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… Jess Burvill

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

Med diet does it for the kids

How to increase your healthspan • Longevity is a hot topic right now, but there's more to it than just keeping serious disease at bay. Healthy Food Guide nutritionist Kathleen Alleaume looks at how to add life to your years.

3 SIGNS OF too much MUSCLE LOSS • Rapid weight loss doesn’t just shrink fat, but muscle too. Here’s how to keep your strength up and boost your metabolism.

So how can you maintain muscle during weight loss? • Fortunately, there are also three actions you can take to maintain muscle mass when you’re following a calorie-restricted diet to lose weight.

Your EASY AT-HOME strength building plan • Research shows strength training at least twice a week is the most effective way to protect and preserve muscle mass. These dynamic exercises target the body’s major muscle groups — no equipment required.

Healthy MEAL PREP for beginners • Chef Jenny Woodberry shares her top five meal prep tips for beginners, to help take the mystery out of meal planning.

It's a celebration

Spring salads • Think spring, think salads – the freshest, crunchiest way to your 5+ a day, and oh-so easy to throw together!

Tempting tofu • There's no need for meat with this protein-packed powerhouse on the menu!

Meal for one • This sushi-style bowl's tangy tastes and delightful textures make it both refreshing and indulgent

Plant-based and flavourful • Colourful veg and satisfying whole grains keep your meals fresh and interesting, plus provide plenty of health-giving benefits for your body

5 pm panic! • Spring weather, longer days and super-quick & fresh dinners. We're here for it!

Rumbling tummies? • Lunchbox, after school – or whenever the munchies strike – a home-baked snack is sure to hit the spot every time!

Go lightly – try a white tea ...

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

healthy food GUIDE AWARDS AUSTRALIA ★ 2024 • The annual Healthy Food Guide Awards are back! We judged food products across 80+ categories, and bring you some of our picks.

UPGRADE MY... Low -kJ lunch • Looking for lighter lunch ideas? Healthy Food Guide shows you how to transform a typical low-kJ meal into something deliciously satisfying.

Your low-kJ meal plan • Feel fantastic with our light n' fresh low-kJ 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 recommended nutrition intake guidelines (see table below).

References

TOP 10 takeaways • Healthy Food Guide’s size may be small, but the pages are packed with science-backed advice you can trust. Here are 10 key takeaways from this issue.

WHAT OUR RECIPE BADGES MEAN