LiveLighter Blog
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Study reveals 2 in 3 drinks at supermarket checkouts are bad for health
- Sep 09, 2019
- by Gael Myers
To investigate the extent to which sugary drinks are promoted at the supermarket checkout LiveLighter collected data from Coles and Woolworths stores in the Perth metropolitan area.
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How much sugar is actually in your drink?
- Sep 06, 2019
- by Anne Finch
Sugary drinks are everywhere. They promise to give you a boost, bring you summer or even just get you discounted fuel. What’s the real deal behind these sugary drinks?
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Fruit: Why drink it? Just eat it.
- Jun 25, 2019
- by Alison McAleese
LiveLighter looked beyond the health and nutrition claims plastered on ready-to-drink juice brands and found some companies aren’t delivering the healthy drink they’re promising to consumers.
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How to host a healthy morning tea
- Jun 04, 2019
- by Clare O'Shea
Morning and afternoon teas offer a great opportunity for us to add colour and variety to our daily intake. If you've got one coming up why not try out our healthy tweaks and recipe suggestions? These will not only leave your guests feeling satisfied but have them avoiding that all too familiar post-morning tea slump.
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Aussies slip up on their sugary drink knowledge
- May 17, 2019
- by Alison McAleese
We take a look at the latest findings from the annual Shape of Australia survey which reveal Australians’ perceptions of sugary drinks and confirm just how hard big beverage brands’ sneaky marketing tactics are hitting us.
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Super foods or super dud cuisine - what’s cooking in your favourite mags?
- Feb 22, 2019
- by Guest Author
Many of us get inspiration for what to eat from recipes in magazines. But, are these recipes actually any good for us? We crunched the numbers on the recipes found in five leading Australian titles to see how well they match up to LiveLighter’s nutrition guidelines for total fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt.
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Ice ice baby – the healthiest icy-poles revealed
- Feb 04, 2019
- by Alice Bastable
Our analysis of popular icy-pole brands has revealed some products are masquerading as ‘full of fruit’ when in reality some contain up to five teaspoons of sugar per serving. Have no fear! We found the healthiest icy poles available at Woolies and Coles, so you can say yes, with a little less sugar.
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Kombucha – does it live up to the hype?
- Jan 08, 2019
- by Gael Myers
With more and more kombucha products hitting the shelves, have you been left wondering whether this tangy and quirky tasting drink is actually a healthy choice? To find out, LiveLighter have conducted an analysis of 77 different kombucha products.
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Don’t Be Sucked In – The ridiculous amount of sugar in frozen drinks
- Dec 05, 2018
- by Jo Campbell
While a frozen sugary drink can seem like a cheap way to cool down on a scorching day, these drinks are packed with sugar your body really doesn’t need. There’s definitely better ways to quench your thirst without risking your health.
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Going mad over milk
- Nov 30, 2018
- by Guest Author
In the past, it was delivered to your doorstep each day, but now we are faced with half an aisle dedicated to milk and plant-based milk alternatives that we have to make a choice from. So how do the plant-based alternatives really stack up against traditional cow’s milk?