Healthy Eating

Blood sugar spikes. What are they and should we worry about them?

But what are blood glucose spikes and why do they need managing?

Healthy Eating

Wild mushrooms on toast

This delicious medley of mushrooms is a nutritious meal that can be cooked in a flash.

Breakfast   Healthy Eating

To peel or not to peel?

Can leaving the peel on fruit and vegetables be good for you?

Vegetable   Healthy Eating

Nutrition Round Up 2022

Here are some take home messages from 2022.

Healthy Eating

Can a good diet help prevent you from catching COVID-19?

Research findings are pointing to the crucial role diet plays in your chance of catching COVID-19 and becoming seriously ill with this disease.

Healthy Eating

Butternut squash soup

As autumn approaches and the temperature falls a bowl of hot soup makes a great lunch or light supper.

Soup   Starter OR light meal   Healthy Eating

Superfoods verses super diets. Which is best?

Do they deserve to be called ‘superfoods’? And are some foods more ‘super’ than others?

Healthy Eating

Autumn fruit smoothie bowl

Delicious way to get a whole range of nutritious foods into breakfast.

Breakfast   Cereal   Healthy Eating

Easy garlic naan bread

the perfect accompaniment to curries

Side Dish   Healthy Eating

Beetroot hummus

Beetroot can be grated and eaten raw in salads, boiled in water, or roasted in the oven.

Snack   Healthy Eating

Why seasonal eating can be good for your health

Seasonal eating encourages eating fruits and vegetables when they are in season

Healthy Eating

Tofu scramble on toast

Tofu is a bean curd made from the liquid produced from soaked, dried soya beans.

Starter OR light meal   Healthy Eating

Focus on blood pressure

Foods to help manage your blood pressure

Healthy Eating

Does when you eat matter?

Can the time you eat affect your health & weight?

Healthy Eating

The pitfalls of a plant-based diet

And how to avoid them.

Vegetable   Healthy Eating

Preventing cancer

How improving the quality of your diet can cut your risk

Healthy Eating

Nutrition for older adults

Key tips for healthy eating as we age

Healthy Eating

Does eating meat pose a risk to health?

With a growing emphasis on eating a plant-based diet does meat still have a place at our dining tables

Meat   Healthy Eating

Focus on gluten

More and more people are giving up gluten, but should they?

Healthy Eating

Focus on blood glucose

Many of us have high glucose levels, but how bad is it?

Healthy Eating

Six ways to improve your diet

that aren’t about weight loss

Healthy Eating

Is juicing fruit and vegetables good for you?

The health gurus say yes, the scientists disagree!

Vegetable   Fish   Healthy Eating

How good nutrition can help protect your eyesight

How our diet can help safeguard the health of our eyes

Healthy Eating

How to eat healthy food on a budget

Getting the best quality food for your money to help your family stay fit and well during the coming winter

Fruit   Vegetable   Healthy Eating

Chocolate mousse

A delicious, healthy version of the ever popular chocolate mousse

Vegetable   Dessert   Healthy Eating

Fat in your diet - getting the balance right

Fat plays an important role in supplying energy to the body as well as other nutrients

Healthy Eating

Is personalised nutrition the future

How individual is our response to food?

Healthy Eating

How can I eat better to support my immune system?

A look at the role diet plays in supporting the immune system and combating the disease

Healthy Eating

How to eat well in a crisis

Eating nutritious food is very important during a health crisis and helps to maintain physical and mental health.

Healthy Eating

Health Benefits of a Mediterranean Diet

Does the style of cooking and eating are thought to hold the key to good health?

Healthy Eating

Turmeric lassi

A delicious blend of yoghurt, water, spices and sometimes fruit

Dessert   Healthy Eating

What is Vitamin C

And can it protect us from the common cold?

Healthy Eating

Healthy Diet And Sustainable Diets For The 21st Century

What we choose to eat has a huge impact, not only on our health but also on the health of the planet.

Healthy Eating

What parents needs to know about their child’s taste buds

How do children learn to like the complex flavours of varied diet?

Healthy Eating

Diet and dental health

how best to look after your children’s teeth

Healthy Eating

Spotlight on salt

Essential in the right quantity, but how much is too much?

Healthy Eating

Hummus

Traditional hummus is very easy, economical and nutritious

Snack   Healthy Eating

The truth about superfoods

Do superfoods live up to the claims?

Healthy Eating

The fibre in your diet

How much should you eat and where do you find it

Healthy Eating

Plaited Milk Bread

This loaf looks stunning when it comes out of the oven.

Side Dish   Healthy Eating

Intermittent fasting and the 5 : 2 diet

Can they benefit health, how safe are they and will they work for you?

Healthy Eating

Wholemeal cheese scones

Great to eat with soup.

Starter OR light meal   Healthy Eating

How to eat and drink well this Christmas

Twelve things you should know about eating and drinking well this Christmas

Healthy Eating

Food labelling - what you need to know

What do the labels mean and how can they help us to choose the foods that are good for us?

Healthy Eating

The Lowdown on Carbohydrates

We all need some carbohydrate in our diet, but what sort?

Healthy Eating

What Kind of Drink is Best for Exercise

Staying hydrated during and after exercise is important, but what is the best drink for you?

Smoothie   Healthy Eating

The importance of Vitamin B

What are B vitamins and how important at they in your diet?

Healthy Eating

What You Need To Know About Caffeine In The Diet

Each day, millions of people use caffeine containing drinks, but how does it effect your body.

Healthy Eating

How gut bacteria can help to keep you healthy

More and more research suggests that our gut bacteria influences almost every aspect of our health

Healthy Eating

Feed yourself fuller for longer

How to eat filling foods that won't pack on the pounds

Healthy Eating

Can restricting your child's diet be bad for health?

Can "clean eating" lead to nutrients vital for health, growth and normal development becoming dangerously deficient?

Healthy Eating

Are low calorie sweeteners bad for your health?

In theory sweeteners help you to lose weight and prevent diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes, but do they?

Healthy Eating

Beet Burger

A stunning recipe, beet burgers are a perfect if you fancy an alternative to meat.

Main dish   Healthy Eating

Eating to boost your metabolism and help you lose weight?

What is metabolism and can eating certain foods really help our bodies burn calories more quickly?

Healthy Eating

Getting food portion sizes right

Getting the portion sizes of the food you serve right helps you to eat, buy and prepare the correct amount of food.

Healthy Eating

Easy tray baked chicken

This chicken dish is colourful, tasty and easy to prepare.

Main dish   Healthy Eating

Keeping an eye on your blood cholesterol

Cholesterol - a small amount is vital, to much can kill you.

Healthy Eating

Granola jars with fruit compote

Granola is wonderfully crunchy mix of seeds and cereals and is nutritious because it contains a mixture of whole grain oats, nuts and seeds

Breakfast   Cereal   Healthy Eating

Why wholegrains are a must in your 2017 diet

Wholegrains are fantastically nutritious and contain up to 75% more nutrients than refined grains

Cereal   Healthy Eating

Tuck in - how to get the kids to eat well over Christmas

Getting children to eat nutritious food at Christmas can be a challenge - here are some ideas on how to succeed.

Healthy Eating

Spotlight on iron in the diet

Nutrition surveys show low intakes of iron are surprisingly common in the UK. How can we hit the spot when it comes to getting the iron we need from our diet?

Healthy Eating

Vitamin supplements - who needs to take them?

A third of adults in the UK regularly take vitamin and other nutritional supplements and spend around £385m per year on them. But are they really necessary?

Healthy Eating

Stuffed courgettes

Stuffed courgettes makes a wonderful, nutritious mid week summer meal.

Vegetable   Main dish   Healthy Eating

To snack or not to snack?

For many people the traditional pattern of eating three meals a day has given way to frequent snacking and eating energy dense ‘snack foods’ - is this a problem?

Healthy Eating

Are you drinking enough fluid?

Not drinking enough on a hot day can put us at risk of developing heat stroke. But how do we know how much to drink and, are some drinks better than others?

Smoothie   Healthy Eating

Eat a rainbow

Why it is important to eat colourful fruit and vegetables

Fruit   Vegetable   Healthy Eating

Salmon and spinach roulade with lemon and parsley

A delicious, light, nutritious dish that is quick to make with a lactose free option.

Starter OR light meal   Healthy Eating

How much protein do we need to eat?

A look at protein ... what is it, why do we need it, how much is enough and what sort is best.

Healthy Eating

Veggie pots with quinoa and tahini dressing

Veggie pots look stunning and they are a fun way to serve a selection of bright interesting vegetables.

Vegetable   Starter OR light meal   Healthy Eating

Overhaul your diet and get set for a healthier, fitter new year

The new year is an opportunity for everyone to think about what they want for their health and wellbeing in the new year.

Healthy Eating

Healthy festive eating

Eating well over Christmas should mean enjoying delicious festive food and staying fit and healthy.

Healthy Eating

How much do you know about the sugar in your diet?

Sugar has received a lot of bad press. It has been linked with obesity, tooth decay and Type 2 Diabetes. But, what is behind the headlines?.

Healthy Eating

Fig, almond cake with a warm honey glaze

Ripe figs are lovely to eat fresh but they are also great to use in cakes - this combination of figs, honey, almonds and yogurt is wonderful

Fruit   Treat   Healthy Eating

Peach smoothie with raspberry sauce

Peaches are delicious to eat as they are but they are also fabulous to use in drinks, salads and puddings too.

Fruit   Smoothie   Snack   Healthy Eating

Avocado, mint smoothie

A nutritious smoothie which is great if you are a little bit hungry and need more than a drink

Smoothie   Vegetable   Vegetable   Snack   Healthy Eating

Can changing your eating environment make you slimmer?

Simple changes to where and how your store, serve and eat your food can have a huge impact on weight.

Healthy Eating

Nut, Seed & Raisin Flapjack

A nutritious and tasty snack - perfect for a packed lunch

Cereal   Snack   Healthy Eating

Blackberry and apple cardamom buns

These fragrant buns contain a beautiful mix of flavours including honey, coconut, cardamom and, blackberry and apple.

Fruit   Snack   Treat   Healthy Eating