Learning to love legumes - reblogging a great article by Sally Marchini

Well, seeing yesterday's post was about resistant starch and the gut microbiome, it's only fitting that today I want to share a post...

What does a balanced meal look like?

I keep harping on about a balanced diet. Balanced this and balanced that. In my posts about breakfasts and even snacks, I keep referring t...

Focus on the journey NOT the destination

Every time I hear someone say - I have 20kg to lose, or I have 100 lbs to lose, it always worries me. How do you work on such a huge goal? H...

Relax - its Friday! (but don't relax too much!)

Time to relax... its Friday! I hope your weekend is enjoyable and relaxing, but don't get too slack!  Weekends are about letting your ha...

Stop dieting now. PLEASE!!

STOP DIETING NOW. Please. With a significant and growing proportion of our population now overweight or obese, I’m urging you, please, don’t...

To snack or not to snack - that is the question!

There seems to lots of conflicting evidence out there on the internet about whether we should snacking between meals or not snacking. Are si...

Create healthy habits, not restrictions.

Making healthy choices should not be negative or miserable Changing your life to be more healthy shouldn't make you feel deprived. If yo...

Weight loss cures and snake oil salesmen.

Well this morning I had a run in with a fellow on the internet over his promotion of supplements for weight loss. He was posting in a group ...