HEC Newsletter Archive

July 2008Rising fuel and food prices may compromise your nutritional status and expand your waistline, High fructose intake from processed foods linked to obesity, gout, hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol and fatty liver. US National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements - evidence based information on vitamin and herbal supplements, US Oregon State University Linus Pauling Institute - latest research on vitamins and minerals and food sources, Step Fit for weight loss.

August 2007JuicePlus supplement increases antioxidants in blood, Diabetes needs extra Magnesium and Thiamin, Diet soft drinks and caffeine linked to metabolic syndrome, Meatrix and StoreWars video clips about sustainable farming, Moroccan vegetables with chickpeas, sweet potato, pumpkin adn chickpea soup.
May 2007 Ginseng, Stepping for fitness and weight loss, find a dietitian in Australia; 5 tasty recipes bolognaise and spinach pasta bake, baked lamb meatballs, tuna zucchini bake, baked sesame chicken strips, semolina and yoghurt cake

March 2007 Spelt - what is it and why eat it? Declining nutrients in Australian fruit and vegetables; Magnesium supplements; Probiotics for health and weight management?; Pedanius Dioscorides - ancient Greek herbalist/doctor who wrote the precursor to all modern pharmacopeias;
find a dietitian in Australia; artichoke,potato and asparagus salad
September 2006 Weight management (physical activity, medication), Cheese and cholesterol, Processed meat and spices, Low GI diets, Fund raising for your school with 'Fun Yum Friends', Interactive nutrition website for kids, Common drug nutrient/herb interactions update
Make your own yoghurt

June 2006 eggs and diabetes, buckwheat and health, ketogenic diets, recommended beverage intake, rice and oat milk, advanced glycation end products (AGEs), 2006 Australian Recommended Dietary Intakes, common drug nutrient/herb interactions

April 2006 Homocysteine and heart disease, magnesium and the metabolic syndrome, stepping/stair climbing and cardiovascular disease risk factors, ageactive exercise video freely on-line, Professor Wahlqvist's resume and published papers, buckwheat pancakes

March 2006 Meal replacements; caffeine soft drinks and blood pressure; magnesium and bone health; fish oil and abdominal obesity; lipoic acid; nono juice; spicy tofu soup; spicy split pea soup

September 2005African Food Cultures; Olive oil and pain; CSIRO total wellbeing diet; Why we should eat a variety of Oils; Free downloadable brochures about Seafood; Food labelling of Wholegrains; New Diabetes website; traditional Cretan recipes

July 2005 Overweight risks overstated?; Olive oil and blood pressure; Herbs and cooking meat; Drug Nutrient Interaction website; red lentil and pumpkin soup

June 2005 Resistant starch and weight loss, Is chicken as healthy as it used to be?, dark chocolate and insulin sensitivity, the new Nutrition Healing Pyramid, Norman Swan's Healthy Minutes on-line video clips, stuffed capsicum with mince/rice/pine nuts

May 2005 EPIC study - mediterranean diet and longevity, cheese versus butter and blood cholesterol, tomatoes cooked in olive oil and lycopene absorption, red meat and heart health, update on acrylamide, heart disease risk factors of Australians, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition issue 2 abstracts, chick pea soup

April 2005 Milk and bone strength, Healthy Snack foods, Coeliac disease, Osteoporosis, new US Pyramid, HECs "Food Web" on-line dietary assessment program, APJCN volumes 1-13 on CD, creamy spinach soup

March 2005 Diet most important predictor of survival, Glycaemic index and diabetes, Cancer and charred meat, HECs "Food Web" on-line dietary assessment program, APJCN volumes 1-13 on CD, apple bread.

February 2005 Antioxidant supplements, weight loss diets, Chinese food habits, proposed changes to recommended, ballistic breakfast bowl

November 2004 Macular degeneration, legumes and longevity, tea and memory, flourless almond and orange cake

October 2004Metabolic syndrome and the mediterranean diet, fatness vs fitness, food variety, weight loss tips, Bircher muesli

September 2004 Meat-based diets devour water supplies, Bread with soy grits and prostate cancer, Dark chocolate and blood vessels, Ancient Greek Fig granita

August 2004 Improve your knowledge in nutrition by doing the HEC Nutrition course, diets of Ancient Greeks and Olympic Athletes, Truth about Soy, Iodine deficiency in South Australian school children, Ancient Greek baked fish with fetta.

July 2004 Improve your diet by doing the HEC Nutrition course, APJCN 2004 - endometriosis, body shape preferences of children, organic foods, Indian spicy rice.

June 2004 Improve your diet by doing the HEC Nutrition course, APJCN June 2004 - legumes and longevity, high fat fast food linked to inflammation, food preferences of Australian children, rainbow food, lentil soup.

May 2004 Improve your diet by doing the HEC Nutrition course, free access to 28 yrs Nutrition society abstracts, colourful fruit and vegetables are better, calcium and kidney stones, broccoli and potato salad.

April 2004 Improve your diet by doing the HEC Nutrition course, free access to 28 yrs Nutrition society abstracts, walnuts & blood vessels, magnesium and diabetes, econutrition links, red lentil&pumpkin soup

March 2004 Improve your diet by doing the HEC Nutrition course, raw foods, acid foods, red meat, fish and mercury, bean and lamb soup

February 2004 Improve your diet by doing the HEC Nutrition course, low carbohydrate diets, genetically modified farm animals to produce omega 3 fats, coffee and diabetes, berries and your brain, spicy rice with peas and mushrooms

January 2004 Improve your diet by doing the HEC Nutrition course, milk and lactose intolerance, colon cancer and vegies, cinnamon and diabetes/heart disease, baked vegetable medley.

December 2003 (2004 APJCN Journal Subscription Special (free on-line access to 28 years of Nutrition Society of Australia Conference Proceedings), is white bread more fattening than wholegrain bread?, selenium supplements and skin cancer, isomalt (natural sweetener), wholesome fluffy pancakes.

November 2003 (2004 APJCN Journal Subscription Special (free on-line access to 28 years of Nutrition Society of Australia Conference Proceedings), iodine - why is an adequate intake important, meal replacements - do they work?, honey can kill bacteria, baked salmon with a hint of coconut wrapped in prosciutto.

October 2003 (new web address healthyeatingclub.org, HEC subscriber, HEC nutrition course, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition (APJCN), Weight loss misconceptions fact sheet, pimples and diet, walking and weight loss, curry rice with cabbage).

September 2003 (HEC subscriber, HEC nutrition course, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Weight loss diets fact sheet, Phytoestrogens and uterine cancer, physical activity info, oatmeal apple upside down cake).

August 2003 (HEC subscriber, HEC nutrition course, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Cancer fact sheet, Walking, breast cancer, vitamin supplements, black eye bean and macaroni soup).

July 2003 (HEC subscriber, HEC nutrition course, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, blood cholesterol, Greek diet and health, fashion industry and sizing, vegetarian diets, lima bean casserole).

June 2003 (Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, HEC's new biscuit, Fact sheet on Fats and Oils, Are some fats more 'fattening' than others?, Mediterranean diet myths, papaya jam).

May 2003 (Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, HEC's new biscuit, update on Protein, walking and tummy fat, breakfast and health, breakfast cereals, baked ricotta and olives).

April 2003 (Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, HEC's new biscuit, update on genetically modified food, arthritis, alzheimer disease, beetroot & beetroot leaves salad)

March 2003 (Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, HEC's new bscuit "Clubs", update on fibre, aspartame, portion size & obesity, stuffed zucchinis)

February 2003 (herbs&spices, fructose, weight cycling, curry mince)

January 2003 (heart disease, lentil soup)

December 2002 (Salt, Fruit Cake)

November 2002 (IUNS conference in Morocco 2003; VicHealth launches the "SEIFA" report; Update on Soy; Sugar; Beef & Vegie Casserole.

October 2002 (Water, Econutrition, Caffeine:diabetes & hypertension, Cochrane Collaboration, US Academy of Sciences 2002 Report, Revision of the Australian Dietary Guidelines report)

September 2002 (Trans Fatty acids, Fat Variety, Organic food, Fish: diabetes & heart, anaemia, nutrition assessment of the elderly)

August 2002 (Update on cancer, health of migrant Australians,
new nutrition related websites e.g Food Standards, Dietary analysis, Grains/Legumes, Food Intake of Australians 1983-95, Fats & Lifecyle)

July 2002 (Assess your diet, Healthy eating reports by VicHealth/
Wood et al, glycemic index, acrylamide, olive oil & heart attack)

June 2002. (fish, protein diets,lifestyle prescription, fast food, acrylamide)

May 2002. (dairy&diabetes,tea, meal frequency,malnutrition, legumes)

April 2002 (Ageing special)

March 2002 (Easter, World Health Day, Diabetes guidelines,cancer,fibre

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Last updated October 2003