WHAT IS HEALTHY EATING? To me it’s the idea of being healthy from the inside out. Eating lots of fruit and veg, cooking from scratch where possible and eating less additives and preservatives. The NHS use the Eatwell Guide/Plate and their daily guidelines are 2000kcal for a woman and 2500kcal
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I have just read this book and it has really made me stop and think about the food I eat. In How Not to Die, Dr Michael Gregor examines the top causes of premature death for heart disease , cancers, diabetes and more – and explains how nutritional and lifestyle
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I have just read this book and it has really made me stop and think about the food I eat. In How Not to Die, Dr Michael Gregor examines the top causes of premature death for heart disease , cancers, diabetes and more – and explains how nutritional and lifestyle
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CHAPTER 6 – HOW NOT TO DIE FROM DIABETES I have just read this book and it has really made me stop and think about the food I eat. In How Not to Die, Dr Michael Gregor examines the top causes of premature death for heart disease , cancers, diabetes and
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5 days in Barcelona A last minute decision to get away for a few days late February landed us in the magnificent city of Barcelona. We booked our little package through Superbreaks on the Wednesday and flew the following Saturday. It was very exciting. We left at 04.30am and drove
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So how was January for you? So how was January for you? I wonder how you got on with any goals or “resolutions” you may have set yourself? I have also been thinking about all the “how to diet” tv programmes that are around at this time of year
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These yummy delights came off nutritionalist Rhiannon Lambert’s Instagram (Rhitrition). They were yummy. I’ve added this recipe to my Pinterest/Recipes board. 232Kcal per biscuit, 17g Carbs (8g sugar), 17g Fat (11g saturates), 3g Protein
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Goals, not resolutions! RESOLUTION – definition: a promise to yourself to do or not to do something GOAL – definition: the act of stating clearly what you want to achieve As the New Year fast approaches I have been thinking about New Year’s Resolutions, or rather why we shouldn’t make
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SOUL CAKES I like the sound of these cakes, very simple, although my first batch turned out more like biscuits. Partly due to me rolling the dough too thin and having my oven too hot so they came out a smidge overdone. Soul Cake History: Traditionally made for All Souls’
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Is alcohol sabotaging your fat loss and your life? I watched a BBC news report recently containing the latest statistics on the influence alcohol is having on our lives. Alcohol causes 3.3 million people to die every year! That’s 6% of deaths according to The World Health Organisation. On the
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