Note: My husband joined me on this one. Neither of us are/were trying to lose weight but we are both interested in the other benefits intermittent fasting is purported to have. What is the 5:2? It is an Intermittent Fasting diet that was devised and popularised my TV presenter, journalist …
What is intermittent fasting? Intermittent fasting or IF has a huge buzz around it at the moment, and it has for a while. It is used for weight loss as well as health gain and also as a way to make food and eating easier. IF is a process of …
The Military diet, also known as the navy diet, the army diet and the ice cream diet. It is a 3 day diet – apparently one of the world’s most popular diets that claims you can lose up to 10lb in one week! It is a diet that consists of …
I decided to test out the 24 hour fast in order to rediscover “hunger” again, real hunger, not just the want to eat. We don’t live in an environment where it’s easy to get hungry anymore which often leads to overeating, we tend to confuse hunger with appetite or thirst. …
I’ve been asked many times what diet plan I think someone should follow. “What should I eat?”, “What should I avoid?” or what I think of a certain diet. Although I can give my opinion based on what I’ve read, I am not a nutritionist and so cannot prescribe a …
P is for Pineapple Juicy, refreshing, delicious. The king of tropical fruits, it even comes with it’s own green spiky crown. ๐ Fresh pineapple is the only known source of an enzyme called bromelain ๐ Bromelain helps digest protein and has anti-inflammatory properties [PLEASE NOTE: Bromelain supplementation is NOT recommended …