Healthy Food Guide

Healthy Food Guide is a monthly magazine that makes it easy for anyone to make healthy eating choices. Every issue contains practical advice from expert dieticians and nutritionists, dozens of tips and ideas to help consumers and those with special diets choose the right products at the supermarket. Plus a month’s worth of healthy recipes, all with a complete nutritional analysis showing kilojoules, fat, protein, carbohydrate, sodium and more.

Welcome

Healthy Food Guide

Why you can trust healthy food

Ask the expert… Kathleen Alleaume

newsbites • STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST IN HEALTH NEWS AND PRACTICAL LIVING TIPS.

Body sense • eating for longevity | eight-glass myth buster | low carb for diabetes?

Secrets of the world's healthiest diets • What you put on your plate can make a big difference to how well you stay as you age. Here’s how the healthiest and longest-lived people around the world eat.

A closer look at the world's healthiest diets • The message from the blue zones is clear: enjoy a wide variety of whole foods in sensible portions and be flexible. Countries with low overweight and obesity rates can also teach us about the best dietary patterns.

Get headaches? 5  things to eat or avoid • Headaches and migraines are common but can be debilitating when they strike. Nutrition and Dietetics professor Clare Collins explains what to eat and what to avoid if you’re susceptible.

Low-carb for diabetes • Are low-carb diets beneficial for diabetes – and can they help reverse type 2 diabetes? Nutritionist Kathleen Alleaume explores the latest evidence.

8 glasses  of water a day DO YOU REALLY NEED IT? • We all need to drink eight glasses of water a day, right? Not so fast. Nutrition scientist Tim Crowe busts the daily water myth.

Light ‘n’ luscious • salad season | healthy lunches for one | spring meals in a flash

Banh me please! • Your body will love our healthier take on this crowd favourite just as much as your tastebuds

5 pm panic! • Fresh, light and easy, these tasty high-fibre meals will be on the table before you know it

Super veg sizzlers • Veg can taste as good as meat on your summer barbecue – here’s how!

Oh so fruity • Sweeten up the season with luscious fresh fruit desserts

Salads that satisfy • Give boring salads the toss! Pack in all the good stuff to create these colourful combos of healthy, tummy-filling deliciousness

DIY dressings • Shake up your salad greens with one of these easy and delicious dressings

DIABETES-FRIENDLY  lunches for one • Put the fun back into lunchtime with these light ‘n’ easy winners.

MSG • asparagus with a twist | calcium-rich snacks | upgrade my party platter

shopping news • Our dietitian scours the shelves to find the tastiest healthy foods in-store now.

party platter • Offer nutritious nibbles for happy guests without compromising on fun and flavour

HOW MUCH fibre IN  wraps? • Wrap it up for a lunch? HFG nutritionist Kathleen Alleaume helps you make the healthier choice.

10 OF THE BEST calcium-boosting snacks • Don’t forget to love your bones. Here are our top 10 calcium-boosting snacks for strong bones

YOUR GUIDE TO  vegie burgers • In a world where plant-based diets are gaining popularity, vegie patties have emerged as a crowd-pleasing choice. Here’s how to choose the healthiest option in the fridge section.

Your fresh flavours meal plan • Make the most of seasonal veg for your tastiest healthy spring menu

How much do I need to eat? • Every recipe in HFG is nutritionally analysed so you can devise a daily meal plan that falls within the...