Making Health Easy, Fun – and Just a Little Bit Surprising
Giving up alcohol for a short period is becoming more and more common with the rise of ideas like Dry January, Ocsober or Feb-Fast – but having done each of these a few times (and even written a book on them!) I know that drinking sodas all night gets old…
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I have a downfall when it comes to eating healthily – and it is, all things wrapped in pastry. Sausage rolls, pasties, pies – omg, puff pastry pies. As such, I worship at the temple of Greggs – but, I’ll be honest, I never thought to check the Greggs calories…
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If you’re off to the pub for lunch while on a diet or trying to watch your calories, two things can happen – you can think all bets are off and just order whatever sounds good, or, you can try and work out what the lowest calorie dish is on…
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Here’s a fascinating statistic, over 100,000 people have visited this blog looking for the calorie counts of the chain restaurants in the UK. It’s been updated a few times, calorie counts have come and gone, new restaurants have appeared and others have vanished off the face of the earth but…
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‘What’s the lowest calorie item in Wagamama?’ is one of the most popular questions asked of this blog but with Wagamama changing their menu to add more delicious yumminess all the time, it’s very hard to keep it up to date. However, I decided it was about time I did…
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Using keto to lose weight has its positives like rapid weight loss and no hunger pangs, but it does come with a few issues as well – not least side effects that many people refer to as keto flu. Here we explain why it happens, what to expect and how…
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Healthy curry. Two words that don’t often go together to the upset of my waistline – so, when I heard that the ever lovely Ella Mills aka Deliciously Ella had a Thai curry recipe in her new book Deliciously Ella: the Plant-Based Cookbook, I was very keen to get my…
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It started with cauliflower rice, grew rapidly with cauliflower pizza bases – but now I think we’ve reached peak floret-fabulousness. Cauliflower is officially cool. In the last few weeks when I’ve been out and about I’ve seen it popped into salads, tossed in buffalo sauce as a vegan alternative to…
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I always feel left out of cafe culture. I don’t like coffee, I’m fussy about how my tea is made and hot chocolate means whipped cream and an extra hour’s running to get rid of it, but I have discovered a new love – the Purple Sweet Potato Latte –…
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Sydney Fish Market is a land of magical things – well, if you’re into non-swimming seafood that is – and it’s also the home of the latest craze in sushi – the sushi donut. Now admittedly these have been knocking around for a few weeks so I’m a bit behind the…
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