Exercise Can Help Control Weight

Obesity results from energy imbalance: too many calories in, too few calories burned. A number of factors influence how many calories (or how much “energy”) people burn each day, among them, age, body size, and genes. But the most variable factor-and the most easily modified-is the amount of activity people get each day. Keeping active Read More …

Health Star Ratings

What is a Health Star Rating? The Health Star Rating is a front-of-pack labelling system that rates the overall nutritional profile of packaged food and assigns it a rating from ½ a star to 5 stars. It provides a quick, easy, standard way to compare similar packaged foods. The more stars, the healthier the choice. Read More …

Benefits of Feijoas

Health Benefits The feijoa is also known as pineapple guava, or guavasteen, the feijoa originates from South America but can now be found in subtropical/tropical areas, including Australia and New Zealand. Feijoas are sweet-tasting fruit, similar to pineapple, and strawberry. The best part of the fruit is the jelly-like substance (which has tiny seeds) in Read More …

How to make Guacmole

How to make guacamole Nutrient per serving kcal 103 fat 10g saturates 1g carbs 2g sugars 0g fibre 2g protein 1g salt 0.01g Ingredients 1 large ripe tomato  3 avocados, very ripe but not bruised juice 1 large lime  handful coriander, leaves and stalks chopped, plus a few leaves, roughly chopped, to serve 1 small red onion, finely Read More …

YUKA – background

Founded in France in 2017 Yuka has garnered more than 30 million downloads, boasts 6 million active users, and is used to scan 2.2 million products every day. It has been steadily expanding beyond its native France and is currently available on the App Store and Play Store in the Unites States, United Kingdom, Canada, Read More …