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Feedback from the course educators

Watch Melissa chat about the conversations and questions that have arisen from comments, discussions and learner activity throughout Week 3 of the course. We hope you enjoy it. This is …

Feedback from the course educators

Watch Melissa chat about the conversations and questions that have arisen from comments, discussions and learner activity throughout Week 2 of the course. We hope you enjoy it. This is …

Feedback from the educators

Watch Melissa chat about the conversations and questions that have arisen from comments, discussions and learner activity throughout Week 1 of the course. We hope you enjoy it. This is …

Phytochemicals and phytonutrients

Watch Gary provide an overview of phytochemicals, also called phytonutrients, and the crucial role they play in our health and wellbeing. More about phytochemicals and what they do Plants produce …

Nutrition and the immune system

Watch lead educator and course mentor Melissa Adamski talk about the role of nutrition in a healthy functioning immune system and provide tips on the evidence-based information sources you should …

Mindful eating: Introduction

Watch Melissa and lead educator for Monash University’s ‘Mindfulness and Wellbeing and Peak Performance’, Richard Chambers introduce ‘mindful eating’, where the application of mindfulness can help you to better engage …

Try three new foods!

To help increase the variety of nutrients in our daily diets, when you next go food shopping aim to buy one to three new foods to try. It might be …

Food as medicine in history

Watch Janeane provide an overview of how food was used as medicine in the past, and the role food science played in health and treatment and prevention. Foods have been …

Nutrition and the immune system during COVID-19

Watch lead educator and course mentor Melissa Adamski talk about the role of nutrition in a healthy functioning immune system and provide tips on the evidence-based information sources you should …

Popular diets

In the introduction to the week, we spoke about the evolving nature of nutrition science and dietary recommendations, and the range and amount of nutrition information that’s now available to …

Superfoods: Myth or real?

‘Superfoods’ is a recent term that’s currently being used to classify foods that may offer benefits over other foods. The term is contentious and is often challenged by evidence-based health …

What are functional foods?

In Australia, the term food includes all items normally eaten, plus beverages like soft drinks, tea and coffee as well as confectionery items and chewing gum. The description of functional …