This sounds pretty sweet. I have been a huge fan of Vitamin D for years, and now a new study has found that t can help speed up the recovery of muscle injuries. The link to the full article is here but I wouldn’t suggest you try to read it. No offence, it’s just that they use phrases like  “Vitamin D is a pleiotropic micronutrient that influences health across a range of physiological and pathophysiological conditions in humans”. I mean, come on. Anyway, all you need to know is that after a …

I read an article in The New York Times (so highbrow) which outlined the findings of a number of recent studies on the benefits of coffee. You know, just in case you needed an excuse to have another…
“In a study of over 400,000 people, men who reported drinking two or three cups of coffee a day were 10 percent less likely to have died than those who didn’t drink coffee, while women drinking the same amount had 13 percent less risk of dying during the study”
” a reduction in the risk of developing Type …

Is your child laying awake at night coughing and you’re not sure what to do? A new study has found that honey can be used as an alternative to cough syrups etc for young children suffering from Upper Respiratory Infections (URI).
The study involved 300 children aged 1-5 over the period of a year. The children were given a single dose of 10 g of eucalyptus honey, citrus honey, labiatae honey. I personally have had great results with Manuka honey so would have loved to have seen how effective that was, knowing …

I’ve been talking about this a lot over the last few months with people and so many of you seem to be interested that I thought I would write a little article on it.
Late last year I was feeling a bit ordinary so I went to see one of the great practitioners of the Eastern Suburbs, Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner Shona Barker (Gould St Bondi Beach, 0405 620 493). She and I had worked together at the Wholistic Medical Centre in Surry Hills for a few years and she’s someone …

I had to come up with something to replace that ridiculous Tiramisu story, here are some of the stories I’ve been reading online (in the medical/health genre):
Headline: “Exercise can treat cardiovascular disease as well as prevent it”
Story: A number of studies have recently found that as well as being good for preventing the possible onset of heart disease, people who have coronary artery disease can reduce the risk of having a heart attack, and/or the severity of their heart disease.
One author concluded: “”I would be happy if I could convince …

On Saturday, August 28, I appeared with my good mate Alex Head of Head Wines on Eastside FM on the program “Food in Focus” where Alex discussed his latest release of wines and I babbled on incessantly about how I like to make Tiramisu. Sorry to anyone who listened to it.
The tiramisu I ended up making was a combination of a couple of recipes – Terry Durack’s Tiramisu and Matthew Evans’ Chocolate Mousse, so it’s slightly tedious to make. But it turns out quite nicely, so if you have an …

I pretty much told everyone who I worked on last week that I was going to make this, and seeing as it was one the easiest things I’ve ever made and absolutely delicious, I thought I’d share the link. It’s from Gourmet Traveller, sometimes their recipes are quite involved but this one is very easy.
I spiked it with a little Orange-Blossom Water* and Vanilla Bean, and couldn’t find Goats Curd so I used Goats Cheese.
Footnote: The recipe came from Frank Camorra of MoVida Restaurant in Melbourne, he’s the guy who …

A recent Australian study has lent support to the theory that “a poor quality diet plays a role in increasing the risk of depression in adolescents” (Nicola Garrett, 6minutes.com.au).
The study followed over 7,000 adolescents, the authors concluding that “compared to individuals with a low score on a healthy diet scale, being in the category with the highest score nearly halved the likelihood of having depression.” In other words, the worse your diet, the greater your odds of suffering depression.
If that wasn’t a compelling enough statistic “after adjustment for variables such as …

Hi,
I eat more chocolate ice-cream than just about anyone I know. Recently I discovered two new varieties:
Maggie Beer Dark Chocolate & Orange Ice Cream http://bit.ly/9Lf180
Sara Lee Rocky Road Overload (luscious chocolate ice cream overloaded with marshmallows, chocolate coated peanuts and delicious raspberry swirls) http://bit.ly/9VlN7r
I wholeheartedly recommend both.

High Salt Intake Associated With An Increased Risk of Stroke and CardioVascular Disease
We already knew that too much salt increases your Blood Pressure, and now a review of the best quality studies conducted in the last 40 years (including a total of over 177,000 people) has found that “high salt intake is associated with increased risks of stroke and total cardiovascular disease (CVD).”
The authors concluded that “an average difference in intake of approximately 5 g/day of salt was associated with a 23% increased risk of stroke, and a 17% increase …