Healthy Food Guide

Healthy Food Guide is a monthly magazine that makes it easy for anyone to make healthy eating choices. Every issue contains practical advice from expert dieticians and nutritionists, dozens of tips and ideas to help consumers and those with special diets choose the right products at the supermarket. Plus a month’s worth of healthy recipes, all with a complete nutritional analysis showing kilojoules, fat, protein, carbohydrate, sodium and more.

Welcome

Healthy Food Guide

Why you can trust healthy food

Ask the expert… Kathleen Alleaume

newsbites • STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST IN HEALTH NEWS AND PRACTICAL LIVING TIPS.

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Your winter survival kit • Give yourself the best chance to stay well and keep those winter blues away this season, with proven advice from our experts

Cold & flu MYTHS

Remedies for colds & flu • THERE ARE PLENTY OF CLAIMS ABOUT WHICH REMEDIES KEEP COLDS AND FLU AT BAY. WE PUT THEM TO THE TEST.

4 ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS FORplant-based eaters • Vegetarian, vegan, flexitarian or pescatarian? Make sure you don’t run low on these key nutrients.

YOUR GUIDE TO gestational diabetes • Gestational diabetes is the fastest growing type of diabetes. The good news is that this condition can be managed with some healthy lifestyle tweaks.

Give it a go

Asian chicken favourites • Enjoy your favourite Asian-style chicken recipes with all the flavour, but without overdoing the salt and sat fat

Delectable dumplings • Dumplings come in many forms and are loved the world over. These two delicious versions are sure to satisfy your cravings.

Diabetesfriendly DAY ON A PLATE • Breakfast, lunch and dinner is sorted with this diabetes-friendly menu that’s light, healthy and packed with flavour.

Sea change • Our favourite meal made even better thanks to a few simple tweaks. Why wait until Friday night?

5 pm panic! • These tasty tempters are diabetes-friendly and on the table in 20–30 minutes.

Pizza perfect • Just a few tweaks is all it takes to elevate this all-time family favourite to a healthy new level

Winter warming desserts • Gather up some friends or family — it's the perfect time of year to enjoy these sweet 'n' sensible cold-weather treats!

Keen on kimchi?

shopping news • Our dietitian scours the shelves to find the tastiest healthy foods in-store now.

10 OF THE BEST DRY JULY TIPPLES • Sober curious? Celebrate without a sore head with these healthier, alcohol-free sips.

YOUR GUIDE TO choosing baby foods • If your baby is around six months old, they’re ready for the first steps on their solid food journey. It’s time to embrace the mess!

this vs that • The humble spud is the perfect accompaniment to a mid-week meal — but their healthfulness depends on how they're prepared. Here’s the difference between two crowd favourites: mash and oven fries.

UPGRADE MY... vegetarian dinner • Meat off the menu? Here’s how to boost the nutrition of your go-to vego dinner.

Winter warming meal plan • This delicious, dietitian-approved menu is perfect for the cooler months

How much do I need to eat? • Every recipe in HFG is nutritionally analysed so you can devise a daily meal plan that falls within the recommended nutrition intake guidelines (see table below).

References

10 THINGS WE learnt... • Even after 17 years of bringing you credible, science-backed health and nutrition advice, the team at Healthy Food Guide learns something new each issue.

WHAT OUR RECIPE BADGES MEAN