We should be eating plenty of fresh produce every day. But throwing away another bunch of wilted herbs is demotivating. Thankfully, there are helpful tips to make produce last.
- Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne
It’s a great time to learn how to ferment foods. And don’t turn your nose up at frozen veggies - they can be just as nutritious as some of the fresh produce in shops.
Consuming yoghurt is associated with many health benefits. But with all the varieties of yoghurt, and added ingredients like fruits and probiotics, it can be hard to know which is best for your health.
Dried and frozen fruit contain more sugar than their fresh equivalents. So, why do we think they’re healthy?
There is no evidence supporting claims that cooking or heating food in the microwave can give you cancer or food poisoning.
To try and make eating fruit easier, get the most nutritionally from what we eat and avoid wastage, it is important to consider the best stage to eat fruits from harvesting to over-ripening.
The human gastrointestinal tract harbours trillions of microorganisms, with up to 1,000 or so different bacterial species.
We’ve always been taught fresh produce might not be safe to eat straight out of the supermarket, and it has to be washed first. Is this the case? What about ones labelled “ready to eat”?
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