Tag: healthy eating
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The truth about willpower and healthy eating
When you fail to eat healthily, you probably blame your lack of willpower. But is more willpowerwhat you really need?
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Can the Mediterranean diet ease IBS symptoms? New research
How effective is a Mediterranean diet compares with a FODMAP diet for alleviating IBS symptoms. Researchers found out.
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Want to achieve your most important goals? Don’t share them!
We’re told to share our goals to increase accountability, but research shows that may not be the most effective strategy. Learn why sharing your goals can have the opposite effect to the one you want.
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What is good nutrition advice?
You may feel that it’s hard to know which foods are healthy because expert advice is always changing. Of course, there are some nutritional recommendations that have stood the test of time and should be applied by everyone. Undoubtedly some people also use the changing expert advice to justify appalling eating habits on the grounds…
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Easy Ways to Cut Down on Salt and Still Enjoy Delicious Meals
When it comes to healthy eating, reducing your sodium intake is a crucial step in maintaining overall well-being. High sodium (salt) consumption has been linked to various health issues, including high blood pressure and heart disease. But what to do about it when salty food is so tasty. 5 ways to reduce your salt intake…
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How do I keep a food diary that’s easy to maintain?
Food diaries (also called food journals) are an important method for tracking food consumption and can support a variety of goals, including weight loss, healthier food choices, detecting deficiencies, identifying allergies, and determining foods that trigger other symptoms. Research shows that for people interested in losing weight, keeping a journal can be a very effective tool…
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How to deal with fat shaming: strategies for confidence and resilience
Fat shaming doesn’t help people lose weight. In fact, it may well do the opposite – stop them losing weight or even mean they put weight on.
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How to avoid your health getting worse when you get older
An old friend’s health is deteriorating as she is gettting older. She asked my advice. This is what I said.
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The link between mindfulness and healthy eating: what you need to know
If you do a lot of “mindless eating”, practicing mindfulness can be very beneficial. It’s teaching you how to catch unhelpful thoughts quickly
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Is your childhood affecting what you eat now?
Here are seven questions you can ask yourself to help establish if childhood patterns are still affecting what you eat and how you eat.