Winter Warmers: Foods to Help Boast Your Immunity and Help Ease Colds and Flu

Short of hybernating from May through to October, there is little we can do to avoid the chill of winter. Winter brings with it many good things; the satisfication of building a good fire, the excitement of watching a sports game while rugged up against the cold, gumboots and hearty comfort food.

Understanding Your Glycemic Index (GI)

The Glycemic index was first developed 25 years ago by a professor of nutrition to help determine which carbohydrate foods were best for people with diabetes.

Recommended Superfoods

While the blueberry has had more than its fair share of positive press in the field of super foods, there are countless other foods in your supermarket that are unusually high in antioxidants, vitamins and important minerals.

Avocados

Recommended Dietary Intake of Fats

Though fats have a poor reputation, they are in fact are key part of a nutritionally-balanced diet.

Recommended Daily Water Intake

A sufficient water intake is needed to combat dehydration, which saps energy, causes fatigue and reduces concentration. The standard 'eight glasses a day' of water, which equates to two litres, has been widely reported as the recommended daily intake for water.

Recommended Daily Exercise

In an ideal world, we'd all have that extra hour in the day (and the corresponding motivation!) to pound the pavement or hit the gym, to well and truly get our daily hit of exercise.

How To Be a Vegan

Never change your diet without first consulting your physician. If you don’t want animals to play any role at all in your diet, here’s how to go Vegan. You will need: will-power, vegan equivalence to meet sun-dairy products, a variety of dietary supplements and an understanding of an animal-

How To Take Care Of Yourself When You’re Sick

Oh, the misery!

Your head is pounding, your whole body aches, and there’s nobody—nobody—around to pamper you.

You’ll just have to pamper yourself.

Married Bliss: Don’t Let The Wedding Weigh You Down

Type ‘wedding diet’ into an internet search and you’ll find a zillion diets for brides to be. All designed to get you looking like a model in your wedding gown.

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