Diets and Nutrition
Primal nutrition
Fitness classes have been going ‘back to basics’ over the last year with incredible results. Exercise regimes, like CrossFit have done away with fancy gym machines and weights and have instead reverted back to a more primitive form of work out, relying instead on ropes, tyres and sledge hammers.
There’s more than one way to keep bones healthy
We’ve all heard that we should drink milk to keep our bones healthy, but a new study has shown that perhaps there’s more than one kind of ‘milk’ we should be drinking.
Changing diet, exercise, men-only groups and humour may be recipe for tackling male obesity
Fewer men join weight loss programmes but are more likely than women to stick with them, according to analysis of international obesity studies led by University of Aberdeen researchers.
Jimmy Doherty and Kate Quilton investigate The World's Best Diet
Channel 4 has commissioned a new feature documentary from Boundless called The World’s Best Diet exploring some of the world’s most varied diets.
Perfect beach body pasta
With summer on the horizon it’s time to start shaping up so we are looking our best when we jet off on our holidays, for many of us this means shifting our winter weight.
Fighting the flab is number one New Year’s Resolution
The most popular New Year’s resolution in 2014 will be to lose weight, according to new research by budgeting account provider thinkmoney.
Brits in the dark about winter nutrition
Winter is well and truly in full swing, so it’s unsurprising that almost 90% of Britons admit that the season has a negative effect – making us stay at home more (50%), struggling to get out from under the duvet (33%), eating more comfort food (32%) or exercising less (30%).
1st week of November is New Year’s Resolutions time
Research shows we’re already thinking about NY resolutions, & experts suggest we should start them now if we want to succeed.
Pasta’s back on the menu
If you’re dieting and trying to lose weight, whether you’re on the Dukan diet, the GI diet or the Atkins diet, pasta is almost always off limits. Nutritional experts may now have to have a re-think however as September sees the launch of a product from Australia that promises to put pasta well and truly back on the menu.
Curry cleanser
Turmeric may be best known as an ingredient used in Asian cooking, but recent studies have shown it should be in our diets this festive period for reasons other than taste.
Children risking dehydration around during term-time
Millions of schoolchildren could be at risk of dehydration – after a report found many go for as long as 18 hours without a drink.
More than your average cuppa
Health food experts Natur Boutique have launched a new range of teas that are set to stir up excitement amongst the health conscious as they hit shop shelves this month.
Women weigh 7.4lbs lighter in the summer
The average woman’s weight fluctuates by 1.6 stones during her lifetime – but she always looks her best in the summer, it has been revealed.
Beat the breakfast bloat
As highlighted in a new paper, published this month, around 70% of the world’s population is lactase deficient. Lactase is the enzyme that is responsible for breaking down lactose, a type of sugar found in milk.
Setting the Royal standard in Healthy Happy Hearts for new mums
As it was revealed that the Duchess of Cambridge likes to do her own food shopping and cooking, a top nutritional expert is advising Kate to sign up for the not-for-profit Healthy Happy Hearts challenge delivered by Seafish (the UK authority on seafood).