Recipes and Nutritional information

Nutrition

The worlds healthiest foods site is also jam packed with information including how to choose and prepare the most nutritious foods known to us. The site includes a list and detailed analysis of each of these foods and explains their benefits. The vegetables listed include avocados, beets, broccoli, carrots, cabbage, celery, green beans and peas. The fruits listed include apples, apricots, pears, prunes, blueberries and strawberries to name a few.

The world health organization is a great resource for statistics and publications on nutrition.

The CSIRO have released book 2 of the Total Wellbeing Diet and also have information on their site about preventing disease and promoting a healthy lifestyle. There are some interesting articles on research which is aimed at how foods and nutrients modify disease risk factors.

Kids Nutrition

An interesting research article written for the parliament of Australia… it relates to marketing obesity/Junk food, advertising and kids.

Kids recipes

It can be tough to make kids eat all their veggies. The following site called Vegie Smugglers has fantastic suggestions for creating delicious and nutritious meals for children. There is also a book called Vegi Smugglers.

The Taste website also has a great page on lunch box ideas which are very creative.

This is a fantastic resource for nutrition, baby development, pregnancy,  and kids recipes by Annabel Karmel.