Category: Sugar

There is a war raging.
Not a racial or religious war but a war that is costing millions of dollars. There are already hundreds of millions of people affected by this struggle and most of them are silent victims. They are blissfully continuing their lives struggling to deal with their weight. Caught in an endless dietary [...]

Exciting News

You Get What You Focus On

Out-dated NZ food safety laws have finally been scrapped. After 28 years the cost of compliance will come down and the shift in  focus to risk management and reduction will help food producers and exporters.
Kate Wilkinson, minister for food safety said “Moving to a risk-based system that offers greater [...]

Cereal Marketers Farce

Not So Smart Choices

Kellogg’s, Kraft Foods, Unilever and PepsiCo amongst other cereal manufacturers have developed a new consumer awareness brand that suggests the products labelled with this emblem are smart nutritional choices.
It’s not seen here in NZ yet but could easily reach our shores and would be a disaster if [...]

This four step process is designed to help you kick a sugar habit once and for all.The four steps are:
Step 1: Acknowledge your addiction.
Step 2: Want to change
Step 3: Find proven tools to help
Step 4: Recognise and Reward

Know Where You Are

Step 1: To control any addiction you first must accept you have one. In other [...]

Tipple Tax Increased

Smokers and drinkers of alcohol pay a healthy tax on every piece of their enjoyment.
And the price has just gone up with an increase of 2.8%  on all beer, wine and spirits with more than 1.5% alcohol content as of the 1st July 2009. Last year this tax raised $795 million for the [...]

The Problem Is Rarely The Real Problem
In many cases it’s the reaction to the problem that is the real problem. Why? Well for a start it’s a reaction and not a response. It’s a fire fighting tactic that only temporarily removes the symptoms of the problem.

When the pressure is on and there is a need [...]

Another Stupid Diet Myth.

Pure Juice May Not Be Pure Health

The following headline from the site “Fruit Juice Facts” deserves commentary.
“Drinking 100% Fruit Juice is Associated with Lower Risk of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome”
Silly science is alive and kicking.
The article claims research in the States shows that people who drink 1 serving of 100% [...]

There’s so much misinformation when it comes to dietary choices that it can be confusing. So over the next few articles I thought I’d highlight some facts and expose some myths.
Why Fat Free Often Means – This Food Will Cause Weight Gain
In this obesity sensitive world many manufacturers shout Fat Free or 98.8% Fat Free [...]

The annual media buzz about flu vaccination has begun as the vaccine companies PR campaigns kick into gear.
There is no doubt that vaccination is effective in minimising disease. But the real question is…
Why do we need  vaccination?
The answer to that question is usually an emphatic – “To increase your protection!” or, “To  boost your immunity!”
What [...]

Just over a week ago a close friend and subscriber suggested I might be interested in writing about milk.
My friend also commented that baristas working overseas advise that frothing milk in NZ is easier. Why you might ask. What’s different about our milk?  So the next two articles are devoted to milk, the light [...]