Nutrition Archives - CSIROscope

Sex lives of flies could be key to tackling food waste

Our insect behaviour experts have gone under the sheets to find out what gets flies in the mood in a bid to produce more eggs for food waste management.

Are we growing enough fruit and vegetables for an apple a day?

New research shows not enough fruit and vegetables are available for people to meet dietary recommendations.

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How your food choices can benefit more than just your health

The global food system is a large contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, check out how your food choices can help to reduce the impact.

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The Power of Protein

We tend to eat our protein in an uneven distribution across the day - mostly at dinner. We are also getting far too much protein from high energy, nutrient-poor discretionary foods. That's why we've got some recipes from our new Protein Plus Nutrition and Exercise Plan to help pack your plate with protein.

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Can you put the pro in protein? Take our quiz

We need a lot of protein in our diets to stay healthy, but how much do you actually know about it? Take our quiz to find out.

Healthy diets, healthy planet: it is possible

The food we eat and the way we produce it are causing some pretty big environmental problems. We now have global scientific targets give to all humans a healthy diet without depleting the planet’s resources.

Future foods could make you healthier, and the planet greener

Could future foods such as insects, seaweed and lab-grown meat feed us in both an environmentally sustainable and healthy way?

Here’s the seafood Australians eat (and what we should be eating)

Over 85 per cent of seafood caught in Australia is sustainable. However, just because a fish is sustainably caught, it doesn’t make it the most nutritious and healthy option – and vice versa. We've compared the two to see what seafood is both sustainable and nutritious.

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Lactose on the tip of our virtual tongue

Got milk? Our Cybertongue technology can ‘taste’ milk to rapidly detect lactose and spoilage.

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Don’t resist resistance: get lifting as you get older

We’re shredding some light on exercise for weight loss for Australian adults.

Healthier rice is extra nice

Everybody loves rice. Everybody loves to be healthy. We’ve discovered a way to combine those two loves.

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Is my gut healthy?

Gut health is a hot topic but misinformation spreads faster than gastro in a school. We’re here to set the record straight.

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