The Secret to Successful Weight Loss (and it may surprise you) 😱 ✅  Successful dieting- it’s all about eating less and moving more. Seems pretty simple, right? Worryingly, by 2050 it is predicted that 60% of adult men and 50% of adult women in the UK will be overweight or obese (Public Health England, 2007)….

Sadly, it seems olive oil won’t suffice in the glamorous world of #instafoodanymore. Coconut oil is being heavily promoted as a ‘superfood’, and following last week’s questionable advice (more robust evidence is required) from The National Obesity Forum about eating more fat, insta ‘health gurus’ and celeb chefs have been plugging coconut oil this past…

The great diet debate

The thought of skipping the morning coffee makes many of us shudder! There’s a mixture of information out there about the effects that caffeine can have on your body – some good / some bad – we decided to take a look at both sides of the story. 👍 What’s the good news? 👍 ✅…

Have you heard of the low FODMAP diet? It’s a diet specially designed to reduce the symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). What on earth is a FODMAP?! The letters stand for Fermentable Oligo-saccharides, Di-saccharides, Mono-saccharides and Polyols. They are a particular type of carbohydrate that are found in foods including various fruits and vegetables,…

Made popular by celebrities like Megan Fox, the paleo diet (often referred to as ‘the caveman diet’) was accredited for her dramatic post-pregnancy weight loss. Quick Paleo Diet Summary-our ancestors ate the meat they hunted and the wild plant foods they foraged. In the last 10,000 years the development of agriculture, and more recently the…