Keep weight at bay with these 4 easy pointers
Follow these simple steps, get some exercise, and watch the weight disappear – slowly, painlessly, and for good. 1. Eat Your Carbs Yes, you heard right: Carbs are essential to your metabolism. Rather than cutting them out altogether, have them three days a week. You’ll boost your metabolism when you eat them, then burn […]
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Why wraps may not be as great an alternative to bread as we think
Feel smug about ordering a ‘healthy’ wraps for lunch? You may be in for a shock. While often thought of as a healthy choice, or lighter alternative to bread, a new review commissioned by Helga’s and conducted by the University of Newcastle has found the most popular wraps contain worryingly high amounts of salt. […]
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Say goodbye to bloating
Stomach bloating is so common these days it’s been called an “epidemic.” Do you regularly suffer from bloating? It can be extremely painful, really uncomfortable and sometimes difficult to control. We’ve found some natural, food based remedies that should help to ease even the most troublesome of tummy’s without the need for medication or a […]
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How to make healthy food even healthier
From drinking green tea with lemon to adding black pepper to curry, these handy hints & tips give already healthy food a huge boost. Add black pepper to curry (or other turmeric dishes) Turmeric is definitely the darling of the health craze crowd and for good reason – it’s full of the powerful antioxidant […]
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Eat carbs & lose weight
Carbs have long been an absolute no-no for many on-trend diets. Starting with Atkins and the South Beach Diet, but more recently paleo has become the go-to carb free option. Carb lovers, all is not lost! A new diet is doing the rounds, claiming to help you drop lbs and eat carbs – but there […]
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The Bulletproof Diet
What is it? The Bulletproof diet could be called an ‘upgraded’ Paleo diet. Basically it’s a high (healthy!)-fat, low carb diet, with 50-60% of calories coming from healthy fats, 20% from protein, and the rest from vegetables. By sticking to ‘bulletproof’ foods, you have less chance of eating things that can make you weak […]
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Low Fat Recipes: Carrot & Coriander Soup
Super delicious, creamy carrot & coriander soup. *This recipe serves 5-6 people. The preparation time is 5 minutes. Recipe takes 20 minutes.* Level: ** Ingredients: A bunch of fresh coriander (roughly chopped) 1 tbsp. of olive oil 900ml of vegetable stock (1 & 1/2 pints) 4 carrots (peeled and roughly chopped) 1/2 large onion (roughly […]
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Low Fat Recipes: Potato Salad
The perfect side dish to accompany any meal. Potato salad: *Serves 4. Preparation time 5 minutes. Cooking time 30 minutes.* Level: ** Ingredients: 3 chopped hard boiled free range eggs Salt 450g of new potatoes (chopped) 230g of fat free cottage cheese 2 teaspoons of dried dill A bunch of spring onions (chopped) […]
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Low Fat Recipes: Strawberry Ice Cream
Ice-cream, ice-cream, we all scream for ice-cream! *Serves 6. Preparation time 5 minutes. Freezing time 1 hour.* Level: ** Ingredients: Ice cream cones *optional* 500g of carton fresh chilled vanilla custard 340g of jar strawberry preserve/conserve Low fat recipes are suitable for the whole family. Method: Pour the strawberry preserve into a […]
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Low Fat Recipes: Peach & Blueberry Smoothie
Smoothies are a great way to start the day, full of goodness and so simple to make! Keep reading… *Serves 4. Time taken to make including preparation: 15 minutes.* Ingredients: 1 cup of low fat vanilla yoghurt 1 cup of blueberries 3 pitted and chopped peaches 1 frozen banana Low fat recipes are […]
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