Food judgment

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If you are remotely interested in a healthy diet, you’ll most likely have read dozens of experts claim they know the perfect way to eat. I can totally identify with the fact that when you find a formula that makes you feel really great, you want to share it with others, shout it from the [...]

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Thoughts on the 5:2 diet

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(Source) Have you read about the 5:2 diet recently and are interested in trying it? This post is for you! The premise of this diet (also known as the ‘intermittent fasting’ diet) is that for any 2 days in your week, you consume only about 500 calories, in order to let your body rest and let [...]

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Food Diaries – The Radiance Cleanse edition

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I love reading other people’s food diaries. As a health foodie, it’s always interesting for me to see how people structure their day-to-day eats, because no two people do it the same way. There are infinite combinations you can go with whilst still keeping things healthy and fun, and that’s why it never ceases to [...]

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The Scary ISH in our Everyday Products

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We have already talked about how what you put ON your body is just as important as what you put IN it (that article is here). It’s easy to feel like there must be some kind of regulation as to what chemicals go into the products we use every day, that there must be some [...]

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The Perfect Diet

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A wealth of information is always a good thing; in the nutrition world, it has meant that people are more knowledgeable than ever about what’s good for their bodies and feel more empowered to make healthy choices. The one downside, however, is that there is a lot of confusion surrounding what constitutes the ‘perfect’, or [...]

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Giving up sugar – Interview with Lucy Miller

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  Personal trainer and Paleo enthusiast Lucy Miller writes for Health and Fitness magazine. In our first interview with her, she talked about cleaning up her diet and discovering amazing health benefits. Here, she talks to us about kicking it up a notch by eliminating processed sources of sugar entirely from her diet. 1. You [...]

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Things We Love: Plenish Cleanse

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No matter your eating style, from omnivore to raw vegan and anywhere in between, our bodies could really do with a little extra protection from the daily onslaught of anti-nutrients that modern life brings. I am a huge advocate for using fresh fruit and vegetable juices to shoot your way to optimal health and zippy [...]

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The Calorie Question

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One of the things that really surprises me about the health industry today, is that calorie counts still have such a big imprint on our food choices. The number of people who avoid nuts, avocados, and even quinoa because of the supposed high calorie levels blows my mind. Interestingly, most of us don’t even know [...]

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The Blood Type diet – what’s it about?

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Have you heard of the blood type diet? Until about a year ago, I had read about it in mainstream media, but didn’t really know what it was about. It sounded a bit gimmicky to me, and I was sceptical – how could your blood type have a significant impact on your weight and wellbeing? [...]

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