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Slimming World Diet Programme Encourages Food Anxiety

Slimming World Diet Programme Encourages Food Anxiety

Slimming World boasts a significant popularity, with 900,000 members attending groups across the nation on a weekly basis. The website and magazines voice successful weight loss stories. Slimming World is certainly having an impact because the NHS refers overweight patients to their groups. The organisation’s ethos is based on members having free choice so that they can diet without any guilt. However, this has come under fire for having the exact opposite effect. How Does the Slimming World Diet Work? The Slimming World diet programme promotes ‘Food Optimising’. It’s a basic concept whereby dieters need to take in less calories...
How to Have Yourself a Healthy Little Christmas

How to Have Yourself a Healthy Little Christmas

When Christmas arrives, there is always some excitement. During December, we act differently to any other time of the year. Being healthy all of the time isn't that fun. As a result, we tend to throw much more caution to the wind because it’s the season of celebration. Why not? It is Christmas after all. We All Go Wild At Christmas Throughout the year, we’ve worked hard and now it’s time to enjoy that. Christmas allows us a free pass to be more relaxed; especially with our diet. It's not just on the day, its all throughout the festive period. Any other time of the year, consuming things like chocolate, pastries and alcohol on an...
Can Diet Help Reduce and Prevent Alzheimer's?

Can Diet Help Reduce and Prevent Alzheimer's?

Our brains change as we age. Factors that can influence this include: genetics, neuro transmitters (brain chemicals), hormones and life experiences. Developing Alzheimer's generally depends on age and family heritage. Unfortunately, there isn’t a definitive, scientific way to reduce the risk or prevent it altogether. Nevertheless, dietary changes can possibly be beneficial. What is the 'MIND' Diet? Everyone knows that having a healthy lifestyle is the cornerstone of living well. What if that extended to our brains? Research shows that the MIND diet (Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay) could possibly reduce the...
What is Intermittent Fasting?

What is Intermittent Fasting?

Intermittent Fasting (IF) is one of the top fitness trends around the world. It has been around for years, but seems to keep making a come-back. Unlike diets, it doesn’t target what you eat but rather when. It’s all about creating an eating pattern that is restrictive. You’ll go between periods of no calorie intake followed by periods where you can eat which continues as a cycle. Fanatics of this method praise it as a much more “natural” way of eating. This is the idea that IF mimics the diet of our ancestors who were hunter gatherers and that we are eating in over-abundance now. The most popular form of IF is the 16/8 Method....
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