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Preventing peanut allergy: Should we introduce peanut early in infants?

Our next blog is by Sandra Brastein, who is currently completing a Master of Human...

A diet to reduce the risk of heart disease: DASH+

Our next blog is by Chrissy Freer is a nutritionist and health author who works...

Get to know our students – Emily Denniss

Our next blog is from Emily Denniss, a PhD student at the Institute for Physical...

Smile! Three tips for looking after your teeth

Our next blog is by Stacey Vas, second year student in the Bachelor of Nutrition...

Time to shake the salt out of the Australian diet

Salt: a white crystalline substance rich in stories connected to culture, traditions, historical events and...

Can multivitamins combat stress?

To take a multivitamin or not to take a multivitamin? That is the question. In...

People with ‘obesity gene’ can still lose weight

“No matter how much I diet or exercise, I can’t seem to shift the weight!”...

Food for thought: Eating habits for a healthy brain

Fat-burning foods. Muscle-building foods. Superfoods. Sugar is bad. Saturated fat is bad. No wait, saturated...

Will the real nutrition experts please stand up?

It’s a confusing time to be a consumer. These days, anyone with good sales skills,...

‘You are what your mother ate’: the new frontier of epigenetics

How our environment influences our genes, sometimes for generations into the future, is one of...

Paleo-mythic diet and why you should be consuming whole grains

The Paleo diet is today’s hottest dietary trend. It’s all about eating primal to mirror...

Is there anything to fear from acrylamide in food?

In this article, Associate Prof Tim Crowe shares his thoughts over acrylamide in food. You...

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