 | About “SUPERFOODS”
Everyone’s seen the headlines professing that pomegranates or goji berries are the lastest “must eat” foods for optimum health! The more exotic sounding the food, the more popular they seem to be with consumer; however, many cheaper, readily available and more humble foods can have properties. These foods carry such a nutrient packed punch that they have been dubbed “superfoods”.
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 | Do fat cells multiply
ALL YOUR WEIGHT-LOSS QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Whether you’ve struggled with weight issues all your life or never again a second thought to dieting, chances are you’ll reach an age when you start to put on weight around your waist. We asked Dr Louise Hutley,obesity researcher and head of the University OF Queensland’s adipose tissue biology group, to answer some questions about weight gain.
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 | WaYs to build your Bones
In Australia, 60 per cent of men will suffer the bone-thinning disease, osteoporosis, after the age of 60. Statistics show that yo-yo diet and exercise habits mean the age of those effected is getting younger, leaving 20 and 30-somethings at risk of fractures. So how do you protect your bone health?
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 | Hold the coffee 10 energising options
A recent Finish study found that coffee drinkers are more likely to be on high blood pressure medication than non-drinkers. Dr Jacob Teitelbaum , a fatigue specialist, says just one cup a day can exacerbate fatigue, anxiety or pain. Caffeine is “a loan shark for energy, giving a boost now, but crashing you later”, he says. Worse. It exacerbates low blood sugar, which can bring on irritability, and the acids aggravate indigestion.
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 | Food allergies and food intolerance
Allergy UK estimates that nearly half the population of the UK suffers from a food allergy or intolerance. A recent survey of 5200 people with food problems found that 59% of respondents regarded themselves as having a food intolerance, while 41% considered that they had a food allergy (Allergy UK 2007).
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| Endocrine Disrupters |  | Endocrine Disrupters
Potential risks to health caused by eating contaminated foods
Endocrine disrupters (EDs) are substances which can interfere with the endocrine system causeing adverse health effects.
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