Hello Again

So I have not done a blog in quite a while...
I have been very busy! I recently had my first book published called The Undeniable Truth About Food.
In addition it undertook the crazy task of rating and reviewing every grocery item in the major supermarkets in Australia. To say I have been busy is an understatement! The manuscript is currently with a publisher so hopefully won't be too far away from release.
I rated products in terms of 3 criteria: Nutrition, Food additives and type of packaging used. In order to get a favourable review, it needed to have less than 8g of total fat, 10g of sugar and 500mg of salt. There needed to be no harmful food additives and packaged in either glass, foil, or or waxed paper. For those who are unaware of this fact; all types of plastic packaging (though some are better than others) leach its chemicals into the food/drink.; as does cellophane (as it is now dual layered with plastic), plastic lined tetra cartons, paperboard, polystyrene, steel can and aluminium cans.
It was a big job as I need to obtain the maunfacturers specifications for each product also. This is because we have a 5% labelling loophole which means that anything that is less than 5% of the overall product does not need to be labelled. A stupid law that I have a petition to have abolished.
What I found was that not including baby food, there was 71 products that got a favourable review. 71 out of thousands of items. But I looked at it another way, once the obviously unhealthy food was removed, it was 71 items accross 54 product lines. That's actually pretty encouraging. It means that at least one company is doing the right thing. My new book The Ultimate Supermarket Handbook will guide you to these products as well as teach you how to select meat, fruit, vegetables and many other staples.
In 2 weeks I am taking off with my tour The Undeniable Truth About Food - with my 4 kids, the 4WD and the pop up camper trailer! I am very excited! We are going to Adelaide, Melbourne, Hobart, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane. Tickets are $22 and are available at http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/
My book is available at bookstore and online I know the book depository has it for $11 and has free shipping http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/
I will keep you posted. I have a bit of media coming up with magazine, newspaper, radio and possibly TV.
More soon xx