Healthy Eating For Healthy Living Tips

Changing Recipes to be Healthier

Home-cooking can be good for you or it can be fattening and unhealthy. Quickly browse through your favorite recipe books and in some cases you’ll soon see how the calories and fat can mount up.

That is not to mention all the salt (sodium chloride) in some recipes, although it has a role to play, too much can be harmful.

But don’t despair, there are simple changes you can make to recipes that can help you reduce bad fats, calories and the salt. This will help you stay fit, … Continue Reading

Tomatoes and Red Pepper

As I write this in the UK it’s warm and sunny – never quite sure how long that will last, but we live in hopes.

In such weather, wanting to shed any winter weight gain, our thoughts may turn to a summer detox. If this conjours up images of misery and starvation, think again. It need not be the case.

My last post about Sandy Halliday’s detox diet generated a lot of interest and I asked her to share … Continue Reading

Here’s an interesting article on MSNBC about those food items you may look at and wonder is this safe to eat?

OK – the picture’s a bit extreme, but you know what I mean.

We’ve all done it – pick up a bargain in the supermarket with no clear idea of which meal to incorporate it into, and then a week later you find it and wonder if you should eat it or not.

Check out the informative table on … Continue Reading

• Oat cake (NOT rice, they can raise your blood sugar too fast)
• Stick of celery or carrot
• A few sunflower seeds
• Five almonds, Brazils or walnuts (NOT peanuts)
• Piece of fruit – different each time – Sharon fruit, mangoes, kiwi, pineapple etc
• One or two dried apricots – no more.  Dried fruit raises your blood sugar too quickly

More ideas welcome – please add your favorite healthy snack idea!

People sometimes worry that “healthy eating” is expensive. This need not be the case.

Here are some quick tips to help you and your family eat well on a budget:

• Eat fresh food – and be sure to eat it before it deteriorates
• Never go shopping when you’re hungry – you’ll pile the trolley higher than usual
• Eat fibre-rich food (fruit, vegetables, grains) that will keep you full for longer and help clear toxins from your body
• Watch for special discounts in your local supermarket. Do they put out their special offers … Continue Reading
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