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Have you had a pear today? A study, published in the journal ‘Nutrition’, says that women who ate three pears a day consumed fewer total daily calories and lost more weight than those who didn’t. Pears are rich in fibre - just one pear…
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This Thai recipe is great for using up a selection of vegetables. It’s a mild to medium- flavoured curry so should be a favourite with all the family. Ingredients 1 tbsp sunflower or vegetable oil 1 onion, chopped 3cm piece of…
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This recipe is suitable for vegans. If you prefer, you can use a small sliced onion instead of the leek. It’s great as a quick fuel food after a run or a jog. Ingredients 2 tbsp vegetable oil 1 leek, trimmed and sliced 1…
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Use your time and your freezer wisely. When you cook once, make it last longer by preparing enough for several other meals. Freeze it and have a ready-made healthy treat for the next time you are simply too tired or busy to cook.
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Spinach packs a powerful anti-inflammatory punch. This is one superfood that we should all be eating more often. In fact, it is one of the best known of all the anti-inflammatory superfoods. It contains nutrients that reduce inflammation.…
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Dog and cat owners buy weight-control diets for their overweight pets but are confused by the calorie density, recommended intake, and wide range cost of low-calorie pet foods. A study by the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts…
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Do you blame staying overweight on ‘food addiction’? Although a clinical condition known as ‘binge eating disorder’ does exist, it is extremely rare, affecting less than 3% of obese people. Behavioural scientists are concerned that some…
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Working out, while often enjoyable, is undeniably hard work. Sometimes it does us good to get an extra edge by listening to our favourite music. Research suggests the average person exercises for 19 minutes longer if listening to music when…
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Sleep needs to be one of your most important family values. A study published in the journal ‘Frontiers in Psychology’ suggests that this is because more parental sleep is related to more child sleep, which is connected with lowered chances…
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Red chilli peppers contain a compound called capsaicin that give them the fiery flavor. The more capsaicin it contains, the hotter the chilli. Research has shown that chilli peppers help with weight loss because they can suppress appetite…
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