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Whether it’s the humble bread roll or salmon en croute that you have to avoid - being a sufferer of celiacs disease is not only no joke but is really no fun at all. OK, so I guess if you’re desperate to lose a few pounds then being able to say “no” to that slice [...]

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If you like eating nuts and have high cholesterol then some good news for you this week is that by eating more nuts - you can now officially say “nuts to cholesterol“, as eating as little as 70 grams of nuts a day can help to lower your total levels of cholesterol. Even better, as [...]

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As frequently blamed on the modern and busy lives we lead as much as anything physiological, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects and disrupts the lives of millions of people in the west. Although IBS arises from a gastrointestinal infection it can, and will, be exacerbated by a stressful lifestyle, depression and failing to following a [...]

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By and large people who read information and articles about vitamins and health supplements do so because they are looking for something to use personally. That usually means the person concerned realizes they are in need of some form of supplement that they are not acquiring through their normal diet. Which brings us to the [...]

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Another New Year and, I dare say, millions of people will have promised themselves that they will shed those extra pounds with yet another New Year diet resolution. Making resolutions to diet is all well and good, but how many of us actually stick to them? Meanwhile we all put on more and more weight [...]

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Recent reports have been warning us about the dangers of artificial sweeteners not being that much of a healthy option to using sugar itself. Apparently they can cause us to absorb more calories than sugar; so exactly what might the healthy options to using refined sugar or artificial sweeteners be?
Use honey instead.
I’m not personally the [...]