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Bone loss does not start on a birthday.
Bone loss does not start on a birthday.
A woman's calcium recommendation goes up at 51, and it moves on a birthday. Your bones work to your last period instead. Read more...
Four serves of calcium, and four ways to get there.
Four serves of calcium, and four ways to get there.
Dairy is not the only route to four serves a day. Here is what a serve actually looks like. Read more...
Salmon, chickpea and capsicum traybake.
Salmon, chickpea and capsicum traybake.
One tray, four serves, and about a serve and a bit of calcium on every plate, without a glass of milk in sight. The bones in the salmon carry it,... Read more...
Why your bread has iodine in it.
Why your bread has iodine in it.
How iodine got into Australian bread is a story about soil, dairy cleaning products and a change in the law. Read more...
How to check your loaf for iodine.
How to check your loaf for iodine.
A moment with a packet tells you whether your bread is doing the job it was given in 2009. Read more...
Where iodine comes from.
Where iodine comes from.
A short list, because there are not many good sources. Read more...
What my PhD found about the years before a baby.
What my PhD found about the years before a baby.
The system picks you up at a positive test. The months and years before matter too, for both partners. Read more...
Breakfast is where protein goes missing.
Breakfast is where protein goes missing.
Think about what you ate before eleven this morning. For most of us it is toast, cereal, or a coffee and not much else. Read more...
Put some protein in your breakfast.
Put some protein in your breakfast.
No shake, no counting, no tracking anything. Just something with protein in it before mid morning. Read more...
What a decent serve of protein actually looks like.
What a decent serve of protein actually looks like.
Not a target to hit. A rough sense of scale, because people are usually surprised one way or the other.   Read more...
Why iron tablets make you feel so awful, and what the research says to do about it.
Why iron tablets make you feel so awful, and what the research says to do about it.
If you have started iron, felt dreadful within a week and stopped, you are in large company. The reason is more interesting than most people are told. Read more...
Ask for your ferritin number.
Ask for your ferritin number.
If you have been told your iron is fine while feeling tired and flat, there is a reasonable chance nobody measured the thing that would explain it. Read more...