The first time I ever ate a sushi roll was in Sydney – tuna and avocado as I was a bit wary of anything raw at that stage!  It would have been over 15 years ago and I remember how excited I was...

Consumer advocacy group, CHOICE, has struck out at Nestle Australia for offering fitness trackers alongside tins of Milo, which CHOICE says is 46 per cent sugar. CHOICE says offering the fitness trackers...

Australian doctors are calling for people to be more aware of iron deficiency, saying it is more common than is often thought. “Iron deficiency is very common”, say Dr Jonathan Baird-Gunning and Dr...

There is concern over a new trend involving bodybuilders injecting natural oils to help them gain muscle. The concern comes after the British Medical Journal Case Reports journal late-last week published...

A leading Sydney-based medical professor has written about cases of scurvy among patients in Sydney and the relationship of the disease to their poor diets. Professor Jenny Gunton, who heads the Centre...

A new piece of technology is allowing nursing mothers to easily monitor their baby’s feeding patterns and see exactly the amount of milk the baby has consumed. ‘Momsense’ works together with earset...

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has released the third edition of Safe Food Australia. Safe Food Australia is a guide to the food safety standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards...

A leading international health nutrition academic has dismissed any unsubstantiated claim that genetically modified wheat is a cause of obesity or illness. In a preview to his upcoming keynote speech to...

Nielsen research has found almost half of Australian consumers wish there were more “all natural” food products on supermarket shelves. The findings from the Global Health and Ingredient Sentiment...

The University of Queensland and Horticulture Innovation Australia are partnering to investigate whether adding probiotics to bagged salads can help reduce incidences of salmonella and listeria poisonings. The...