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How to reverse prediabetes naturally - top 5 tips
Have you recently been diagnosed with prediabetes and looking for answers to how to reverse prediabetes naturally? We can help. This article covers the background on prediabetes as well as the risks, tips to reverse prediabetes and scientific research to support it. Not to mention, the best prediabetes diet.
Prediabetes is a condition in which ...
How to live longer, stronger & healthier: Top 10 tips for good health this year
Do you want to live healthier in 2024? Perhaps you’ve got #healthgoals you want to accomplish, doctor gave you some bad news, or you have just decided that your New Year’s resolution is to live to 100. Whatever your motivation, we’ve got ten top tips to get you feeling healthier and stronger, so you can live well and live longer. If you’re ...
How to host a festive and healthy Christmas day
With the Christmas countdown clock ticking, it’s time to start planning for an incredible Christmas feast with your loved ones. Indulging in all that the silly season has to offer is tradition, but it is possible to prepare yourself in advance for the calorie onslaught. Including some healthy and wholesome foods can be just as delicious and will ...
Can’t bear gym workouts? Try this new craze, exercise snacking!
Exercise is an essential part of any healthy lifestyle, but it can be challenging to find time for regular long workouts. Enter exercise snacking - the concept of short bursts of exercise throughout the day, instead of an extended training routine. This approach offers numerous benefits for anyone who wants to improve their health and fitness ...
Enjoy good health with 5 top healthy eating & lifestyle hacks
Want to be healthier this year than you were last year? Do you want to enjoy good health both now and also into the future, minimising your chance of illness and disease? Don’t we all!
Sometimes health tips can be confusing and conflicting, so we’ve kept it really simple here. There are just 5 key healthy eating and lifestyle hacks to follow ...
How does intermittent fasting work where other diets don’t?
Fasting is an ancient tradition, used religiously and therapeutically. Greek physician, Hippocrates is known to have advocated fasting in the face of certain illnesses, more than 2,000 years ago. As a weight loss method, fasting is relatively new, having gained interest mainly in the last hundred years.
These days, there’s a lot of hype about ...
Why nutritionists WON’T recommend a juice cleanse as a New Year resolution
The Christmas rush is over and you’ve got a few days to relax, mull over your life and start planning your New Year resolutions. Did you know that the most popular resolutions every year involve self-improvement? Living a healthier life, getting happier, losing weight, exercising more and decreasing your alcohol intake are all included.
If you ...
Why you should eat less meat – top 7 benefits
If you want to improve your health, one of the best and easiest ways you can do this is by reducing your meat intake. You score double points if you swap the meat in favour of more vegetarian meals. Love a good steak and can’t fathom giving it up? Don’t worry, you can still have your steak and eat it too!
There’s no need to give up meat ...
The 800 Calorie Diet for rapid weight loss
If you have a lot of weight to lose or are keen for a quicker approach, the 800 Calorie Diet may be the perfect solution for you. Based on scientific research, it's been tried and tested by many and found to be a safe and effective way to rapidly lose weight.
The 800 calorie diet simply advocates eating around 800 calories per day, combined ...
Why do I have food cravings? Overcome food cravings in 7 steps
Food cravings are super common, with nearly all of us experiencing them at some point. Unfortunately the most common foods to crave are those that are high in sugar, salt or fat which are typically no good for your health or your weight.
The Wonderful World of Menopause
If you’re a woman in your 30's, 40’s or 50’s, you’ve probably given some thought to what awaits as you transition to peri menopause and menopause. Perhaps you’re already at that stage or out the other side yet still reeling from the unwanted body changes and annoying side effects.
Combine the 800 Calorie Diet with Keto for amazing results!
Joining our range of ever-popular 800 Calorie meal plans, is the new 800 Calorie Keto Diet Plan. This plan combines low calories like a 800 Calorie Plan with the addition of specially selected low carb meals as per ketogenic diets. This meal plan is designed for people wanting rapid weight loss and improved metabolic health.
Zoe Bingley-Pullin: How to lose weight - diet or exercise?
Is this a question you’ve pondered yourself? If you’re keen to lose weight then chances are that you have thought about it. And possibly been unsure of the answer. This article is about removing any confusion around the dilemma of whether you should place more importance on what you eat or how much you move, for effective weight loss. That way, ...
Recipes: Instant Summer Cocktails
Cheers! Enjoy these instant Summer cocktails using smoothies from the Dietlicious range.
Ready in a minute, all you need is a cocktail shaker or protein shaker and you’ll be in business!
Instructions
Add a small scoop of ice to cocktail shaker
Add remaining ingredients
Shake for a few seconds
Pour into a cocktail glass
Zoe Bingley-Pullin: December diet challenge - How to lose weight before Christmas
Christmas is fast approaching and it’s usually a time we want to look our best. This year, lockdowns may be to blame for a few extra kilos you are keen to lose. If so, take a December weight loss challenge and get back some control of your health so you can have no regrets this Christmas.
Zoe Bingley-Pullin: Weight loss advice that doesn't work
Why old-school weight loss advice doesn't work - and what actually does (including ready-made meal delivery)
Weight loss advice can be confusing. There’s plenty of dialogue but it often seems conflicting which can leave you unsure of the right approach. In this article I clear up some of the misinformation on how to lose weight. Here are eight ...
Zoe Bingley-Pullin: Which foods are best for anxiety and depression?
Mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression are becoming all too common in our modern society and unfortunately, they’re on the rise. Beyond Blue says that there are around 3 million Australians living with anxiety or depression right now. Are you one of them?
We’ve known for a while about the scientific evidence around diet and ...
Do you have a vitamin deficiency? Here are some common signs.
Have you ever wondered if your diet is providing you with all the vitamins and minerals you need to stay healthy? Do you suspect that you may be lacking in certain nutrients but not sure which ones? This article outlines some common vitamin deficiency symptoms.
Zoe Bingley-Pullin: Hormonal imbalance. How to balance hormones with food
The role of hormones
Hormones are chemical messengers that carry signals from one part of the body to another. Some well-known ones are insulin, melatonin, cortisol, adrenaline and testosterone, though there are over 200 altogether. They are made, stored and released by our endocrine system and it’s their job to regulate the activity of cells or ...
Lose, maintain or gain weight: How many calories do I need?
It’s a common question and one we get asked a lot. So we’ve put together this helpful guide to assist you in choosing the right daily calorie level to maintain weight, lose weight or even gain weight! And to make sure we got it right, we ran it all past Personal Trainer and Fitness Expert, Coach Joseph Hall, whose job it is to help people ...
Zoe Bingley-Pullin: Top that - 10 meal toppers to supercharge your diet
We’re all busy and sometimes don’t have time to fully prep and cook all our own meals. And even if we do, we can run out of ideas for how to make them both appealing and healthy too. But if you’re after a short-cut to achieving a higher nutrient hit for the meals you do eat (whether bought or home-made), I’ve got a secret to share with you. ...
Zoe Bingley-Pullin: Sustainable eating - top tips to choosing sustainable food
What is sustainable eating?
Sustainable eating is about choosing foods that contribute to a healthy balanced diet while additionally having a low impact on our environment. To define it further would be to say that sustainable diets aim to ensure food security for present and future generations; protect biodiversity; respect cultures; be ...
Zoe Bingley-Pullin: Eat your way to better skin. The best foods for glowing skin.
If you think radiant skin is just for the under 25’s, think again. You can have a healthy glow at any age and I’m about to show you how.
Zoe Bingley-Pullin: Work smarter not harder – best meal prep ideas
Here’s a statement I’ve heard a number of times – ‘meal prepping’s not for me’. If you’re a person with loads of time on your hands, then I’d probably agree. You may not need to meal prep. But most of us don’t have that luxury. Instead we’re juggling jobs, home, learning, partners, parents, kids, recreation and an overflowing ...
Zoe Bingley-Pullin: Food trends 2021. What could you be eating this year?
I love eating variety and appreciate how good food diversity is for gut health and overall wellness. It’s because of this that I’m always fascinated to hear about new ingredients. New foods inspire me to get creative in the kitchen, sampling new taste combinations and inventing new recipes.
Healthy Salmon Salad in under 10 minutes
This dish shows the versatility of our Sticky Sweet Chilli Salmonl. Not just a complete meal for one, it can easily be turned into a scrumptious healthy salmon salad for two. The beauty of this salad is that the hard work has already been done for you! It’s also completely flexible - you can easily substitute any ingredients you don’t have and ...
Is your home poisoning you?
Learn if you’re living in a healthy home or harmful one
Have you ever thought about how healthy your home is? Most people haven’t. We tend to think about our health in terms of what we eat or how much we exercise. Thanks to modern research we can now get an understanding of the impacts of external factors on human health and the homes that we ...
The secrets to good gut health
Your gut is your first line of defence against pathogens and toxins. It’s also responsible for digesting your food, absorbing nutrients and making vitamins. But the importance of gut health extends far beyond that! We now know that it impacts your immune system, body weight, metabolism, brain functions and mood regulation.
Zoe Bingley-Pullin: Sick of eating rabbit food? How to stay excited about your diet
Are you thrilled to be on a diet? Probably not. Most people don’t go on a diet because it’s a fun or inspiring thing to do. In fact, dieting is akin to torture for many people.
I’m definitely the kind of nutritionist that advocates eating well everyday as a lifestyle, rather than dieting. However, if you’re feeling sluggish, are carrying ...
Can plant-based eating protect you from COVID-19?
Since the start of this pandemic, and as coronavirus panic has escalated, there have been many touted treatments and cures. Some may have a scientific basis, though there are numerous bogus or downright dangerous ones as well.
One of the latest claims to capture headlines in the media is from well-regarded scientist Dr T. Colin Campbell who has ...
