Do you enjoy reading about health as much as I do?
Here are links to a few health and nutrition related articles I was reading today. Click on the links for the full article and to read them from the source. Hope you find them interesting.
Lyndal @ Lean Green and Healthy
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An end to fat shaming
This article was originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald
The TV series Game of Thrones has its share of people who meet the usual criteria for on-screen hotness - curvy women with long flowing hair and lean men with determined jaws. But it may also go down in history for turning some stereotypes on their heads. Along with a leading man who has achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism, there’s a hero who’s overweight. For anyone not glued to this program each Monday night, this is Sam, a soldier of the Night’s Watch who doesn’t let extra kilos get in the way of rescuing a woman and child from a terrifying predator, a White Walker.
But this plays out on the mythical continent of Westeros. Here in the real world people who are Sam-sized are more likely to be stereotyped as lazy and lacking self-discipline. For anyone who thinks this is a terrific incentive to lose weight, it seems the opposite is true.....
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/blogs/chew-on-this/an-end-to-fat-shaming-20140523-38shi.html
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The top 5 misleading nutrition labels
This article was originally published on The Nutrition Guru and the Chef
ORGANIC
A clever marketing strategy used by food manufacturers to lure buyers into believing their packaged product is healthy, organic does not automatically mean it is packed full of nutritious ingredients. For example an organic muesli bar may use organic oats, but is also packed with added sugar, oil and covered in chocolate....
Read more: http://www.thenutritionguruandthechef.com/2014/04/12/the-top-5-misleading-nutrition-labels/
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Is sugar really the big bad wolf of food?
This article was originally published on Bitewize Nutrition
So should you avoid sugar at all costs? Or should you choose organic coconut sugar as your sweetener? What about a nice agave syrup or whatever else seems to be en trend at the moment? Is there really any difference? If you saw this infographic that has been doing the rounds in the Huffington Post then you might think that sugar, no matter where it originated is sugar and that it all amounts to the same thing.....
Read more: http://bitewize.co.nz/sugar/is-sugar-really-the-big-bad-wolf-of-food/
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The Australian national health survey - what is it and what did it find?
This article was originally published on Catherine Saxelby's Foodwatch
Read more: http://foodwatch.com.au/blog/student-material/item/australian-guide-to-healthy-eating-draft-2011-copy.html
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