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One of the motivations for this site was to give clear and reliable healthy eating tips. It’s for that reason that the topic of healthy eating is covered more extensively than any other.

Knowing how to eat healthy is more difficult than many realise, until they try it!

The truth is, in my experience, many people greatly over-estimate the extent of their healthy eating.

I always try to put a personal as well as a practical spin on my healthy eating tips. They are all below.

However, I’ve shortlisted three of the more popular articles…

5 Tips for Healthy Food Shopping

Colour Coding – Are you Waiting for Green?

Do you find yourself randomly selecting products at the supermarket, without viewing the product information on the pack? Often it’s a case of not having time, but more frequently, it’s due to a poor understanding of the labeling system. At last, help is at hand! The Food Standards Agency in the UK, have launched a [...]

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Breakfast – a Fantastic Start to the Day!

Without a doubt, breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and one of the key’s to achieving better health. It is such a simple and easy step to take, however so often it is forgotten. Breakfast literally means “breaking the fast.” Eating breakfast helps us to “restock” or “refuel” our energy stores, which [...]

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Top 5 Super Foods

There are just so many fantastic foods that I found it difficult to pick only five. However, the foods I’ve chosen are packed full of nutritional goodness, being excellent sources of fibre, vitamins, minerals, some are also high in phytonutrients and antioxidants. 1) Vegetables – those amazingly colourful plants!

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Food Portion Sizes Using Everyday Items

I’m sure you’ve heard it said over and over again, that the key to a healthy diet and weight management is portion control. The concept is easy: if you eat less, you consume fewer calories, and therefore you lose weight. But, what do food portion sizes really look like? Confusion with food portion sizes With [...]

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The Most Annoying Nutritional Labeling Claims

Just walking through the aisles of the local supermarket can present a huge array of confusing information. What really annoys me is the vague, pseudo-scientific labels, which seem to lack any set standards or validated studies to substantiate their claims. Claims such as, “helps digestion”, “good for your bones”, and “90% fat-free” abound. I particularly [...]

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