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BASICS

  • what is food?
  • what is in food?
  • nutrition
  • dietary guidelines
  • food history

ULTRA-PROCESSED

  • whole foods
  • ingredients
  • processed food
  • ultra-processed

HEALTHY LIVING

  • diet and health
  • diet and disease
  • food choices

 

SENSITIVITIES

  • food allergies
  • intolerances
  • coeliac disease
  • low FODMAP
  • restricted diets

 

Welcome to Food4Health,
research-based information on basic food-facts, food processing, food for health, food sensitivities and
nutrition on restricted diets.

Leonie Elizabeth. Master of Human Nutrition. Author.

 

 

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DISCLAIMER

Nothing on this website should be taken as medical or dietary advice. Anyone reading any information provided within should seek advice from their own medical practitioner for any condition, disease, illness or health-related problem. Always seek your own advice from a medical practitioner or dietitian before changing your own diet.

 

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Australian Food History: England – the mother country – food in the middle ages

by leonieelizabeth, posted in Food Environments, Food History

This is an updated version of a post originally published 18 February 2019. In tracing the food of my great-great-great-grandparents I returned to the land of my ancestors – England – and life in the middle ages. Knowledge of food customs and eating habits before that era is limited, incomplete or ambiguous due to reliance … Continue reading Australian Food History: England – the mother country – food in the middle ages

Food History: “… eat the way your great-great-great- grandparents ate, and you’ll live a long life” …

by leonieelizabeth, posted in Food Environments, Food History

This is an updated version of a post originally published 08 January 2019. Scattered throughout the food and diet literature is the suggestion that to ensure optimal health we should return to the eating patterns before the 1960s. This concept was popularised by Michael Pollan. In his book In Defence of Food2 one of his … Continue reading Food History: “… eat the way your great-great-great- grandparents ate, and you’ll live a long life” …

Sowing the seeds for growth in 2020

by leonieelizabeth, posted in Diet and Disease, Food Environments

The year 2019 was a defining year for me, a year of growth … After some major set-backs earlier in the decade I reinvented myself from 2014 onwards including returning to University and completing a Masters in Human Nutrition through Deakin University in October of last year, 2019. The course included a research component of four … Continue reading Sowing the seeds for growth in 2020

The Mother Country – England – food in the middle ages.

by leonieelizabeth, posted in Food Environments, Food History

In tracing the food of my great-great-great-grandparents I returned to the land of my ancestors – England – and life in the middle ages. Knowledge of food customs and eating habits before that era is limited, incomplete or ambiguous due to reliance on accounts written after-the-fact with uncertain translations. The year 1066, a significant year … Continue reading The Mother Country – England – food in the middle ages.

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