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8 Great Juice Recipes to Detox and Rejuvenate
Juicing is a popular way to consume fruit. Although many advocates of juicing believe that it is the route to long life, health and happiness, we do not take the …
Read MoreDiet and Nutrition
These articles provide advice on healthy eating for sports, weight loss and general wellbeing. Diet is vital to health, so we explain what a healthy diet is and how it affects your weight. We also have a growing selection of diet plans.
The Color of Food and Other Tips for Healthy Eating
On average the color of a fruit or vegetable indicates how nutritious it is. Generally darker, deeper colored fruits and vegetables are more nutritious than lighter ones. So those well ripened …
Read MoreIs the Organic Food Diet all Baloney?
A recent study has revealed what many people have suspected for a long time – organic food is not any better for your health than conventional food grown using herbicides …
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A Chinese Taoist Diet to Increase Chi Energy
One question that many people ask when they first take an interest in Tai Chi, Chi Gung, yoga or any other energetic art, is “what is the best diet for improving the flow of chi throughout the body?”.
Read MoreCellulite Reduction Diet
Cellulite is a relatively common condition, affecting both men and women, which usually starts to appear after puberty. How do we get rid of it?
Read MoreTestosterone Diet to Build Muscle and Lose Weight
Building muscle and trimming fat are the main too goals of most men that exercise. Whether you are training for a sport, or just want to look good naked, then …
Read MoreAnti-Ageing Diets Do Not Work
A recent study has indicated that anti-ageing diets, as well as creams, simply do not work. Diets which place emphasis on antioxidants to help prevent the effects of ageing may …
Read MoreThe Cabbage Soup Diet Revisited
The Cabbage Soup Diet is possibly the most infamous diet ever created. When people talk about strict weight loss diets, often the first that springs to mind is the Cabbage …
Read MoreThe Healthy Nut Diet
Nuts are not enough to be a diet in themselves, but should form part of a healthy and well balanced diet. Nuts are a great source of protein, healthy fats, …
Read MoreThe Source of a Superfood: Pectin
Superfoods are back in the news at the moment. After a brief attack earlier in the year by some nutritionists that suggested that foods should not be labeled as “super”, …
Read MoreHow To Maintain Super Health With Super Foods
There has been some controversy over the term “super foods” in recent months, as some nutritionists and health advisers have warned that this term is misleading the public into believing …
Read MoreSimple Tuna Salad with Olives
INGREDIENTS: 2 large tomatoes 1 red bell pepper 1 green bell pepper 1 small onion 1 can (6 1/2 or 7 ounces) tuna in vegetable oil 4 teaspoons olive oil …
Read MoreHow Do Low Carbohydrate Approaches Work?
The answer requires a little biological knowledge. There is nothing really complicated about why a low carbohydrate diet works. To put it simply, the human body has two methods of …
Read MoreIntroduction to Low Carb / High Protein Diets
Low carb (carbohydrate) diets, are a relatively new nutritional approach to weight loss and dietary health. Dr. Atkins was the first to popularise low carbohydrate diets with the Atkins Diet …
Read MoreChildren To Learn How to Cook Healthily
A new government incentive to help to teach children about eating a healthy diet, and also teach them to cook for themselves, has been launched. The main purpose is to …
Read MoreSylvester Stallone’s Diet: a.k.a. The Italian Stallion Diet
Fancy yourself as a lean, slim-hipped, red hot Latin lover? Try Sylvester Stallone’s anti-ageing, high energy, vegetarian diet. Sly lost 7 pounds (3.2kg) in just 2 weeks on the diet, …
Read MoreShould You Drink Beer after Exercise?
Beer has turned out to be the source of these carbs as well as a hydrating tonic. There is now scientific evidence explaining why a pint after a tiring session tastes so good – our body’s know that it is good for us!
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Nutrition For Runners – What To Eat For Best Running Gains
Whether you are new to running and running to help lose some weight and get fitter, or if you a serious amateur and want to compete in road races, diet and nutrition is vital.
Read MoreMartial Artists Diet – What To Eat If You’re A Fighter
Martial arts training requires a strict and well balanced diet just like any other sport. Martial Artists need a diet that provides adequate energy, in the form of carbohydrates and fats, as well as essential proteins, vitamins and minerals.
Read MoreSuperfoods Are No Longer Superfoods By Name
New EU regulations mean that many foods that have been branded as “superfoods” can no longer be so called, unless scientific evidence can be provided of their super status. Blueberries, …
Read MoreApe Man Diet – Natural Eating from the Prehistoric Period
In January 2007 the BBC reported on a very interesting diet experiment whereby a group of volunteers adopted a strict ape-like diet. A group of volunteers stopped eating all processed …
Read MoreProposed changes to television advertising of food and drink products to children
Ofcom is has recently been reviewing policy on the advertising of HFSS products (high in fat, salt or sugar) on television in an attempt to reduce the over consumption of …
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