Spaghetti with Broccolini and Cherry Tomato Serves: 4 Time to make: 5 minutes Ingredients 300g wholemeal pasta 1 bunch broccolini (cut lengthways) 200g green beans 2 tsp olive oil 3 cloves garlic (diced) 500g cherry tomatoes sliced in half 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar ¼ cup basil leaves, chopped Nutrition (per … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2015
Nutritious After School Snacks
It’s the end of the summer holidays for school kids and it is a great time to re-evaluate what items you pack in their lunch boxes and what after school snacks are on hand. Highly processed, high sugar, high fat and high GI foods are always advertised in supermarket brochures as ‘after school snacks’. This article will give you some much healthier, low GI snack ideas for your hungry children! Keep in mind that most kids shouldn’t require a lot … [Read more...]
Salt the Two-Edged Reaper
About healthy salt intake How many recipes of sweet confections include salt to actually enhance the sweetness of the cookie, pie, or ice cream? The ancients knew the miracle of its preservative power: pack sliced meat in salt to draw out the moisture, concentrate the flavour and cure the meat against spoilage. Add salt to water and gargle to soothe a sore throat. Balance an egg, toss a pinch over the shoulder, hold a bird in place with grains … [Read more...]
New Therapy for Ischemic Stroke
This interesting study aims to evaluate functional changes on subjects after the administration of mesenchymal and neural stem cells. The progress will be measured at baseline and multiple points within the study using the United States National Institute of Health Stroke Score (NIHSS), Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life Scale-39 (SAQCOL-39) and the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination (BDAE) neuropsychological evaluation for diagnosis.The study … [Read more...]
Signs of Speech and Language Delay in Children
Let's begin this discussion about the signs of speech and language delay in children with one word of warning and common sense: Every part of childhood development happens with a range of time and not always according to a fixed calendar or time table. If your 12 month old child is not vocalizing in the way that a friend's child is vocalizing, it does not mean there is a problem in speech or language. Keep the entire "range" in mind when you … [Read more...]
Brits are now better kissers, with Australia a dental disaster-zone
Aussie’s apparently aren’t doing a good job at keeping their dental health up to scratch. Poor dental hygiene can cause gum disease, tooth decay and has even been linked with more serious diseases such as heart disease. This article takes a look at how Australian’s compare to their British counterparts when it comes to dental hygiene. Not only has diet played a key role in our declining dental health, poor brushing, lack of flossing and skipping … [Read more...]
Porridge key to healthy life: study
A study conducted by Harvard has indicated that the humble porridge could play a helping hand in a longer and healthier life! The study had over 100, 000 participants that it followed for more than 14 years – looking at dietary intake and health. All of the participants were healthy at the commencement of the study (1984) and upon follow up in 2010, over 26,000 had died. The results showed a markedly decreased risk of death from heart … [Read more...]
The Australian Accent
Accents differ depending on age and time as changes are constantly occurring in language. Accents can change due to external sources such as social and political circumstances or due to internal sources such as development of a person’s linguistic and phonetic knowledge. A combination of the above can cause a communities accent to change and these changes usually enter via dialect spoken by teenagers that wish to express their identity and … [Read more...]
Australia Day – Which Meat Should You Eat?
Australian’s are big meat eaters! However, what meat is best when considering nutrient make up? As with any of the five food groups, it is always good to get some variety. The tables below will compare the energy, protein and fat content of different meats. This way you can choose the healthiest meat for your Australia Day BBQ! Red meat Red meat has the highest in saturated fat content and should therefore be limited to no more than seven … [Read more...]
Grilled Banana Dessert
Grilled Banana Dessert Serves: 4 Ingredients 2 tbs brown sugar 1 tsp vanilla essence 15g reduced fat margarine 4 medium sized bananas ¼ cup macadamias, roughly chopped 1/3 cup low fat Greek yoghurt Nutrition (per serve) Energy: 875kJ Calories: 209cal Protein: 4g Fat: 10g - saturated: 2g Carbohydrates: 27g - sugars: 24g Dietary … [Read more...]
