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Steam, Don’t Fry!
Steam or boil vegetables instead of cooking or frying them. This is the healthiest way to eat foods like cabbages, cauliflower, broccoli and carrots. Steaming cuts off the need to use the fat and oil that frying requires and your food is…
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Anti-inflammatory Clove
Clove oil has been used for generations to deal with gut inflammation. Clove powder also stimulates metabolism to help lose weight, and is especially effective when combined with pepper, cinnamon and cumin seeds. Clove water is a great…
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Build Strength With The Avocado-Egg Salad
This would make a great breakfast for yourself or a family member. If your children enjoy eating eggs for lunch, you could pack it in their lunchbox.
Ingredients
2 hard-boiled eggs
1 avocado
¼ cup spinach leaves, roughly…
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Delicious Coconut Flour Muffins
Coconut flour is high in fibre, protein and healthy fats. It has a lower glycaemic index than wheat flour. It is definitely a healthy option when it comes to a weight loss diet choice.
Ingredients
1/2 cup coconut flour
1/2 tsp…
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Go Green With Spirulina…
This potent, immune-boosting superfood can help you lose weight by satisfying your appetite with nutrients instead of empty calories. Says a 2017 study published in the journal ‘BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies’, 64 overweight…
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So Sweet!
For weight loss and blood sugar control, use stevia in place of sugar and artificial sweeteners in baking, and flavouring drinks and foods. It is a natural calorie-free sweetener, so you can use it as a sugar substitute without getting the…
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Pomegranate Rubies, Anyone?
Pomegranates, that have been eaten since ancient times, has incredible health benefits. The ruby-red seeds get their brilliant colour from polyphenols, which are powerful antioxidants. Pomegranate juice contains more antioxidants than red…
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Carrot Muffins
It has no added refined sugar and yet the kids will love it…
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups almond flour
1 tbsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp raw salt
2 tsp baking soda
2 cups fresh carrots, peeled and grated
3/4 cup shredded coconut…
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Healthy Oatmeal-Banana With Peanut Butter
Oatmeal can help with weight loss because it contains soluble fibre, which can keep you full longer. Peanut butter has a low glycemic index. A 2009 study, published in the ‘American Journal of Clinical Nutrition’, found that having peanut…
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Cuppa Joe!
Says a 2020 study from the Anglia Ruskin University, UK, published in ‘The Journal of Nutrition’, women who drink two or three cups of coffee a day have 2.8% lower total body and abdominal fat than those who drink less. Coffee contains…
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