Posts Tagged ‘alcohol’
Making Easter and D-guilt more manageable
*+-As you would know, the Easter long weekend is the one after next (Good Friday being the 18th April) and you will have noticed all the Easter so called ‘goodies’ in the supermarkets set out to tempt you. As we have four days off, it’s also a time of year, similar to Christmas time, when…
Read MoreA closer D-look at Australian Dietary Guideline 3
*+-To date we’ve covered quite a few topics from our Australian Dietary Guidelines including Guideline 1 – ‘Diabetes and healthy weight with a twist’, Guideline 5 – ‘Food safety – a major consideration in the heat of the Aussie summer’, and a few from Guideline 2 – eating a wide variety from the 5 food…
Read MoreA fresh look at healthy drinks – here’s to the New Year!
*+-Welcome to 2014! After 2013 has shown to be one of our hottest years in Australia, I thought an apt topic for our first food blog of 2014 would be ‘Healthy Drinks’. As well I was inspired by one of the members from a few of our Diabetes Counselling Online Facebook groups who sent me…
Read MoreEnergy In/Energy Out – understanding how much you need and where you get it
*+-You may not know that I was a mature-age student when I studied to become a dietitian. As a result I had already lived most of my life with diabetes before being fortunate enough to become an Accredited Practising Dietitian after 4 years full time study at the University of Newcastle. One of the light-bulb…
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