Catherine Saxelby

Healthy Eating for Kids

If you can get your kids eating and enjoying healthy foods, you'll send them off into adulthood with habits for a healthy future. Catherine Saxelby offers tips to help busy parents.Encourage kids to eat vegetablesMake sure your veggies taste good - cook t... Read >

Vegetables - fresh, frozen or canned

"Fresh vegetables" used to be the motto for healthy eating - and many health books and cookbooks only ever show fresh vegetables. But busy lifestyles can leave little time for food preparation or growing your own veggies. Unless you can fit in a daily sho... Read >

Eat your way to good skin

Healthy skin starts from the inside and works out, explains nutritionist Catherine Saxelby. Forget the hype surrounding glycolic peels, liposomes, pricey ‘rejuvenation' creams and antioxidant serum. If you're after a clear glowing skin, you can't go pas... Read >

Healthy weight loss tips for men

Men and weight - a weighty issue According to latest figures from the National Health Survey in 2007-08, men are more likely to be overweight than women, with 68 percent of men now being classified overweight or obese compared with 55 percent for women. ... Read >

12 Tips to Make Your Shopping Healthier

Nutrition is only one factor in your decision on what to buy at the supermarket. Taste, convenience, cost and whether the rest of the family will eat it also come into the decision. But it's important to rank nutrition high up the purchasing scale if you ... Read >

Healthy Eating Over Winter

Heading into winter, you'll become familiar with the sounds of a cough and a runny nose. Each winter, the common cold accounts for more time lost from work and school than any other complaint. When it's cold outside and the tissue box is your best frien... Read >

Beverages: Watch what you drink

Research is now pointing the finger at sugar-sweetened drinks as being a cause of weight gain and obesity. Surveys report that beverages contribute anywhere between 15 and 20 per cent of the average kilojoule intake each day, which is a lot. It seems that... Read >

10 Steps to Lower Your Cholesterol

The risk of high cholesterol High blood cholesterol is one of the main risk factors for heart disease, along with smoking, high blood pressure, carrying excess weight, family history and a sedentary lifestyle. So it pays to have your doctor check your c... Read >

Snacks and Snacking

Size matters Most popular snacks today are more than a quick bite - they're a mini-meal with too many kilojoules and too much fat and sugar (like doughnuts, muffins, chocolate bars and biscuits) or fat and salt (potato crisps, pizza, fries or savoury cra... Read >

Not overdoing alcohol

The benefits of cutting down Many people make it their New Year's resolution to give up alcohol for a few weeks or to cut down on their drinking for a longer period of time - as limiting your alcohol intake can benefit both your overall health and longev... Read >