by Carys | Oct 16, 2016 | Healthy Foods
There are all kinds of terms that turn up on food labels to entice us to buy a particular product. But how do we know this means they’re any better for us than another brand? Here are some of the words and phrases used that we often assume equal healthy foods,...
by Carys | Oct 5, 2015 | Benefits, Healthy Foods
Following on from my last blog post, I wanted to look at the claims that some fruits help weight loss. The first of these is linked to one of the most extreme ‘mono-diets’ – the banana diet involves eating thirty bananas in a day and nothing else....
by Carys | Sep 21, 2015 | Benefits, Healthy Foods
There’s no shortage of diets that either promise to kick start a new healthy lifestyle or are described as the best long-term route to weight loss. But what about those individual foods we see that are said to actually help weight loss? Is there any basis for...
by Carys | Sep 8, 2015 | Benefits, Healthy Foods
It may feel like Summer is drawing to an end (at least in the Northern hemisphere; of course the opposite is true for our readers south of the equator) but that doesn’t mean that we have to resign ourselves to tinned, dried or frozen vegetables just yet! While...
by Carys | Aug 31, 2015 | Healthy Foods, Vitamins
If you’ve looked at our vitamin A page, you might have noticed something a little confusing. Near the top of the page we have a chart showing the recommended daily values of this nutrient, measured in micrograms (μg). But when we come to list the foods which are...
by Carys | Aug 23, 2015 | Benefits, Healthy Foods
We all know that it’s a good idea to “eat your greens”. But there’s a a reason why natural foods, particularly fruits and vegetables, come in a variety of colours. While red, yellow and green foods are most commonly found on our plates,...
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