Healthy Eating

Practical guidance on eating well and maintaining a balanced diet. Articles cover specific nutrients, food choices, cravings and how different foods support your health goals.

A Little Thing Called Lecithin

Lecithin helps your cells function, supports brain and nerve health, and plays a key role in preventing heart disease and managing weight.

Avoiding Digestive and Gastrointestinal Disorders

Most digestive problems come down to what you eat and how you live, and simple dietary changes often help more than you'd expect.

Choline Prevents Homocysteine Build-up

Eating enough choline helps prevent dangerous homocysteine buildup linked to stroke, heart attack and dementia.

Cooking Healthily to Keep Your Family Slim

Quick tips for preparing healthy, filling meals your family will actually enjoy without spending hours cooking.

Daily Nutrition: Optimal Allowances

RDAs only prevent deficiency diseases, but optimal nutrition requires larger vitamin doses and proper mineral balance for peak health.

Dietary Nutritional Values of 8,000 Foods

Look up the nutritional breakdown of 8,000 foods including calories, fat, sugar, protein and carbs to see what you're actually eating.

Eating Healthily to Lower Blood Pressure

Your diet and exercise habits directly affect your blood pressure, and simple changes like cutting salt and eating more fruits can help lower it significantly.

Findings About Chocolate

New research shows chocolate boosts antioxidants in your blood and may help protect against heart disease and ageing.

Fruits Are Your Friends

Eating more fruits and vegetables can cut your stroke risk by 30% and help protect against several types of cancer.

How to Curb Your Cravings

Real reasons why you crave certain foods and practical ways to take back control of your eating habits.

Is a Vegan Diet Healthy?

A vegan diet cuts out meat and animal products, but does it actually deliver the health benefits people claim it does.

Maintaining a Healthy Diet When Breast-feeding

Eating well while breastfeeding protects your baby's health, so avoid common irritants like caffeine and certain vegetables that may upset their digestion.

Meat Free Diet and Iron

Plant-based diets need careful iron planning since your body absorbs non-meat iron less efficiently than iron from meat.

Nutritional Support for Allergies

How certain nutrients and lifestyle changes can help calm your immune system and reduce allergy symptoms over time.

Six Tips for Healthy Weight Loss

Managing stress, cutting inflammation, and understanding how your hormones affect weight loss beyond just diet and exercise.

Slimming Effects of Caffeine

Caffeine can help with weight loss but poses serious health risks including heart palpitations and dental damage when used in large amounts.

Ten Easy Changes You Can Make to Lose Weight

Small lifestyle changes like eating breakfast and choosing better foods work better for weight loss than strict diets you'll abandon.

The Soy Story

Soy foods can lower your risk of heart disease, reduce cholesterol and help prevent osteoporosis, backed by hundreds of clinical studies.

Zinc and Exercise

Getting out of breath easily during exercise might mean you're not getting enough zinc in your diet.