Reducing added salt in your family’s diet
Salt is added to many foods to improve the flavour and preserve their shelf life. Unfortunately, too much salt is not good for our health. How do you keep your salt intake in check?
Starting Solids FAQs
Starting solids with your baby is an exciting but often also very overwhelming time! Let us help you with our most frequently asked questions about starting solids.
Coping with a Vegetarian in a Meat-Eating House
When one member of a meat eating household decides to become vegetarian it can be overwhelming for the head chef to know what to prepare for family meals.
Navigating Food Labels
Don’t be fooled by marketing hype on packaging! Making the best choices in the supermarket will be easy once you read up on our tips for navigating label reading.
Lunchbox salads - Making sure they’re actually a meal
Not every kid (or adult) is a sandwich person. Mixing up the ‘main’ part of lunch is great but salads can sometimes fall short of giving enough fuel to get through the afternoon. Read on for tips to make sure your salad is a proper meal.
Healthy lunchbox snacks
Knowing what to pack in our kids lunchboxes can be tricky. It needs to get them through 6 hours of their day so we want to make sure it has plenty of fuel in there to get them through their learning and playing.
Looking after our children’s teeth
Did you know that some foods can damage our teeth while others can protect them. Read on to find out how to keep the kids chompers healthy!
What happens in a Telehealth appointment?
Since COVID, must of us know about the option of Telehealth appointments but every profession do things a bit differently. Dietetics is actually well suited to Telehealth and we’ll explain why here.
When is the right time to introduce solids?
There is so much information available about starting solids with babies. Some things say 4 months and other say 6 months but how do you know when the right time is for YOUR baby?
The importance of calcium for children of all ages
Calcium is a nutrient used by every cell in the body but we particularly need calcium to ensure kids have strong bones and healthy teeth. How much do they need and which foods contain it?
How to identify food allergens in packaged foods
Having a child with a food allergy can be daunting with one of the biggest challenges being how to find safe foods. Confident label reading is the best first step to moving forward.
Starting the day with a nutritious breakfast
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and many people are lacking inspiration of what to have. This article will help with some more ideas.
Reducing added sugars in your family’s diet
Sugar gets terrible press due to it’s relationship with poor dental health and the belief that sugar is one of the main causes of obesity. Many products contain added sugar and it is good for all of us to reduce our intake of added sugar.
Packing a healthy lunchbox
Kids spend the bulk of their awake hours at school so we need to make sure that we fill their lunchboxes with as much nutrition as we can squeeze in.
What is the difference between Coeliac Disease and Gluten Intolerance?
A gluten free diet is sometimes needed for different reasons but it’s important to understand the difference between ‘gluten intolerance’ and Coeliac Disease as they’re far away from being the same thing.
Diet and constipation
Ideally children (and adults) should open their bowels every day. This ensures that their body is getting rid of all of its waste products and not building up and getting backed up. Constipation in children can cause pain, bloating, wind and a reduced appetite.
Non-Sandwich Lunchbox Fillers
Filling a lunchbox poses challenges in every household but what do you do if your child doesn’t like sandwiches?
How to Handle the Stash of Halloween Treats
Trick or treating is a relatively new thing here in Australia but with Halloween’s popularity growing every year, let’s talk about ways to manage all of those treats!
Choosing Breakfast Cereals
There is so much information on breakfast cereal packages. Which one is best to choose? Read on to find out more.
Keeping your brain and body healthy during exams
School or university exams can be a stressful time. Making sure that your body is properly fuelled will improve the quality of your studies.