Get Healthy

Do you pick chicken or beef, brown or white rice, broccoli or carrots? Which of these is the healthiest? Food selection is only one part of making healthy food choices.

Food packing can preserve and protect food through processing, transportation, purchasing, and storage until the product is consumed. Plastics have become a cheap and convenient packaging material, but are you getting more than you bargained for?

Caffeine is revered by some for its “energising” effects. However, research into the effects of caffeine on health is mixed and dependent on how much is consumed, by whom and when. What does this mean for you?

Turmeric, and /or its therapeutic agent curcumin, has been touted as an effective nutritional supplement and panacea. Research papers, patents and internet sites appear to support its efficacy, but how effective is it and for which health condition?

Saturated fat has been cited as the villain of dietary fats, but recent research questions this fat’s negative influence on health. What do you need to know about saturated fat to make eating for health decisions?