Common knowledge is that we should all eat our five a day. A great way is to mix it up with all kinds of different fruit and vegetables each day. However, it’s not as easy as it sounds.

First of all, why 5 portions a day?

To get the correct amount of vitamins and minerals, we need to eat different varieties of fruit and veg. The reason for this is because they add different...

If you have over indulged at Christmas and starting to fret that soon it will be getting to that time of year when we want to look and feel fantastic in beach shorts and sleeveless tops. But if you don’t feel wonderful just yet then don’t worry. Weight loss is not magic, it’s a numbers game!

If you make small consistent changes, it pays off in pounds off. Make sure you understand...

After reading countless books, articles and studies on the complex subject of healthy eating, we thought we had diets all worked out.

But NO, how wrong were we; just as an understanding of good and bad carbs, glycaemic indexes and calorie counting began to clear up, the brilliant science of nutrition throws another spanner in the works.

There are some foods that you may think are extremely...

Whether you’re in your 20’s, 30’s or 50’s, the fundamental rule of a healthy diet remains the same – however, your lifestyle doesn’t! It’s pretty undisguised that we eat differently at different stages of our life. Who can forget their student diet of pasta, canned sauces and caffeine marathons during a revision crisis?

Your 20’s can be a disorganized whirlwind of working...

This diet plan means you can indulge in three chocolate delights a day and still drop a dress size in three weeks!

We are continually told that chocolate makes us fat, but these chocaholic celebs such as Roxanne Pallett, Kate Garraway and Keira Knightley, are living proof that you can gorge, and still have a svelte figure. So to help you revel in choccy treats, we’ve improvised a special...

 Acai Berries are a common way to incorporate the super fruit into your diet and are extremely nutritious. We’ve just discovered Sambazon Acai Power Scoop (normally only available in the USA) Here’s a list of recipe ideas of ways to use Acai berries below. Did you know that just 1 scoop of Sambazon Acai Power Scoop = 3 of your 5 -a-day?

Acai...