Eating healthily can seem hard when food prices are rising and you are on a tight budget. Last week we looked at how it was possible to get your 5-a-day for less than £5 per week – now we turn our attention to adding in some more… read more
Tags: Budget | Cost of healthy living in the UK | Diet
You may have heard the saying “Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper” – promoting breakfast as the most important meal of the day. The advent of commercial cereals in the Western world made breakfast… read more
Tags: breakfast | Calories | Diet | Nutrition
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Following the Olympics in Tokyo this year it’s a good time to look at the traditional Japanese diet – thought to be one of the healthiest on the planet. Japan has one of the longest life expectancies in the world, and diet is thought… read more
With winter behind us and Easter treats safely out of the way, now is a great time for a quick spring clean of your diet. If a full detox sounds too challenging, there are some quick and easy things you can do to help your body clear out… read more
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New Year is a time when many of us decide to make improvements to our health and diets. But with most resolutions being broken before the end of January, the odds are stacked against us. Changes to diet can be especially difficult at this… read more
Tags: Diet | Nutrition | Resolution
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Research by food historian Dr Annie Gray revealed that the average person in wartime Britain consumed 3,500 calories (kcal) on Christmas day - half of today’s estimate which is a staggering 7,000 calories. With the recommended daily… read more
Tags: Calories | Diet | Nutritiion
Flexitarianism (or ‘flexible vegetarianism’) is becoming increasingly popular as a move towards better health without the commitment of going fully vegetarian. The word made it into the Oxford English Dictionary in 2014, and Whole… read more
Tags: Diet | Flexitarianism | Vegetarianism
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