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Maintain Your Weight When You Travel With These Tips
Travelling and visiting new and exciting places can make it difficult for those trying to maintain their weight loss regime. It's not easy to enjoy your holiday if you're counting calories every enticing meal put in front of you. If you…
Due Diet Diligence: How to Avoid the Weekend Splurge
The weekend is your time for rest and relaxation – and rightly so – but changing gears into your down time can wreak havoc on your diet and wellness plans. You find yourself eating greasy takeaways or just settling in front of the telly to…
Is a High-Calorie Diet Putting the UAE’s Wellbeing at Risk?
The UN has released a report that argues people in the UAE are eating too much of the wrong foods and straining the nation's food supply. This is in-line with recommendations by other food wellness experts, such as the Food and Agriculture…
How Can You Keep Your Diet On Track When Eating Out?
When you’re on a special diet, whether for weight loss reasons or you just want to get enough nutrition to ensure your wellbeing, it’s difficult to stick to it when you go out to eat. With so many choices on the menu, but little labelling…
Is Your Childcare Facility Meeting Nutritional Guidelines?
Your child’s nutritional wellness is very important, but how do you know if their day-care facility believes the same thing? While you might assume institutions would follow recommended guidelines, you can’t be there every minute of every…
Why Home Cooking Beats Restaurant Dining
Dining out is, without a doubt, one of life's great perks, but doing so regularly can lead to not just expense but also bad health. If you’re trying to maintain a toned physique, spending every day at your favourite restaurant isn’t the…
Beer Benefits: Why a Pint a Day Keeps Health Problems at Bay
If you’re a man looking to lose a few pounds or just enhance his overall wellness, you might consider – heaven forbid – cutting out beer. There’s a reason why they call it a beer belly, but could you be doing more harm than good to your…
Dining Out Without Straying From The Healthy Path
We all enjoy a restaurant-cooked meal now and again, but if you’re trying to lose weight it can be difficult knowing what to choose – particularly when it comes to dessert. The key to enjoying yourself without overindulging is portion…
How mislabelled foods find their way into restaurant dishes
The issue of food deception is seemingly rife in restaurants at the moment, with many organisations noticing a rise in the number of mislabeled ingredients, namely seafood. A number of tests have been carried out which have flagged up…
Fast Food Options Change but the Calories Don’t
With so much media scrutiny and governmental legislation working to improve the nutritional value of fast food, you’d think that it’s improving more and more. However, according to a study led by Katherine W. Bauer, assistant professor in…
How carbohydrates can cause obesity
For those seeking a diet that can help them lose weight, carbohydrates should be struck from the list immediately. Although carbs are considered the prime source of energy for your body to function effectively, there are actually two types…
Indulging Yourself Cuts Hours off Your Life
Your habit of a lifetime could have more of an effect on your life’s time than you might think. Research has shown that indulging your vices not only does harm to your wellness presently, but future damage too as it shaves hours off your…