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A recent study carried out at the University of Western Australia has discovered that drinking milk in the morning can help you to lose weight. The study found that people who drank milk for breakfast instead of fruit juice generally ate…
Diet 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.
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?”.
Cellulite 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?
Testosterone 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 more muscles and less fat is likely to be your…
Anti-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 be a waste of time and money. Scientists at University…
The 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 Soup Diet. People often feel slightly revolted at the thought…
The 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, vitamins and minerals, and Nuts are 10-25% protein, high in…
The 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”, for fear that some people will believe that they can…
Too Much Meat and Dairy Causes Cancer
Recent research by the University of Oxford has shown that eating meat and dairy products may increase the risk of prostate cancer. Diets high in meat, especially red and processed meat, raises levels of a hormone called Insulin-like Growth Factor-1…
How 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 that good health is attainable simply by adding a few…
Simple 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 1/2 small clove garlic 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper…
How 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 turning food matter into energy (i.e. metabolism). One method involves…
Introduction 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 Revolution. Scientific Backing For a Low Carb Approach Studies have…
Children 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 educated children, so that they are more likely to avoid…
Sylvester 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, without feeling hungry. You may lose even more than this,…
Should 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!
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.
Martial 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.
Superfoods 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, salmon, spinach and soy have all been branded as superfoods,…
Ape 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 foods and saturated fats and instead ate a diet of…
Proposed 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 these products by people in general and children in particular.…