Studies have shown that restricting your eating to within 8-10 hours a day and fasting for the other 16-14 hours is among the best ways to shed half a stone.

I have found discovering what truly is healthy bread very challenging. Packaging and marketing can be extremely misleading.

Rye bread tops the charts, I love 100% rye with grains sourdough from Karaway Bakery.

What we eat can have a profound impact on our projected lifespan. This week researchers from the University of Bergen reporting in the medical journal PLOS One revealed that adding plenty of vegetables, lentils, chickpeas, nuts and porridge to your diet from the age of 20 could help you to live a decade or more longer.

I loved this article on how to keep ourselves feeling good. The opportunity we have to adopt healthy approaches in midlife— such as not smoking, developing good relationships and finding positive ways to cope with life’s inevitable distresses — we can make all the difference to our experience of of old age.

sugar is a simple carbohydrate, which means it doesn’t need much digestion and it’s very easily absorbed into the blood stream – causing your blood sugar levels to go up.

I could not live without my microwave. It is the single best piece of equipment in a kitchen. Microwaves are so often maligned among cooks and ignored in cookbooks and food magazines.

Rye consumption has been associated with a lower risk of breast cancer, prostate cancer, and colon cancer. It can also be a tastier and satiating option, full of favour and character.

Most people are shocked to see how many calories they consume through drinks. But beware of switching to diet drinks which have many negative health and weight implications.