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It’s Healthista day…..and this month’s round up has cake! Specifically, Tasty Little Numbers 100 calorie cakes which, it has to be said are pretty amazing. If you haven’t heard of TLN their ethos is simple – they sell food in calorie limited portions. So cakes, chocolate and crisps all bundled…
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I’m back eating LCHF – low-carb high-fat, aka keto again. For those who don’t know, 18 months ago I did a LCHF diet combined with heavy weight lifting. At the time I lost 9lb in 12 days which I kept off for over a year. Then I went on holiday…
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According to the upcoming book The Power of No by James Altucher with Claudia Azula Altucher, HayHouse, £10.99, using this two letter word more often is the key to being happier and healthier –but they admit it can be a really tricky word to say. Scuse me why’ll I just click over to amazon…
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It’s that time of the year when thousands of Brits head to the US – and, as I did a few weeks ago, come back heavier than when they left. Between the portion sizes, the fact that outside of big cities it’s tricky to walk that far to burn things…
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There’s lots of interesting science going in the weight loss world right now – today I read about a new study reporting that dieting to your gene type does show better results than just following a simple calorie controlled plan. According to researchers at the University of Trieste people following…
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When I first heard about Lipolift Pro, I laughed. Every week at least one press release about some new weight loss thingy that sounds too good to be true plops into my inbox. At this point I usually go back to the PR who sent it and say ‘before I…
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The New Food Challenge was partly sparked by all the interesting foods I saw at the Natural and Organic Product Show a few weeks ago so expect a few posts on things I saw there; like today’s on Brown Shirataki noodles. I’ve been talking about no-calorie Shirataki noodles for a…
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I’ve tried a few types of ‘no-cal’ noodles on here so I wasn’t that excited when I heard that Slendier, ANOTHER brand was launching here – but then friends in Australia, where the brand originated, started raving about them and so I figured I’d best give them a try. And…
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That’s the question I was asking myself when I saw the advert for them on the back of Holland and Barrett’s Healthy magazine last month. ‘Deliciously satisfying between meals’ said the ad. So, a week or so ago I went and bought some. The Sweet Mint with Assam variety to…
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I just spent two weeks eating my way around Vietnam and am having a bit of a craving for their national soup Pho (pronounced fuh – kind of like fur) so the other day I nipped into Vietnamese chain Pho Cafe to get my fix – and left stuffed. Which…
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