The greater diversity of plant foods a person eats each week, the greater the diversity of their gut bacteria.
Diet and Weightloss
Alcohol and Christmas tips
Christmas can be a difficult time to manage your alcohol intake. myDr.com.au has 10 tips to see you through the festive season with your liver intact!
Video: Is hemp the new superfood?
Is hemp the new superfood? The seeds contain 25 per cent protein, and are high in amino acids and essential minerals as well as being a rich source of vitamin E.
Vitamin supplements may do more harm than good
AÂ review looking at the health effects of vitamin and mineral supplements concludes that they give no consistent health benefit with even some evidence for harm.
Video: Gluten sensitivity may exist mostly in the mind
Gluten-free diets are one of the popular dietary trends at the moment. With the clear exception of coeliac disease, growing research is calling into question if a self-diagnosed ‘gluten sensitivity’ is related to gluten at all.
Video: Fibre and gut bacteria improve diabetes
Changing the diet of people with type 2 diabetes to include more high-fibre foods has been found to promote the growth of beneficial gut bacteria that are linked to a direct effect on improved blood glucose control and greater weight loss.
Video: Healthy habits need a nudge
Nudge theory involves using little nudges to encourage healthier behaviours. Dr Caroline West reports the results of a trial into food choices.
Childhood obesity
More than one in 4 kids aged 5-17 years in Australia is above a healthy weight. Find out how to help kids make changes to their diet and activity levels.
Video: Losing weight helps your partner shed too
New research has found that when someone makes a commitment to losing weight, they may not only be helping themselves. Their partner may shed some excess kilograms too, even if they aren’t trying!
Video: Australians are eating too much salt
A diet high in salt increases your blood pressure, and your risk of heart disease. Yet we’re still eating too much of it – and there’s no sign of that changing.
