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Carbohydrates are one of the main food groups that you eat, but many people are unaware of what foods are high in carbohydrates and the importance of them within your diet.
We show you how to pack a nutritious lunchbox ready for going back to school.
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle can be challenging, particularly with the conflicting advice found online and on social media about what is good or bad for your health.
Who doesn’t love a good picnic? Picnics are one of the best parts of summer and a great chance to spend some well-deserved time outside enjoying the sunshine.
Many people think that artificial sweeteners are a healthy and safe alternative to sugar, but is this the case?
If you’re trying to eat healthier and live a healthy lifestyle, then some of the recipes that you enjoy cooking may not fit into your new way of life.
Enjoying the sun with your friends and family can often mean overindulging on barbecue foods that are high in salt and saturated fats. This will increase both your blood pressure and LDL (bad) cholesterol levels, putting an increased strain on your heart and arteries.
Reading food labels can be confusing, and it can be hard to know where to look. With the back-of-pack labels often feeling like navigating through a maze, most food/drink manufacturers and supermarkets in the UK now voluntarily display front-of-pack information in a colour coded ‘traffic light system’. Energy, fat, saturated fat, total sugars, and salt content are commonly displayed in green, amber and red on the front of many food and drink packets to help the UK consumers to make informed choices.
Consuming too much salt can lead to high blood pressure, a major risk factor for developing heart diseases.
Hydration is an essential part of nutrition and can either benefit or impact your heart’s ability to work effectively.
At the beginning of 2024 you may have created a new healthy resolution for the year and now is the time to start thinking about how to maintain it. Creating a new habit or stopping an old one can be difficult, and with motivation at its lowest during the winter months, it can be easy for habits to slip.
A dose (or two) of caffeine plays a starring role in the morning routine of many adults, but is our morning cuppa having a negative impact on our heart?