LiveLighter Blog

Ditch the diet pressure and think health this year

• Dec 22, 2020
• by Gael Myers

It’s that time of the year when we frown at the string of festive feasts and resolve to lose 20 kilos. Here are three tips to refresh your New Year’s resolution thinking and feel great in 2021.

6 ways to eat your way to better mental health

• Oct 09, 2020
• 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.

Food and mood: what’s the link?

• Oct 05, 2020
• 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.

Sneaky alcohol marketing tactics you should be aware of

• Jun 05, 2020
• by Hannah Pierce

A recent snapshot report has found that in just one hour on a Friday night, one person was targeted with alcohol ads on Facebook and Instagram every 35 seconds. Check out the six tactics the alcohol industry has been using during this public health crisis to encourage us to buy and drink more alcohol.

An epidemic of junk food marketing

• May 19, 2020
• by Ainslie Sartori

Junk food companies and fast food restaurants have been quick to cash in on the COVID-19 crisis and the advice to stay home by shifting their marketing focus with lightening speed. But is the heavy promotion of junk foods and drinks really the type of messaging we need during this public health crisis?

Move More April Challenge

• Mar 31, 2020
• by LiveLighter

The gym is closed, boot camp has been cancelled and your daily walk to and from the office has disappeared now that you’re working from home. To help keep you motivated LiveLighter have put together a 30-day exercise challenge for April that you can do from the comfort of your own home!

The real story behind our dietitians

• Sep 19, 2019
• by Ben Somerford

We celebrate our LiveLighter dietitians to mark Dietitians Day

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.

4 foods you should eat & 3 you should avoid to prevent cancer

• Aug 27, 2019
• by Gael Myers

With so much information out there about food and cancer, and everyone from doctors to crusading mums to celebrity chefs weighing in, it can be difficult to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to getting accurate nutrition information. Here are 7 dietitian approved tips for reducing your cancer risk.

The science of weight and cancer

• Aug 19, 2019
• by Anne Finch, Melissa Ledger

It's well known that there's a link between carrying extra weight and a range of cancers. Here we unpack some of the reasons why.