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Salt of the Earth

By Andrea Maguire | 28 Nov 2010
Salt

One question I keep being asked is ‘how much salt can we eat?’ Firstly it’s probably useful to know that our bodies do need salt to function properly and our…

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Cornwashing!

By Andrea Maguire | 14 Oct 2010
Corn

It appears that the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) in the USA is fighting back against allegations that High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is increasing the risk of diabetes, liver disease…

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Push the boat out…

By Andrea Maguire | 10 Oct 2010
On The Boat

I was lucky enough to be onboard the YachtPlus boat, Ocean Sapphire, last Monday for a special event with two of Australia’s top celebrity chefs, Gary Mehigan and Adrian Richardson. …

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Sugar sucks!

By Andrea Maguire | 9 Oct 2010
Sugar

My personal experience has now been ‘confirmed’ by science – carbohydrates are addictive (Sunday Times, 5 Sep 10 – Fat fix…).  I have seen it with my own eyes, though…

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Feed the man meat…

By Andrea Maguire | 30 Sep 2010
Cow

That was the marketing slogan for the Australian meat industry many years ago & we Aussies of a certain age still remember it… Well there was an article in the…

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Girls will be Grown-up!

By Andrea Maguire | 26 Sep 2010
Baby Girl

I read an article in The Week magazine recently (28 August 2010) commenting on how young girls in America are reaching puberty earlier. It seems that 23% of African-American &…

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