Does this sound familiar? “I want to eat healthier to lose weight, but it seems too complicated.” If that sounds like you, let’s start with breakfast. rather than trying to tackle the whole problem, we could focus on just one part of eating healthier – deciding what...
As the year draws to a close the diet wars are heating up. On one level this is good because the truth is bobbing up in more and more places. On another level it is sad that many intelligent people in health prefer to cling to ideology rather than accept that the...
The latest bad guy to be demonized by public health is sugar. We are told that sugar is now the problem in our diets. The solutions from public health are the same tired old nanny state ideas including a sugar tax, banning of advertising and other government mandated...
How often have you felt your tummy talking, okay shouting to you for hot pizza, crunchy chips, donuts, ice cream, or chocolate? You know, mid-way between breakfast and lunch or between lunch and dinner? It is not a given for you to be hungry or experience cravings...
On a daily basis, you are reminded either through the media or your own eyes, of the multitude of people who are ill with diseases such as cancer, alzheimer’s, arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), obesity...
A couple of weekends back it was raining so, instead of going for a run I used the exercise bike. One bonus (some may disagree) of this is that you can watch TV whilst exercising. Food shows are something that I find fun to watch and Rick Stein is one of my favourite...