LiveLighter Blog
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No App required: Add LiveLighter to your mobile
- Mar 07, 2024
- by Anne Finch
You've asked, we've listened. Here's our 'No app required' way to access the LiveLighter meal planner from your mobile.
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Junk food in sport – it’s just not cricket
- Feb 09, 2023
- by Jawaahir Alim
Watching cricket in Australia means being bombarded with junk food advertising. You can’t ignore KFC branding when watching the BBL, with branding on banners around the grounds, players’ uniforms, the pitch, wickets and TV graphics.
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Love your guts
- Jan 31, 2022
- by LiveLighter
As part of our Love Your Guts February campaign we’re putting a spotlight on all things fibre and seeing how a little ol' roughage helps our gut bugs flourish.
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The research is in: ‘better-for-you’ alcohol is just marketing spin
- Nov 17, 2021
- by Gael Myers, Danica Keric
When an alcohol product claims to be low in sugar or carbs, organic, natural, or that it has nothing artificial, is it actually any better for us?
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Sugary drinks are rotten for teeth
- Nov 08, 2021
- by Dr Rebecca Williams
The Australian Dental Association of WA has teamed up with LiveLighter to create a new campaign to help ditch sugary drinks and keep dentist visits quick and painless. Dr Rebecca Williams, paediatric dentist, gives us the rundown on why sugary drinks are rotten for teeth.
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Food and mood: what’s the link?
- Oct 07, 2021
- by Ellen Hart
Excitingly, scientific research into what we eat and how it’s linked to our risk of developing mental health conditions and our mental wellbeing is growing. While there is still more to learn, researchers have been able to tease out some of the ways in which diet can alter our physiology, and the impact that this may have on mood.
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6 ways to eat your way to better mental health
- Oct 07, 2021
- by Ellen Hart
In support of Mental Health Week 2020 (and boy do we need it this year!), we've put together some practical tips to help you eat your way to better mental health.
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Olympians don't fuel their bodies with junk food, and neither should we
- Aug 02, 2021
- by Ainslie Sartori
As millions of children and families around the globe tune in to see amazing feats of strength, endurance, and agility at this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, health experts have raised concerns about the huge volume of junk food and sugary drink marketing they will unwittingly be exposed to.
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Selling health: the art and science of public health campaigns
- Jul 06, 2021
- by James Stevens-Cutler
Have you ever wondered what goes into creating a brand new health advertising campaign? Read on!
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Kitchen confidential: fast food industry tactics exposed
- Apr 13, 2021
- by Anne Finch
If you’ve ever peeled open a burger to shove shreds of limp lettuce back into a puddle of semi-transparent mayonnaise and wondered… “why am I eating this again?”, we might have some answers for you.