They may be a handy grab-and-go snack but cereal bars aren’t always as healthy as they seem and many of them are packed with sugar. If you’re in the habit of using a cereal bar to keep you going then you could easily be having the same amount of sugar as a chocolate bar and this won’t help your energy
With cold and flu season upon us, here are four tips to help you keep fighting fit throughout the winter. 1. Vegetables are vital If you normally tuck into an orange at the first hint of a sore throat, it could be time to think again. Adding a red pepper to your salad will give you twice as much vitamin C, and
If the recent political and economic turmoil, disappointment over the football or simply the endless series of chilly, wet days have been getting you down, it could be time to take a nutritional approach to managing your mood. Activating the body’s natural cheering and calming systems is likely to make you feel a whole lot better than bingeing on your
With the spotlight on mental health today, it's a great time to review what you're eating to help maximise your motivation and concentration and reduce symptoms of low mood and anxiety There’s no doubt that the right diet can have a major impact on our brain and its performance, but which are the best foods to focus on? Here are a
Jackie Lynch shares some tips from her new book, The Right Bite, to help you choose your movie-night snacks. This blog originally appeared on the Nourish Books website: http://www.nourishbooks.com/blog/ There’s something about a trip to the movies that just seems to send caution to the winds when it comes to snacking. The usual suspects, such as popcorn, ice-cream and hot dogs, are high in
Jackie Lynch shares some helpful tips from her book The Right Bite to help you effortlessly limit the sugar in your diet. This blog originally featured on Nourish Books website: http://www.nourishbooks.com/blog/. If you’ve been following the headlines recently, you’ll have seen that sugar has been firmly cast as the villain of the piece in health terms which makes it a smart move
Jackie Lynch, author of The Right Bite, suggests some smart food and drink swaps to keep you on the straight and narrow in February. This blog originally featured on Nourish Books website: http://www.nourishbooks.com/blog/. When the shops start to feature large displays of pink champagne and mountains of foil-wrapped chocolate hearts, it can mean only one thing – Valentine’s Day is upon us,
Trying to keep up with the ever-growing range of so-called ‘superfoods’ available in the shops can be an expensive business. However, a number of excellent alternatives can be found in some everyday foods which can really help to keep the costs down, so that it’s possible to eat healthily without breaking the bank. Here’s a selection of some of the
The autumn menus are here, so it’s time for my annual review of the lunch options from some of the more popular outlets. If the dreaded mid-afternoon slump is a familiar scenario, then making sure that you choose the right lunch is incredibly important. Here are three top tips to ensure a healthy and sustaining lunch that keeps sugar cravings to
If you spend a fortune on various anti-ageing skin products, then spare a thought for your brain, as a much smaller financial investment can pay dividends. Recent research has revealed that a diet rich in green leafy vegetables helps to keep your brain young by slowing cognitive decline. The Mind Diet The diet in question is called the MIND diet and has
