Category: Weight loss & maintenance
This week highlights the importance of good nutrition and hydration and the impact it has on your mind and body. In order to sustain good health, you need to consume a healthy and balanced diet. Everything you eat will have an impact on your physical…
National Fitness Day is an opportunity to highlight the role exercise and physical activity has on each of us. Raising awareness of the positive impact leading a more active lifestyle can make. We encourage you to partake in some form of physical activity regularly going forward, that…
With the arrival of International Men’s Health Week, it only seems appropriate to bring issues around men’s health to the forefront. Statistics have shown that one man in every five dies before he reaches the age of 65. The UK has the highest level of…
World Health Day has been celebrated for 70 years. Each year on April 7 the campaign creates awareness of a specific health theme to highlight an area of concern for the World Health Organisation. This day serves as an opportunity to focus your own health…
These delicious time saving recipes are an essential aspect of the festive season running smoothly. Keeping your dishes simple and tasty will mean that you don’t spend unnecessary hours in the kitchen. Each balanced recipe will provide you with nutrition and sustained energy in getting the…
Being overweight puts us at greater risk of a range of different chronic and long term diseases. It is also damaging to our mental health. So, what behaviours and habits do you need to cultivate in order lose any necessary weight and maintain a healthy…
A study conducted from 1995-2017 over 195 countries, that looked at nine million deaths caused by heart attacks and angina has shown that seven out of ten deaths were caused by poor diet. This means that a poor diet caused more deaths than high cholesterol,…
BBQ Turkey and Cabbage Our BBQ Turkey and Cabbage is easy a great crowd pleaser. Popular for children and adults alike, simply accompany with whatever you fancy. Be that a bed of spinach and extra veggies, or a jacket potato. Serves 6 Ingredients 2 tbsp…
The World Health Organisation has advised halving the amount of sugar we have on a daily basis in an attempt to crack down on climbing health problems within the population. The current daily allowance of sugar per person is 12 teaspoons. It has been advised…
Good food doesn’t get much easier or more delicious than this. Simply chuck everything into the pot and let it cook. Everyone will love this truly family friendly dish. It’s ideal for weight loss and weight maintenance too. Serves 4 Ingredients 250g celery 5 rashers…
What are the Reference Intakes (RIs) based on? There are no RI’s for children or separate RI’s for gender. There is only one set of RI’s based on the requirements for an average female with no special dietary requirements and an assumed energy intake of…
This is a fantastic recipe that literally takes minutes to dish up. If you are not a fan of peanuts, then simply don’t include the peanut butter, you won’t be missing out as you’ve already got loads of flavoured included in this meal. Serves 4…