Forget the expensive face creams, if you want to get your glow on, just eat more vegetables and fruit. While researchers normally focus on the health benefits of 5 plus a day vegetables and fruit, a research team from the University of St Andrews in the UK monitored fruit and vegetable intake for 35 individuals [...]
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Chocolate – it’s good for you!
Being a chocolate lover I was very excited to read a recent review with the news that chocolate isn’t bad for you, in fact, it may be good for you. The review published in the British Medical Journal found that flavonols in chocolate reduce the risk of cardiometabolic disorders such as such heart disease and [...]
Sleep More to Eat Less
It seems good nutrition and physical activity aren’t the only part of the equation to maintaining a healthy weight. An increasing number of research studies are showing that a lack of sleep could lead to weight gain. Adults that sleep less than 7 hours a night have a greater likelihood of being obese than those [...]
Soluble Fibre, a belly fat fighter – Nutrition News
Newly published research suggests that soluble fibre may help reduce the amount of deep abdominal fat, known as visceral fat, that we accumulate. The study, published in the journal Obesity, found that for every 10g increase of soluble fibre eaten each day visceral fat was reduced by 3.7 per cent over five years. Deep abdominal [...]
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