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There is much confusion today about diets, what we should eat, and what we should avoid. Food 4 Health explores this current confusion to try and find answers to some basic questions regarding the role of food in health and wellness.

A crucial aspect is why people make the food choices they do and how these choices are influenced by their own food environments within families and society. Influences may include food trends; food availability; life situations; dietary guidelines; diet information in the press; nutrition knowledge; taste; food preferences and social pressures.

Food 4 Health will provide a critical evaluation of the scientific and lay-person literature surrounding food environments and food choices leading to the confused messages. Much of the current confusion has arisen because, over the past fifty years, advice has centred on nutrients. In Food 4 Health the discussion will return to food.

Please feel free to contact if you wish to add to the discussion, or have any query.

I hope you enjoy this website and learn something from the messages.

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Image Courtesy author, Leonie Elizabeth (c) Copyright 2017

My Food Health # 3: I am the solution.

Featured by leonieelizabeth, posted in Diet and Disease, Food Environments, My food history

On 02 January 2015 I had an epiphany of sorts when, almost as if a light had come on, I made a major decision to change my life. At the time I was in the midst of a personal crisis, that had been loaded on top of several other crises. I was barely able … Continue reading My Food Health # 3: I am the solution.

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

February 18, 2019February 19, 2019 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.

ENERGY – our prime need from food

February 6, 2019February 21, 2019 by leonieelizabeth, posted in Biochemistry

Energy Energy from food is one of our prime needs for survival. As well as oxygen and water, without energy from food we would die. Every cell in the body requires a continuous supply. The macro-nutrients carbohydrates, fats, and protein are the sources for energy. When the body uses these for energy, the bonds … Continue reading ENERGY – our prime need from food

My Food-Health #2: My risk of developing Type 2 diabetes

January 30, 2019March 12, 2019 by leonieelizabeth, posted in Diet and Disease, My food history

Having focussed for 40 years on my father’s premature death from a stroke and dietary patterns to prevent heart disease, it struck me I should begin to pay attention to being my mother’s daughter and my risk for developing Type 2 diabetes (T2D). My mother was a third generation Type 2 diabetic, following on after … Continue reading My Food-Health #2: My risk of developing Type 2 diabetes

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Image Courtesy author, Leonie Elizabeth (c) Copyright 2017