LiveLighter Blog
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Our favourite fruit and veg for Autumn
- Mar 11, 2020
- by Gael Myers
Not just any ol’ fruit or veg will cut it when it comes to improving our health. Only about 5% of Australians are eating enough, and we really need to aim higher than potato chips or a sad piece of wilted lettuce on the side of your plate! So what fruit and vegies should we be choosing?
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Sugary drinks are a rotten choice
- Jan 15, 2020
- 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 help to keep dentist visits quick and painless. Dr Rebecca Williams, paediatric dentist, gives us the rundown on why sugary drinks are a rotten choice.
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Top 5 tips for a healthier you
- Jan 12, 2020
- by Gael Myers
To celebrate the start of the new year we've put together our top tips to help kick start your way to a healthier you.
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Healthy goals you'll actually keep
- Jan 01, 2020
- by Amelia Harray
Do you make the same New Year's resolution year after year? If you do, you are not alone.
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LiveLighter investigates: alcohol-free alcohol
- Dec 24, 2019
- by Gael Myers
With the popularity of non-alcoholic drinks on the rise these drinks are moving from the fringe to being a viable option when you are staying away from drinking. However, there’s very little information out there about how many kilojoules these drinks actually contain. To find out more we scoured 26 bottle shops and supermarkets in the Perth metro area looking for non-alcoholic versions of your favourite beer, wine, cider and spirits.
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“As soon as I quit sugary drinks, the kilograms fell off”
- Sep 30, 2019
- by Ben Somerford
Subiaco's Michael Hedderwick reveals his lifestyle change of cutting out sugary drinks led to a major weight change.
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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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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.
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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.