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Food for life ... all about
Page content: General | About food | Vitamins | Foods | Healthy eating | Conditions | Weight management | Quizzes | Recipes
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Healthy eating isn’t just about diets and weight control, it’s about enjoying food and drink. Learn about vitamins and additives and how to read food labels. Women, children, babies and the elderly can all have special dietary needs. Some conditions like arthritis can even be managed with the right food. Try our healthy and delicious recipes.
General
Read about additives, allergies and intolerance and how food labels can help you make the right diet choices. Food handling and safety is important to avoid food poisoning.
About food
Where do you find protein, carbohydrates, fats and fibre, and does your diet need them? And is a vegetarian diet really healthy?
Vitamins
Vitamins are important for everyone, but especially pregnant women who need folate for their new babies.
Foods
Some foods like chocolate, salt, sugar and junk food have a bad reputation, but is it deserved? And can milk, nuts and herbs be dangerous?
Healthy eating
From breastfeeding for babies to cooking for adults, there are lots of tips for healthy eating here.
Conditions
A healthy diet can help manage some conditions including arthritis, Crohn’s disease, diabetes and headaches. Find out which foods help and what to avoid.
Weight management
Learn about the role of kilojoules, carbohydrates, protein and the glycaemic index in weight loss, plus why fad diets don’t work.
Quizzes
Test your healthy eating knowledge with our quizzes on fats in food, fibre and weight loss myths.
Recipes
Here are just a few healthy recipes – try more from our recipe database.
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Last updated: September 2009
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