Australian_Healthy_Food_Guide_February_2017

Australian Healthy

Food Guide

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ŘIt would help stop

the kids nagging. And

maybe adults will be

less tempted to have

junk food, and therefore

offer it to their kids less.

Nathalie Tochon-Danguy

ŘIt’s a positive step

forward, but there is

still a long way to go!

Anne Campbell

ŘIt will be interesting to

see what they classify as

junk food. Just because

it’s advertised, it doesn’t

mean you have to buy it.

Julie Darlow

ŘSeriously ... McDonalds,

Hungry Jacks, etc, are

not forcing their crap

food down kids’ throats.

Terri O’Brien

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WE ASKED: European health
authorities may ban TV advertising
of junk food between 6am—11pm.
If Australia were to do this, will it
help the childhood obesity crisis?

Our article on ‘hangry’

(Dec, 2016) resonated

with many of you.

Loved the article on

the subject of ‘hangry’.

Happy to hear it’s not

just me and there is

a reason behind it.

Michelle Payne, NSW

I really enjoyed reading

‘The science of hangry’.

What we eat can have

an impact on all aspects

of our body, mind and

emotions. Thank you for

explaining this

phenomenon so well.

Alison Baldwin, NSW

Your article on being

‘hangry’ was quite

informative. I always

need to take a small

snack for my husband

when away from home

around meal times.

Explains everything!

Dolly Bosch, NSW

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Barley salad with sweet corn,

roasted capsicum & feta

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Being grumpy whenyou’re hungry isn’t acharacter flawsc entific phenomenont’s a

explains weight losssc entist Amanda Salis

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The carbohydrates p o eins and fats in everythingThe physiologyof hanger

you eat are digested into simple sugars (such asglucose) amino acids and free fatty acidsnutrients pass into your bloods ream from whe ethey are distr buted to your organs and issuesand used for energy These

these nutrien s circulating in your bloods ream sta tsto d op If your blood-glucose levels fa l far enoughyour brain wi l perceive it as a l fe- h eateningsituation You see un ike most o her o gans andAs time passes after your last meal he amount of

tissues in your body which can use a varie y ofnutrien s to keep functioning your brain is criticallyependent on glucose to do its jobYou’ve p obably al eady noticed thisependence your brain has on glucose

imple things can become dif icult whenou’re hung y and your blood-glucose levelsrop You may find it ha d to concentrateor instance or you may make si ly mistakes

become muddled or slurredyou’re hung y is behaving within socially accep ablenorms such as not snapping at people So wh le youAnother hing that can become more di ficult whenOr you might have noticed that your words

may be able o conjure up enough b ain power toavoid being grumpy wi h important co leagues youmay let your guard down and inadver en ly snap atthe people you are most relaxed with or care mo tabout such as par ners and friends Sound fam lia?

Hsomeone snapped ang ily atyouf so you’ve experiencedwhenave you ever snappedangrily at someone whenyou we e hungry? Or hastheywe e hungry?

‘hangry’ (an amalgam ofhung y and angry) — thephenomenon whe ebsome people getgrumpy and

short tempe edwhen they’reoverdue for a feedBut whe e does

hanger come from?And why is it hat only somepeople seem to get hang y?The answer lies in some of theprocesses that happen inside

your body when it needs food

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The science of

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You may snap atthe people you aremost relaxedwith

or care most about

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Your brain perceives fallingblood glucose levels as alife threatening situation