One way to help assess the nutritional merits of a diet or eating plan, is to check out the number of super foods it contains. Super foods are better than others for your health. They can extend your “health span”, prevent disease and may even reverse the effects of aging. So, if you’re dieting, make […]

Paula Madigan, a high school teacher from Newcastle, NSW, used to love munching on potato chips. But when this 40-year-old mother of one knew it was time to lose weight, she decided to crunch on salads instead … and she’s lost more than 20kg! “I never wanted to be a skinny mini; just smaller and […]

I’m a 27-year-old female from Melbourne. I have just read French Women Don’t Get Fat by Mirielle Guiliano and it’s by far the best book about food/diet that I have ever read. I have put the author’s philosophies into practice and have noticed results in only two-three weeks. For starters, I have reduced my portion […]

When Annie Bristol — a 36-year-old registered nurse and mother-of-three from Springfield, near Brisbane, Qld — tipped the scales at 89kg, she knew she had to do something about it. “I remember thinking that the only time I’d been this heavy was when I was pregnant with my twins, who are now four, Thomas and […]

I have lost 15kg in the last nine months since giving birth to my second child. The only real change I made to my diet was to stop eating bread and look for other alternatives such as wholemeal pita bread, rye crispbreads, etc. Before it was too easy for me to grab two pieces of […]

I find myself asking more often than not, what am I doing wrong? We are told to cut out fat, exercise, walk, eat vegetables. Well, I have weighed 135kg since I had my first son. I lived in an area then that was populated with fast food outlets and I admit that when I went […]

Drew Barrymore has always had a curvy figure, but since turning 30 last February and adopting a healthy new diet and exercise regimen, she’s looking more lean, fit and radiant than ever before. Drew says she only noticed she’d gained 9.6 kilos last year when she struggled to fit into her trousers. “I was a […]

Lose weight without ditching bread, potatoes and pasta with the diet that’s creating waves.

Celebs are ditching Hollywood starvation diets and turning to a more satisfying way to lose weight — the Greek Doctor’s Diet. Diet expert Dr Fedon Alexander Lindberg set up his first clinic to treat obesity, diabetes and heart disease six years ago in Norway. These days the Athens-born doctor has more than 12,000 clients throughout […]

One of the biggest dilemmas for dieters is sorting fact from fiction when it comes to nutrition claims. So, get ready to set a few more of those urban, nutrition-myths straight. 1. Eggs are high in cholesterol Even though eggs are high in cholesterol, the cholesterol in food has very little bearing on your blood […]