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Written by Dr Josh Axe Look over the food labels of many of your packaged foods and you may notice a very common ingredient called maltodextrin. This artificially produced white powder is often used in our everyday foods, like yogurt, sauces and salad dressings, sometimes without us even realizing it. The truth is that maltodextrin can be considered a metabolism death food — it lacks nutritional value, and there are some pretty scary maltodextrin dangers to consider before opening up a bag of chips or baked goods, such as spiking blood sugar. The good news is that there are healthier, more...

LAMB UP AUSTRALIA! Pluggers, boardies, budgie smugglers, beach cricket, cane toad races, burning sun, a sizzling barbi, ice cold beer, zinc and footy. It seems, over the years these things are how we celebrate our national day. Well, these things… and LAMB. While we musn’t forget that the day commemorates the founding, on the 26th of January 1788, of the colony of New South Wales, it somehow seems easier to shift the focus towards a form of meat. Many indigenous (and non-indigenous) Australians find that the day brings up feelings of hurt and sadness – and who are we to...

New Year’s Resolutions – to achieve or not to achieve. You’ve heard it all before… ‘With a New Year comes new beginnings’, ‘New Year – New You’, ‘New Year, fresh start.’ Whichever way you put it, the sentiment is generally the same at the beginning of each year. Whether they are trying to sell you a gym membership, get you on board for a diet plan or trying to convince you to do a wardrobe reshuffle, the marketing angle never really changes. We are not the innocents in this little dance though, it must be said. It takes two, so...

Festive Feasting The bells have been jingled, the halls have been decked, the ding dongs well and truly merrily ‘on-highed’…  Uncle Barry drank too much port - again… And let’s be real – you probably consumed enough food and booze for the whole family - the rest of the year. If your Christmas went a little like this, then like mine, your body probably feels less like the well-oiled machine that it normally is and more like a dump truck that needs a complete engine replacement. It’s the most wonderful time of year, it’s MAGIC! The kids love it, family...