The best way to lose weight permanently is to follow a healthy eating plan and combine it with regular exercise. A healthy diet is: Read the rest of this entry »

Good nutrition is essential for good health. Everything we eat is broken down into its basic nutrients: carbohydrates into glucose, protein into amino acids and fats into fatty acids and glycerol. Read the rest of this entry »

We are particularly proud of this recipe — children adore chicken nuggets but they usually feature reconstituted meat and fried, artificially coloured coatings. Our version uses lean chicken goujons dipped in gluten-free, fat-free polenta batter that is then baked, not fried. Read the rest of this entry »

Children adore meals that positively encourage them to play with their food, and fajitas are no exception. Put plates of warmed tortilla wraps on the table with bowls of salsa or cherry tomatoes and sliced spring onions, guacamole or avocado slices and lettuce, as well as this spicy chicken and pepper mixture, and let them create their own fajitas. Read the rest of this entry »

Fiona tested this recipe on her parents, who, quite sensibly, think normal fish fingers are revolting, and even they thought these home-made ones were absolutely delicious! Read the rest of this entry »

Bottle-ageing encourages predominantly animal-like, spicy, sometimes roasted scents. Where these aromas endure and are not destroyed by the airing or decanting processes, they go on to form part of the aromatic signature of the wine. Read the rest of this entry »

Unfailingly popular with children, including picky eaters, this recipe uses brown basmati rice, which has the least starch of all the rice types, keeping the GL low to make sure blood sugar and energy stay balanced. Read the rest of this entry »

This filling soup gets its wonderfully creamy, thick consistency from the blended butterbeans rather than adding any flour or cream. Its orange colour shows that it is packed with beta-carotene, a vitamin that helps ward off colds and keeps skin healthy. Serve with a piece of bread or a couple of rough oatcakes. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a proper, seriously filling British pudding. The applepie-style dish has a gluten-free topping made of cornmeal and ground almonds, so it is much easier to digest and has a lower GL than pastry. The cinnamon not only adds flavour but it also helps the body balance blood sugar. Read the rest of this entry »

Sweet potatoes mash clown to a naturally creamy consistency without the need to add extra butter or milk. They are also more nutritious than white potatoes as the orange flesh contains lots of antioxidant vitamins like beta-carotene and vitamin E, although normal spuds can be used instead. Read the rest of this entry »

Fish, tuna, canned in brine: 0,06 Fish, tuna, canned in oil: 8,2

Fruit (all fruits, except coconut & avocado)(on average): 0,05

Garbanzos (chick peas), cooked: 2,6

Green beans, uncooked: 0,03

Ham, lean, fat trimmed: 5,0

Ice cream, full cream: 16,0

Ice cream, soff serve: 13,0 Read the rest of this entry »

(All foods below: 100 g portions, fat in grams)

Apple, fresh: 0,3

Avocado: 15,3

Bacon, lean, grilled: 22,3

Bacon, traditional, fried: 49,2

Banana, fresh: 0,05

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By going right back to the beginning, when we enjoyed a fully balanced diet consisting of all the nutrient-rich foods Mother Nature has to offer, when not any one f the macronutrients was being singled out and maligned. Making fat or protein or starch the fiend in the obesity stakes is the most commonly used trick of the quick-fix diet gurus and the basis of many, many low-kilojoule diets. Read the rest of this entry »

In order to understand the importance of CLA in the diet, lets examine the reasons why slimming diets continue to fail and why the low-kllojoule, quick-fix diet principle has become a major player in the obesity stakes. As you know, low-kilojoule diets seldom produce the desired results, And if they do, its extremely difficult to keep the lost weight off. Read the rest of this entry »

Bring out chopsticks one day; blindfold them for a ‘guess what’s for supper’ food-tasting test another time; make them eat the different foods on their plate in alphabetical order — there are all kinds of games you can play to encourage your child to eat and to deflect attention from battles over whether they like a food or not. Read the rest of this entry »

Because rice is the dominating carbohydrate source in Asian diets, its glycaemic index determines to a large degree the overall glycaemic index of the Asian-style eating pattern. As readers of The Glucose Revolution will already be aware, rice varies markedly in its G.I. depending on the variety. Most rice consumed in Britain has a high G.I., while Basmati rice from India and the rice eaten in Japan have a low G.I. Read the rest of this entry »

Five million years ago, the ancestors of the first hominids lived in the rainforests of Africa. Their diet was based on fruits, nuts, berries and insects and supplemented with animal food. Although the tables turned and animal food began to dominate as humans evolved, we have inherited the requirements for a substantial intake of the substances found in fruit and vegetables. Read the rest of this entry »

For convalescents, soups are a favourite food. They are quick to prepare, packed with nutrients and help to rehydrate the body. Include soup on your day-after menu. Read the rest of this entry »

If you can face it, a full-protein breakfast — eggs, bacon, sausages, hash browns and the like— is a tried and tested hangover cure that many hangover sufferers swear by. Read the rest of this entry »

If your ‘craving menu’ revolves mainly around sugar, salt and fat or any combination of them, start practising behaviour modification. For instance, if you usually crave crisps, start eating less of them and replace some with (say) low-salt, low-fat pretzels. If you like creamy dips with your crispy starches, start using fat-free cottage cheese and yoghurt to prepare the dip, instead of cream cheese and cream. Reduce the usual (salty) brown onion soup powder in your dip and start livening up your dip with things that are much nicer anyway: herbs, garlic, chilli, tomato paste and gherkins, to name but a few. Read the rest of this entry »