Healthy Twist Meals

When you're thinking about your healthy eating, remember that Drinks Count Too!

A healthy diet means plenty of liquids need to go in - they help our bodies run the way their meant to. Plus when you're trying to lose weight, thirst can easily be mistaken for feelings of hunger and make the whole process more difficult.

There are plenty of simple changes you can make to your...

It can be very tempting to do the '80s thing and follow a "low fat diet" but in reality, the subject of fat is a little more complex than simply cutting it out of your diet completely.  We stopped wearing leotards and ditched the eras unfortunate hair styles so why hold on to this relic of an idea too?!

Fats are very calorie dense. Each food group has different numbers of...

So we've talked carbs and decided (hopefully!) that complex carbs are good and they can play a great role in a healthy diet, especially where you're looking for weight loss, so what about sugar?

Sugar is a carbohydrate - wonder if the "No Carbs Before Marbs" girls realised that

That means everything from sweets and cakes, to beer, milk, fruit & more are all...

The NHS in Norfolk offer a fantastic FREE programme for both individuals and businesses which are being increased all across the county in 2012.

The Life4Life programme is run by fully qualified trainers will run classes wherever the need arises. You can refer yourself for free as an individual and attend 4 sessions over 4 weeks where you will learn all about nutrition, exercise...

Carbohydrates get a bad press these days with diets like The Atkins Diet claiming that easy weight loss can be achieve by cutting them out of diets entirely. Yet carbohydrates are our bodies’ preferred source of energy and are a vital part of a well balanced, healthy diet.

Between 45 and 65% of the calories in a healthy diet should come from carbohydrates. It’s easy to simply...

The simple and accepted way to balance our meals is by using the Eat Well Plate template.  There are many, many diets out there that will tell you to eat less carbs, more protein, less fat and yes less staurated fat is good but don't skimp on the unstaurated ones!) and while there ar escientific studies to support some successes, if you have no major allergies or medical reasons why you...

Once we have committed ourselves to the idea of losing weight or maintaining a healthy weight, we need to consider the practical ways to achieve it.

The best place to begin is to establish what the appropriate number of calories to be eating is.  It is a widely accepted average that women need 2000 calories and men need 2500 to maintain weight, but in reality it is dependant on current...

With two thirds of the UK population now overweight and with 25% classed as obese with higher risks of strokes, cancer and heart disease, a healthy lifestyle is becoming more important than ever.

Our weight is determined by the difference in the amount of calories we put into our bodies compared the the number of calories we use as energy. If we eat fewer calories than we use, we lose weight...

The NHS in Norfolk offer a fantastic FREE programme for both individuals and businesses which are being increased all across the county in 2012.

The Life4Life programme is run by fully qualified trainers will run classes wherever the need arises. You can refer yourself for free as an individual and attend 4 sessions over 4 weeks where you will learn all about nutrition, exercise...

In America, January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month so if you're looking to have a child this year or you've recently had one, these tips are for you!

How Does Food Affect Your Kids?

Being overweight or obese reduced the likelihood that you'll conceive and also increases the risk of some birth defects so if you are planning to have a child, you should do your...