Healthy Eating For Healthy Living Tips

If you’ve ever wondered about the nutritional content of food, your problems are at an end, because here’s WolframAlpha, a computational knowledge engine!

Whatever is that, I hear you cry.

Quite straight-forward,  Wolfram|Alpha is an early stage of a long-term project that aims to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone.

The way it works is that you type in a question, or a calculation you need to make, and Wolfram|Alpha uses its built-in algorithms and growing collection of data to compute the answer.

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We hear that we must eat five (or even ten – depending on who you listen to) portions of fruit and veg a day. But what is a portion?

Fruit

A portion is 80 grams or 3.2 ounces. Example portions from a British Dietetic Association handout:

• Large slice of melon or pineapple
• Medium-sized apple, pear, orange
• Two plums or satsumas
• Cup of grapes or berries
• 2-3 tablespoons fruit salad or canned fruit
• One 150ml glass of fruit juice
• Two tablespoons vegetables – raw, cooked, canned or fresh
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If you’re anything like me, you’ve marveled at the size of portions in (some) restaurants these days. Eating out when younger I would regularly enjoy a three course meal, without feeling bloated. Now – two courses and I’m begging for mercy.

Does anyone else agree that restaurant portions have increased to mammoth proportions? If so you could be forgiven for thinking that it’s better for you to eat at home.

Well, to some extent, you’re right – but when you’re doing your own cooking, it turns out that – despite the availability … Continue Reading