on the problem with the dietary guidelines for a healthy mouth…
Beef Shank with Garlic + Basil
Ingredients 2 tablespoons olive oil. 1.8 kg (4 lb) beef shanks. 4 heads garlic, cloves removed, peeled and crushed. 1 onion,…
BLATT Burger
Paleo option: Swap the flour for almond meal. For the buns, roast 4 large flat mushrooms in an oven on 180ºC for 10 minutes.…
Hidden Gem Meatballs with Spaghetti + Tomato Sauce
For speed, the onion and garlic can be left out. Sometimes I add them, sometimes I don’t. They are there for a little extra…
Off The Wagon Wheel
This Off The Wagon Wheel slice from Sarah Wilson's cookbook I Quit Sugar: Simplicious is the best sugar-free treat you'll come…
An exciting announcement
Directions 28’ers, I have some really exciting news to share with you all. As you’ve heard me say before, in my 17 years as a…
Talking about what went wrong with school lunches and what to do…
Some fun media with me....A public health professor believes New Zealand schools should run lunch programmes to reduce the…
Here we go again – is a saturated fat tax back on the table?
The other day a new paper modelling a saturated fat tax came out in the journal PlosOne.[1] In order to improve the population’s…
Jim Mann’s new study: are high fat diets really dangerous, or is…
We were surprised to hear this Radio New Zealand interview with Jim Mann regarding a Chinese study he co-authored.[1] In it he…
The UK Biobank Study; Meat and Cancer, Science Reporting and…
By now you've seen these headlines. But what can we learn from the study behind them, and the way it was reported? The UK Biobank…
Four Challenges for a Good Life
Here's a little piece I wrote for the Education sector in the Education Gazette, around the big issues for our kids.. Opinion…
New Zealanders eating “too much meat” again – What does the evidence…
Once again we have headlines about how we need to cut back on meat consumption for the sake of our health, and the planet's,…
Democracy in action, food labelling and sugar. Have your say.
Here's your chance everyone...The Australian and NZ governments are calling for public consultation on food labelling, especially…
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