Health
How to save $50 off your food bill and still eat tasty, nutritious meals
Grocery prices have taken a hike upwards for a host of reasons, including the rising costs of petrol, fertilizer and labor.
Jun 27, 2022
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Sick of packing school lunches already? Here's how to make it easier
As academics and dietitians, we have a head start in making nutritious choices for our kids, but we also sometimes struggle with lunchboxes.
Apr 5, 2022
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Medications
We're recycling potato skins to make prebiotics: Why that's good for your gut, and the planet
It's an unbelievable tragedy that a third of the world's food is wasted. To put that in perspective, it would take an area the size of China to grow that much food—and if food waste were a country it would be the world's ...
Mar 3, 2022
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Consumer protection: Novel method for detecting hormonally active substances
Scientists from the Universities of Dresden and Leipzig have presented a new method for detecting hormonally active substances in food, cosmetics and water in the journal Biosensors & Bioelectronics. Hormonally active substances ...
Oct 7, 2021
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Ultrasonic cleaning of salad could reduce instances of food poisoning
A new study has shown that streams of water carrying sound and microscopic air bubbles can clean bacteria from salad leaves more effectively than current washing methods used by suppliers and consumers. As well as reducing ...
Mar 2, 2021
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Health
Food menu fit for pandemic times
In the midst of a global pandemic, eating well in a sustainable way is more important now than ever, Flinders University experts say.
Aug 4, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Psychology explains why coronavirus drives us to panic buy—and how to stop
In an address on Wednesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison expressed his dismay at the hordes of "panic buyers" sweeping supermarket shelves clean across the country:
Mar 20, 2020
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Keep pets away from gardens to prevent food-borne illness
Animal waste tainting fresh produce is one of the major causes of food-borne ailments. So farmers markets and pick-your-own growers who fear fecal contamination are increasingly guarded about tolerating pets near their edibles.
Apr 30, 2019
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Alternative food culture now mainstream
Remember when being a vegetarian or vegan was considered radical? It's now thought quite ordinary, according to a new book co-edited by QUT and University of Adelaide food researchers.
Dec 11, 2018
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Why are young adults wasting so much food? Study looks at perceptions and food behaviors
Globally, there has been much attention on avoiding or reducing food loss and food waste. But recent research has shown that young adults—18-to 24-year-olds—have a higher tendency to waste compared to other age groups.
Aug 22, 2018
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