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Struggling to understand and maintain your calcium intake? You’ve probably been told to have more dairy (& for good reason!). In this episode, we discuss delicious, nutrient-packed meal ideas that’ll help you hit your daily calcium targets - with and without dairy! Tune in for mouthwatering inspiration and smart tips to boost your bone and heart health effortlessly through calcium absorption and consumption!

We Cover:

• 0:55: What calcium helps with in your Body and why we need to consume enough
• 1:20: Calcium needs throughout the lifespan
• 2:00: Why our calcium needs fluctuate through life
• 3:00: How to enhance calcium intake through food
• 3:15: High calcium breakfast
• 3:45: How to get calcium in your diet without consuming dairy
• 4:20: Higher-calcium, plant-based, dinner options
• 5:30: Discussing dairy vs plant-based milk and calcium fortification to ensure you meet your targets
• 6:10: What is bioavailability?
• 7:00: How calcium bioavailability can vary in each food product based on individual factors
• 8:00: Spinach and dark green leafy veggies as a source of calcium
• 9:40 The percentage of Australians that aren’t meeting their daily calcium requirements

One-liners you don’t want to miss:

“There are so many ways to sneak in extra calcium without compromising flavour. Whether it’s adding leafy greens, beans, or fortified foods”

“Spinach, which is often seen as a calcium-rich food, has very low bioavailability, especially when it’s consumed by an individual with low vitamin D intake and status”

“Almost three-quarters of women and about 50% of men in Australia are not meeting their daily calcium requirements.”

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Not a fan of cooking each night? Well you have probably noticed the growing chilled ready-to-eat meal category. After a *busy* day, opting for a microwave meal might bring a smile to your dial. What ones are worth it?

*Check out our RTE Meals Guide*

We cover:

• 2:30 Australia and New Zealand ready-to-eat meal brands
• 4:15 Explanation of “real foods”
• 6:00 Saturated fat content in ready-to-eat meals
• 8:00 Dietary fibre content in meals
• 9:40 Upgrading nutrients/ vegetable content

One-liners you don’t want to miss:

"By real foods, I mean quality, whole foods which fall under one of the five food groups as outlined in the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating."

"An easy way to incorporate quick nutrients is by adding spinach or grated carrot straight into the meal."

"Less than 10% of our energy should come from saturated fat, on average about 12% of energy comes from saturated fat in our diets."

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Named one of New Zealand’s Top Women in Food & Drink, Ashley Wilson provides her take on the 2025 International Congress of Nutrition (ICN) in Paris.

We cover:

• 6:40 The power of connecting
• 9.00 Ultra-Processed Food Heated Debate
• 12:15 Restructure Trial - Meal Texture/Eating Rate
• 13:30 AI Digital Marketing
• 17:10 Sweet Tooth Trial - our taste for sweetness
• 20:00 What the media shows us vs the scientific evidence
• 22:30 Jo Wicks “killer bar” PR vs Eat Lancet
• 25:30 UN High Level Meeting & non-communicable diseases
• 27:20 GLP-1 & Wegovy released in NZ
• 28:35 Heston Blumenthal, celebrity chef - Scaling down tasting menu
• 30:10 Wrap up

One-liners you don’t want to miss:

"We have just had the release of EAT- Lancet 2 which is this global report on planetary health and recommendations on how we should be eating. They have a huge communication campaign in place, however at their launch only half of the badges for the media have been picked up. We are seeing hardly any global media - just a handful of articles on the launch. In comparison, Jo Wicks is getting all of the media. It is really important we are looking to not just the media but other sources of information such as research or our dietitians - our leads in the profession, for this information, not just this the media. Because it can be really one-sided and can be related to click-bait - what’s going to get the readership.”

Ashley's Top LinkedIn Follows:

Ellie Hadjilucas - Founder of Nutricomms, Carrie Ruxton - PhD, Marcia Terra - IUFoST.

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