Adapting the Total Wellbeing Diet for specific dietary needs

Answers common questions about how to adapt the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet to specific dietary requirements.

Total Wellbeing Diet Book 2

The team behind the Total Wellbeing Diet Book 2 discuss what's new in Book 2 in this four-and-a-half-minute video.

Sugars and the Total Wellbeing Diet

Answers to frequently asked questions about sugar and the Total Wellbeing Diet.

Starplus™ starch for healthier bowels

CSIRO’s Starplus™ technology incorporates natural starch from cereals into foods or dietary supplements to improve bowel health and colon function.   Starplus™ is a new technology for delivering optimal concentrations of short chain fatty acids (SCFA), in starch-based products, to the colon. Increasing levels of these acids is likely to have significant preventative and therapeutic effects on gastrointestinal diseases.  

Snacking and the Total Wellbeing Diet

Answers to frequently asked questions about snacking while following the Total Wellbeing Diet.

Smart statistics for bioinformatics

CSIRO is developing new statistical tools for analysing microarray data to enable faster drug discovery and development of simpler clinical diagnostic tests.

CSIRO Short Stops: Colon Cancer

Take a CSIRO Short Stop: snack-sized science for people on the go.  

Succulent seafood salad

Start lunch with this light tasty dish from the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet.

Roast pork and vegetables

Delicious recipe for a roast pork and vegetable lunch or dinner provided by the Total Welbeing Diet team.

Recipes for healthy eating and weight control

Research at CSIRO’s Clinical Research Unit in Adelaide, South Australia, has led to the development of the higher protein, low fat diet The Total Wellbeing Diet, which offers fabulous recipes to help you eat well and stay healthy while losing weight.

Partnering to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians

The Preventative Health Flagship is seeking partners to help realise the Flagship's goals of improving the health and wellbeing of Australians through the prevention and detection of chronic diseases.

Preventative Health Flagship

The goals and research of the Preventative Health Flagship and how the Preventative Health Flagship is developing preventative strategies to help fight chronic disease are introduced in this video. (6:00) Watch a video outlining how the Preventative Health Flagship is improving the health and well-being of Australians.

Prawn salad

For a healthy starter, try this prawn salad from the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet.

Frog poison may unravel brain mysteries

CSIRO has completed the first  synthesis of histrionicotoxin 285A, a compound found in the protected Poison Arrow Frog from South America.

Peach Melba

A healthy recipe for a dessert as discussed on Channel 7's Today Tonight television program.

Paneberry pudding

Top off your Christmas meal with this pudding from the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet.

Fish oils for good health

Healthy fish oils, also known as long chain omega-3 fatty acids, have earned the reputation as one of the best bioactives yet discovered.

Mushroom, leek and asparagus tartlet

For a healthy entree, try this mushroom, leek and aparagus tartlet from the CSIRO Total Wellbeing diet team.

Microencapsulating bioactives for food and pharmaceuticals

Developments in microencapsulation technology are creating new applications and opportunities in the food and pharmaceutical industries.

Dr Mahinda Abeywardena: attacking heart and blood vessel diseases

Dr Mahinda Abeywardena’s research investigates foods that fight against diseases of the heart and vascular system. Dr Mahinda Abeywardena’s research focuses on diseases of the heart and blood vessels - and food components that help prevent them.

Leek, salmon and asparagus tartlets

A delicious recipe for an entrée from the Total Wellbeing Diet researchers.

Kids Eat, Kids Play survey

The Preventative Health Flagship was partnered with the University of South Australia to undertake one of the most important surveys of children ever to be undertaken in Australia.

Dr Kari Gobius: enhancing the food that we eat

Dr Kari Gobius leads a team that conducts scientific research on food safety, consumer acceptance and consumption of food and the effects of nutrition on genetic health.

Dr Jose Varghese: gazing into crystals, seeing protein structure

Dr Jose Varghese leads a neurodegenerative diseases project and is developing technology to determine the structure of membrane proteins, particularly in brain receptors and how they may contribute to diseases like depression and psychosis.

Dr Ian Saunders: applying statistics to the problems of human health

Dr Ian Saunders uses his expertise in statistics to design efficient experiments and analyse complex data in the area of biological sciences.