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Why a Low Calorie Diet Won’t Work
You need to eat fewer calories than you’re burning to lose weight – fact. But a very low calorie diet might backfire in the long run. This can be achieved by eating less, or burning more, or ideally both. Every diet works like this, be it following a meal plan, meal replacement shakes, cutting out […]
Continue readingJuicing For Weight Loss – good or bad idea?
Would I recommend juicing for weight loss? It sounds like a good idea. After all we should all be eating more fruit and vegetables. Fruit and veg contain many vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Plus they’re low calorie compared to fats, carbohydrates and protein (aside from fat-containing ones like avocados), so juicing for weight loss and […]
Continue readingHow Many Calories Do I Need?
Do you know how many calories you need? If you are eating more calories than you burn off each day, you will gain weight. If you eat fewer than you burn, you’ll lose weight. And if you eat the same, you’re in balance and your weight will not change – well at […]
Continue readingLow Fat or Full Fat? (not as simple as you’d think)
The low fat vs high fat debate is still running. It’s now been joined by the low carb vs ‘balanced’ (high carb tends to be the preserve of endurance athletes like marathon runners), which serves to make people now doubly confused. We were told for years following the nutritional guidelines of the 1980’s that we […]
Continue readingShould You Be Calorie Counting?
Have you every tried calorie counting? Heads up – if you’ve ever joined Weight Watchers their ‘points’ system is basically calorie counting. Then in the other camp we have the ‘clean eaters’ who propose no processed food, possibly no dairy or gluten, no sugar (there’s no actual definition of ‘clean’ food so it’s a bit […]
Continue readingIs Saturated Fat Unhealthy? (video)
So is it true or not? Is Saturated fat unhealthy? Saturated fat was for years blamed for heart disease, strokes, diabetes and of course obesity. But is it true? Are the fats found in meat, dairy and eggs killing us? Saturated fats are mostly found in animal products – meat, poultry, eggs and dairy (especially […]
Continue readingEating Healthy Food But Not Losing Weight?
Eating a really healthy diet but still not losing weight? It’s frustrating, I know. You’re being inspired by healthy food bloggers and pretty Instagram meals, and you’re actually taking action and making healthy food which is better than most people who just click ‘like’ then go back to their ready meals. Food quality is really […]
Continue readingThe Best Healthy Take Away Food Choices
Is there really such thing as healthy take away food? You’ve been told take away food is unhealthy junk food and to be avoided when on a diet, trying to lose weight, or just trying to eat more healthily. But the best ‘diet’ is the one you stick to for life, so that must include […]
Continue readingChain Restaurants – Pick Of The Menus
Why is it that as soon as people leave the comforts of home and eat anywhere else, all sense of health, nutrition and portion control go out of the window? It is the ‘treat factor’? I get that, but these days we eat out so often that these ‘treats’ are actually having an impact on […]
Continue readingWhy You Should Cheat On Your Diet
Yes you heard right – CHEAT on your diet! You might have heard the phrase ‘cheat meal’ or ‘cheat day’ circulating recently; it’s quite a hot topic in the fitness world, though the concept is nothing new. Other terms used are ‘refeeding’ and ‘cycling’, ‘carb-up days’ and ‘high kcal days’. Let’s say that as […]
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