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Nutrition News

Presenting the latest research, evidence, and interesting facts in a practical and relatable way.

Pregnancy, Recipes and Meal Ideas

Going against the grain – What are you missing out on if you go grain-free in pregnancy?

Grain foods have received a lot of unfavourable attention recently.  Many popular diets label them ‘high carb’ or ‘unhealthy’ and promote removing them from our diet. However, there is very little evidence that going grain-free will…
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8 March 2023
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Diet and Fertility, Fertility, Fruit & Vegetables, Preconception, Weight

Priming your body for pregnancy

It is well known that nutrition during pregnancy is important. However, many of us forget our habits and dietary patterns before falling pregnant can affect our baby’s health at birth, as well as for their entire lifetime. Getting it right…
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6 February 2023
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Recipes and Meal Ideas

Fuel for School. Tips for healthy and easy lunchboxes.

The end of the school holidays are just around the corner and I bet you are thinking about making school lunches again…     What can I put my child’s school lunch in? Have plenty of small plastic containers, including a…
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15 January 2023
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Gestational Diabetes, Pregnancy

What to eat before and after the gestational diabetes test

What is gestational diabetes? Gestational Diabetes Mellitus or GDM is a type of diabetes that occurs during pregnancy. It is diagnosed using a 2-hour Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) at around 26 to 28 weeks of pregnancy*. The OGTT is…
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10 January 2023
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Food safety, Pregnancy, Recipes and Meal Ideas

Why am I told to avoid so many foods in pregnancy? Understanding food safety in pregnancy.

Sometimes it can feel like the list of foods to avoid in pregnancy is longer that what you are allowed to eat. Due to changes in a woman’s immune system during pregnancy, you are more susceptible to food poisoning. This is from the usual culprits…
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10 December 2022
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Gestational Diabetes, Pregnancy

Making sense of gestational diabetes – diagnosis and diet

What is gestational diabetes?  Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) or gestational diabetes (GD) is a type of diabetes that occurs during pregnancy. It is diagnosed following a 2-hour Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) at around 24 to 28 weeks…
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13 November 2022
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Fathers Diet, Fertility, Fruit & Vegetables, Preconception, Pregnancy

Why “2 & 5”? – understanding the science that supports our dietary guideline goals for fruit and vegetables

The Australian Dietary Guidelines recommend we ‘Go for 2&5’ … in other words, to enjoy two serves of fruit and five serves of vegetables every day. Where does the recommendation for '2&5' come from? The benefits of eating fruit…
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16 October 2022
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Pregnancy, Weight

Pregnancy weight gain – why just setting a number is the wrong conversation

Weight gain in pregnancy – it’s a hotly debated topic. Whether we post about it or discuss it with our antenatal colleagues we get some strong opinions and concerns. “Yet another thing to feel guilty about while pregnant!”   “Is…
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12 September 2022
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Pregnancy

What happens in the first 9 months can last a lifetime – understanding fetal programming.

Have you heard about ‘fetal programming’? No, this isn’t about how children are very good at using iPads! Fetal programming is also known as the ‘developmental origins of health and disease’. It explains how (very) early-life nutrition…
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24 August 2022
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