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Heart Healthy Valentines Menu for Two
If you’re looking for a Valentines Menu that doesn’t add more love handles then try this heart healthy home cooked menu for two. The relationship between food and love is an intimate one, if you’ll excuse the pun. Newly loved up couples are experiencing an abundance of ‘reward’ hormones that give them that can’t […]
Continue readingHow To Personalise Your Diet Part 2 – the Plan
In Part 1 of this article I talked about how no one diet plan will fit everyone (and therefore attempting some random plan from a magazine is unlikely to work). You need to figure out what works for you. In Part 2 I lay out the guidelines to figuring out how your body is reacting […]
Continue readingPersonalize Your Diet Plan: Step 1
Sorry, there is no such thing as the perfect diet plan. Or let me rethink that… There is such thing as an almost perfect diet plan for a particular person on a particular day, but since we can only know so much about that person on any given single day, it makes it near impossible […]
Continue readingThe Case for Eating Several Smaller Meals Per Day
The Case for Eating Several Smaller Meals Per Day Most of us have grown up eating 3 square meals a day; breakfast lunch and dinner. However, the wisdom of this convention has been challenged with increasing regularity in recent years. There are those who insist that eating 5 – 6 times per day, but […]
Continue readingA Guide to the Best Storage Options for Pre-Prepared Meals
A Guide to the Best Storage Options for Pre-Prepared Meals The number of pre-prepared meals being handled by individuals on a daily basis has grown hugely in recent years. From children bringing their lunches into school, to professionals bringing cooked or prepared lunches into work, the prevalence of the pre-prepared meal has never been […]
Continue reading4 Healthy Snack Ideas to Bring to Work
4 Healthy Snack Ideas to Bring to Work One of the most difficult aspects of sticking to a strict, balanced diet is keeping that balance when snacking at work. Long days at work often need to be broken up, and people snack to keep their energy levels up or often just to break up […]
Continue readingHealthy Winter Warmer Recipes
The winter coats have been bought, the scarves are almost permanently attached to our necks and the shops are playing Christmas songs; winter really is here. What better way to make us feel all warm and cosy then than some winter warmer recipes? Whether you’re pre-toxing for the festive season, need something quick and easy […]
Continue readingThe Perfect Diet
What’s the perfect diet? Is it low carb? Vegetarian? Low sugar? Vegan? Paleo? Low fat? High fat? High fibre? How many calories do we need? How many of these calories should be protein/carbohydrates/fat? IS there such thing as the perfect diet? What exactly should I be eating? I get asked these sorts of questions […]
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