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8216;Clean Eating’ – new buzzword, old message. 8216;Clean Eating’ – new buzzword, old message. May 23, 2014. Bull; ( 4. Image courtesy of vegetables.co.nz. You’d have to be living under a rock if you haven’t heard the term clean eating being bandied around by diet advocates and eager adopters. But what does it mean? There is no official definition. As I dietitian myself, I think you’d be hard pressed to find a dietitian who doesn’t promote an eating pattern that focusses on natural whole foods such as f...
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» Donnell Alexander Food Info
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Advice to the Government. April 17, 2014. Earlier this week I was asked to speak at the Heart Foundation’s Biannual Forum on three things the Government could do to stop heart disease. While there is a lot of great material in their call for action document Stop the Heartbreak… Read More ›. Does commercial success by food companies equal public health failure? March 6, 2014. Bull; ( 2. Where has all the common sense gone? May 7, 2013. Time to try something different. March 4, 2013. We all know about the ...
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» Where has all the common sense gone? Food Info
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Where has all the common sense gone? Where has all the common sense gone? May 7, 2013. Fad diets. They’ve always been a bugbear to dietitians and nutritionists. Generally they’re written by people with no formal nutrition expertise or understanding of scientific evidence, but rather astute business people who know that silver bullet promises can earn them serious money from book sales. Fads provide great news bites, and therefore often pop up in media articles. Sigh. My own personal advice on sugars is p...
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Lessons from the sacred cow. April 16, 2014. Some cows are so sacred that they can get away with almost anything. One of these is raw milk. As someone who’s consulted to various branches of the food industry for around 30 years, you could imagine my surprise to… Read More ›. Let’s not get over excited about ‘made from local and imported ingredients’. April 5, 2013. Canned foods get a thumbs-up for sound nutrition and affordability. June 13, 2012. Bull; ( 2. May 6, 2011. Bull; ( 1. A recurring theme for t...
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Food and Nutrition Events. Advice to the Government. Advice to the Government. April 17, 2014. Earlier this week I was asked to speak at the Heart Foundation’s Biannual Forum on three things the Government could do to stop heart disease. While there is a lot of great material in their call for action document. Stop the Heartbreak 2014. I chose to speak about the three closest to my heart – which unsurprisingly are related to the food and nutrition space. Objective, good quality data. This precludes them ...
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» Q. What’s the best thing about the Health Star Rating? Food Info
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Q What’s the best thing about the Health Star Rating? Q What’s the best thing about the Health Star Rating? July 14, 2014. A New Zealand actually has a Front of Pack Labelling (FOPL) system. According to my twitter feed I seem to be the only person who thinks the recent announcement* should be celebrated. As for the rest of you- all I hear is cynicism and complaining. Yeah, I hear you critics. Your points have merit- I’d just like to put them in perspective. Don’t get me wrong- I have apprehensions about...
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» Hannah Cullinane Food Info
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Q What’s the best thing about the Health Star Rating? July 14, 2014. A New Zealand actually has a Front of Pack Labelling (FOPL) system. According to my twitter feed I seem to be the only person who thinks the recent announcement* should be celebrated. As for the rest of you- all I… Read More ›. 8216;Clean Eating’ – new buzzword, old message. May 23, 2014. Bull; ( 4. There is no official definition. Depending on your personal beliefs… Read More ›. Q What’s the best thing about the Health Star Rating?
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» Let’s not get over excited about ‘made from local and imported ingredients’ Food Info
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Let’s not get over excited about ‘made from local and imported ingredients’. Let’s not get over excited about ‘made from local and imported ingredients’. April 5, 2013. The reason our supermarket foods don’t carry more foods with the label, Product of New Zealand , is that they don’t exist. Basically the reasons boil down to the inability to grow many ingredients, a tiny domestic market, and a lack of investment which results in a lack of scale and an inability to meet competition from imports. The reali...
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» Does commercial success by food companies equal public health failure? Food Info
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Does commercial success by food companies equal public health failure? Does commercial success by food companies equal public health failure? March 6, 2014. Bull; ( 2. Many public health advocates believe this about successful food companies:. When you view the world through this lens, it’s certainly easy to find examples to illustrate it. For example:. It’s hard to find a reasonably priced wholemeal salad sandwich amongst the shelves of confectionery and chips at a convenience store or a petrol station.
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