Michael Edmonds • Oct 09, 2012 •
Usain Bolt made a flying visit to New Zealand this week. While here he visited local sports teams but the main reason for his visit was to promote Gatorade, the sugary sports drink. While such drinks provide valuable energy for athletes involved in high intensity training, most nutritionists are concerned about it’s use by the less active general public, with … Read More
Amanda Johnson • Aug 06, 2012 •
The Ministry of Health has today published the latest report in their series of Food and Nutrition Guidelines; this report is all about healthy children and young people from the ages of 2 to 18 years. Children and young people in New Zealand represent a quarter of the population. Making sure our children follow a good healthy balanced … Read More
Amanda Johnson • Aug 01, 2012 •
I was interested to read this week about a case in the USA where an unlicensed ‘Life Coach’ was suing the Nutrition Licensing Board! Apparently, the ‘Life Coach’ is trying to prevent the North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition from stopping him providing advice to people with diabetes and has asked the court to void North Carolina’s Dietetics/Nutrition Practice … Read More
Amanda Johnson • Jul 30, 2012 •
Well, the Olympic Games are now in full swing, and the eyes of the world are focussed on London as international top athletes compete for gold. It is quite timely, then, that the British Medical Journal has just published a paper on sports performance products and the usefulness (or lack) of taking such products. This was the subject … Read More
Peter Griffin • Feb 24, 2012 •
If you bought a paper this morning, particularly the Herald, you’ll have bene greated with front-page stories detailing a list of 49 foods that obese people should avoid. In fact, we should probably all avoid them, but University of Otago researchers who put the list together, are targeting people who are overweight or obese and suggesting foods they can swap … Read More
Guest Author • Oct 20, 2011 •
By Professor Jack Heinemann, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury Kiwis are drinking less milk but making more of it. Between 1995 and 2007, the amount of milk consumed by New Zealanders decreased 28% or 21 kilograms/capita/year (kg/capita/yr). The proportion of the food budget going to milk also decreased between 1993 and 2008. What has caused this … Read More
Amanda Johnson • Nov 04, 2010 •
A brand new position statement was launched in the United States this week (1 November 2010) by the American Dietetic Association, School Nutrition Association and Society for Nutrition Education, which looked at providing comprehensive school nutrition services. The abstract of the paper states that, ’It is the position of the American Dietetic Association, School Nutrition Association and Society for Nutrition … Read More
Guest Author • Oct 13, 2010 •
by Michael Edmonds I was never a fan of Paul Henry. Although he could occasionally be quite witty, too often his humour was at the expense of other people, an approach that finally resulted in a public furore and his resignation. Paul Henry However, in all of the drama of the last week or so, Mr … Read More
Jim McVeagh • Apr 19, 2010 •
Here is a good illustration why newspapers desperately need proper science reporters: Major research finds link between multi-vitamin pills and breast cancer Women who regularly take multi-vitamin pills face a much higher risk of breast cancer, a study has found. The Swedish study, which looked at more than 35,000 women aged between 49 and 83 during a 10-year [...] Related … Read More