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.

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Healthy Food Guide

Why you can trust healthy food

Ask the expert… Kathleen Alleaume

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Positive HEALTH  MESSAGES TO SHARE WITH YOUR TEENS • We all want our kids to grow up with healthy habits, but that's not always easy. HFG founding editor Nikki Bezzant shares positive ways to build a healthy attitude

5 BASIC DISHES TO TEACH YOUR KIDS

THE LINK BETWEEN HEART DISEASE and depression • We know a healthy diet and exercise can help protect heart health, but should the focus be on more than just physical health? With heart disease among our biggest killers, maybe it’s time to also look at the role of mental health in keeping your ticker happy — and vice versa.

8 STEPS TO A HEALTHIER HEART

Secrets OF A low-sugar kitchen • Cutting down on added sugar requires a little know-how. Dietitian Juliette Kellow helps you identify where it often lurks, so you can stock your kitchen with healthier choices.

A guide to healthier options • The easiest way to reduce the amount of added sugar in your diet is to cook from scratch. However, ready-made products can also be convenient. Here’s a smart guide to healthier options in every aisle:

Your sleep needs AT EVERY life stage • Our hectic modern lives mean we are sleeping less than ever before. We are also heavier than ever before. Is ‘sleep debt’ putting us at risk?

From the heart

One-dish wonders • Save time and dishes with our hearty dinners that can be made using just one main dish

HEART-HEALTHY dinners for 2 • Maximise the health benefits and the flavour with these perfectly balanced dishes

Chickpeas please • New ways to enjoy this economical, high-fibre and protein-packed pantry superstar.

GLUTEN-FREE bread made simple • Gluten-free bread has come leaps and bounds from the bad old days of dry, brick-like loaves. Give baking your own tummy-friendly creations a try.

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

Upper crust • Crisp pastry combined with tangy fruit make dessert pies the perfect winter indulgence. Our versions are just a little healthier too!

Nutritional yeast • beautiful Brussels sprouts | guide to dumplings | calcium-boosting snacks

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

YOUR GUIDE TO dumplings • When it comes to dumplings, good things really do come in small packages. Here's how to pick the best of the bunch.

HOW MUCH sodium IN ready made meals? • Quick and easy meal or salt bomb? HFG helps you be sodium savvy when you’re on the hunt for a healthier microwave dinner.

UPGRADE MY... heart healthy dinner • Keep your ticker happy and healthy with these five ways to boost your evening meal.

10 OF THE BEST pickles • Don’t get stuck in a pickle! Throw these lower sodium pickles on your next salad or sambo.

Your heart-healthy meal plan • Keep your ticker in tune with this nutritious winter menu

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...