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Why Is It So Important To Take Your Full Lunch Break?
Lunch breaks are an endangered species in this country; 60% of us don’t take a lunch break at all, and the rest that do rarely take a full hour to focus on nutrition, relaxation and nothing else. The average UK worker takes a lunch break of…
Snacking More and Skipping Lunch: How US Diets Have Changed
As more people pick and snack their way through the day, instead of sitting down for three square meals, the amount of energy Americans get from their snacks has doubled in the last 30 years. This is according to an analysis of National…
Can Vegan Athletes Get the Nutrition They Need to Succeed?
Fiona Oakes has been a vegan since she was six years old, and has just won the women's title in the North Pole Marathon. This is an event in which runners compete in conditions as low as -30C, and a medical team is on standby for frostbite…
How to Curb Your Cravings with These Healthy Snacks
It’s pretty obvious why we love to snack so much; it’s convenient. Without even thinking about it, you can go from hungry to satisfied in two minutes, simply by grabbing a bag of crisps or reaching for the ice cream tub and a spoon, but how…
Are You Being Deceived by Green Chocolate Bar Labels?
If your favourite sweet or chocolate bar has a green nutrition label, it may make you think that it’s healthier than ones with a red or white label – even if they contain the same calories. This is according to a new study published in the…
Is Your Health Food Bar More Bad for You than Chocolate?
Health food bars seem like the holy grail of diet snacking, but how good are they for you, really? Clever marketing and branding, with a few non-regulated buzzwords, means you rarely check the back of the packet before you buy. After all,…
How to Choose a Healthy Snack from Your Local Supermarket
There’s not always time for making a healthy snack at home. However, diet wellness expert Amanda Russell, founder of FitStrongandSexy.com, argues that it is possible to find healthy pre-made snacks from your local supermarket.…
5 Grab-and-Go Snacks that Are Actually Healthy
There are hundreds of healthy snacks that, with a little time and planning, you can make at home and take into the office. However, most of us don’t have even a little time for diet wellness, so how do you snack in a healthy way…
Healthy Juice Recipes and Ideas from the People Who Know
Fancy juices claim major benefits for your wellbeing, but your financial wellness begs to differ. Diet wellness expert Cheryl Wischhover points out, ‘Whether it's bottled on a Whole Foods shelf or squeezed on the spot in a…
Carbs, Protein and Fats: How to Get it Right at Breakfast
They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so why do you not pay much attention to what goes in it? You may make sure that your lunches and dinners have a mix of protein, carbs and fats, but why neglect this in…
Don’t Let Lunch Let You Down: How to Eat Right at Work
You might be able to eat healthily at breakfast and dinner, but lunch is kind of tricky to do right when you’re on a diet, particularly if you’re at the office. Your jam-packed morning means that you don’t have time to whip up…
12 Amazingly Healthy Snacks to Take in the Car
Let’s be honest; there’s no such thing as the perfect snack, but that doesn’t mean to say that your daily snack can’t be beneficial to your wellbeing. There are some little bites that come close to perfection – and that’s not just because…
How to Replace Out-and-About Snacks with Healthier Options
When you’re out and about, you can forget all the rules of nutritional wellness. Whether you’re snacking on popcorn at the cinema, or sharing a bag of chips with your friends, those treats can be really damaging to your wellbeing. So let’s…
Six Snacks Every Man Should Eat Following a Workout
Have you hit a plateau in your workout? Sure, your weightlifting routine was helping you to gain muscle mass before, but now that bodybuilding wellbeing has come to a halt and you don’t know why. While changing up your routine can help you…
Do You Think There Should Be A Sugar Tax On Soft Drinks?
Over 60 leading medical organisations are asking the government to put its wellness money where its mouth is, and include a 20p-per-litre levy on soft drinks in this year's Budget. The recommendation has been made by the food and farming…
How to Refuel After Your Workout with the Ideal Snack
Weirdly enough, sometimes exercise can make you ditch your diet. Even though diet and exercise are both helping you reach your wellness goals, if you have a great workout, you can think it’s OK to indulge in whatever sugary snack you like.…
What’s stopping you from keeping your weight loss goal?
For many, the New Year brings with it many resolutions and goals – namely, to lose weight. But it can be difficult to keep on top of your diet and exercise plans, and these ambitious goals invariably diminish within a few weeks. A large…
Protein Powders: The Whey Way and the Case for Casein
Whether you were at the gym or watching TV, the chances are that you’ve heard about the wellness benefits of protein powders. These nutritional supplements are claimed to help take your wellbeing to a whole new level, but do they work? And…
How to include your five-a-day whilst on the go
We all lead busy lives, with a work schedule, family commitments and a packed social life to contend with. But it’s at these busy times when we need to be at our healthiest, so making sure you get your five a day is vital. It is easier than…