New recommendations have been made by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition. “It is recommended that the average population intake of dietary fibre for children aged 2 to 5 years should approximate 15g/day, for children aged 5 to 11 years 20g/day, for children aged 11 to 16 years 25 g/day and for adolescents aged 16Continue reading “New recommendations for sugar and fibre by SACN”
Author Archives: Aliya Porter
Same upbringing, very different food habits
My two sons (so not a randomised controlled trial) have been raised with the same nutritional background but they are very different in their food choices. I have always been of the opinion that you should not change your own healthy eating habits to make way for the kids desire for pizza, pasta fried foodsContinue reading “Same upbringing, very different food habits”
Better Nutrition, Better Health Manifesto Call
Better Nutrition – Better Health A manifesto call from the Association for Nutrition. Please help by emailing your MP about it. A template letter is on the AfN website The Association for Nutrition calls on all political parties to make nutrition-related health a key priority for the forthcoming parliament. The cost to the NHS ofContinue reading “Better Nutrition, Better Health Manifesto Call”
2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 390 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 7 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see theContinue reading “2014 in review”
2000 calories – a day’s intake of food
Check out this website for some interesting pictures of what 2000 calories looks like in different fast food restaurants – and we wonder why obesity is such a big issue. Happy New Year everyone. May 2015 bring more health than 2014.
Salt and headaches
I have been asked lots of questions about headaches. Research has long recognised a link between hydration and headaches – so we need to make sure we have enough liquid, as well as a link between blood pressure and headaches but today this article suggests there might be a link between salt and headaches. PerhapsContinue reading “Salt and headaches”
Data from ALSPAC: vitamin D and calcium in pre-school children
Interesting study but I wonder how sunlight fits into all of this as the main source of vitamin D is not dietary but rather from sunlight. Data from ALSPAC: vitamin D and calcium in pre-school children.
Oh so sweet
Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you. Remember the rhyme? Ever heard someone respond ‘I’m sweet enough already’ when offered sugar in their tea? Sugar has long been known to be bad for our health if used in excess. Sadly many of us use it in excess and evenContinue reading “Oh so sweet”
Vitamin supplements – should we take them?
I was recently told about this article which was published in Nature as a News Feature. It is a long and detailed article looking at what we know about vitamin supplements for the general population. It concludes that studies need to be designed better and we need to be better at analysing the data in orderContinue reading “Vitamin supplements – should we take them?”
Nutrition in pregnancy
This is further evidence to support the argument that we need to educate people planning to get pregnant about diet. Most are open to finding out more as they want the best for their baby.