Food Groups & Guides
Guide to foundation foods
To keep healthy, it is important that we consume a balanced diet — which simply means getting enough quantities from each of the different food groups every day. What though are they? What are the basic, or 'foundation foods' we should be putting on our plates?
Read more…Guide to fruit and vegetables
Here is a quick guide to fruit and vegetables. This food group is made up of all the fruit and vegetables you can think of, with the exclusion of potatoes.
Read more…Top 10 tips to help you get your five fruit and veg a day
For a balanced, healthy diet it’s important that you have a minimum of five fruit and veg a day; whether it be from a smoothie in the morning, a piece of fruit at lunch, or peas for dinner — there are hundreds of different ways to ensure that you get your five-a-day. Here are 10 top tips for getting your five a day by eating a healthy mix of fruit and veg ...
Read more…What constitutes your ‘five a day’?
We all know that we should eat at least five portions of fruit and veg a day, but sometimes this seems to be a difficult task. Well, the truth is it’s really not! Eating five a day is a realistic and achievable goal for everyone.
Read more…15 ways to get your ‘five a day’
Most of us know that we should be eating our five a day of fruit and vegetables yet so few of us actually do it. To help you out we've put together 15 tips to ensure you boost your fruit and veg intake and get your five a day.
Read more…Guide to meat, fish and protein
This food group consists foods that are high in protein such as fish (oily, such as kippers, herrings, sardines, mackerel, salmon and trout; and white, such as cod, haddock and pollock), red meat (such as lamb, pork, beef) and poultry (such as chicken and turkey). It also includes alternatives such as pulses (kidney beans, lentils, chickpeas etc.) nuts and tofu for vegetarians.
Read more…Guide to milk and dairy foods
Calcium is found within milk, cheese, yogurt and other dairy products. Milk and its products provide calcium and phosphorus in the diet as well as protein.
Read more…Guide to starchy foods
What is starch? Starch is a complexcarbohydrate found in foods like bread, rice pasta, potatoes and breakfast cereals but how important is it to include starch in your diet?
The five healthiest breads
Is bread healthy? Well, bread gets bad press in the weight loss industry with low-carb eating plans dominating the diet market. However, there there are many types of bread that are healthy and can easily be included in a healthy eating plan.
Read more…Guide to fatty and sugary foods
Fat is the most concentrated source of energy. We could all do with eating a lot less of fatty and sugary foods, even ‘good’ fats such as olive oil should be used sparingly. Fat comes from meat products, fish, chocolate, biscuits or chips as well as oils that we use in cooking.
Read more…Top daily tips for cutting down sugar
With people working lengthier hours, the inevitable rise of fast food and quick snacking has led to a dramatic increase in the volume of sugar we consume. It’s estimated that year-on-year sugar consumption rises by as much as 30 per cent in the western world and even the most innocent-looking foods may be crammed with hidden sugars to boost their flavour. Ketchup and bread are major culprits, whilst many outwardly healthy juices and smoothies have a deceptively sweet centre.These handy tips will help you reduce your sugar intake.
Guide to micronutrients
Micronutrients are the vitamins and minerals that the body needs. Our brief guide to macronutrients will provide you with the essentials about the body's vitamin and mineral requirements.
Read more…Top tips on reducing your daily salt intake
Salty foods have long been blamed for rising levels of heart disease, and new research indicates a diet that’s high in salt can also lead to osteoporosis and even stomach cancer. As a result, there’s never been a better time to cut down your daily salt intake. This guide offers a number of top tips on how to avoid salty foods.
A beginner's guide to functional foods
Functional foods are foods or food ingredients that may have health benefits in addition to providing protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins and minerals. There's a growing amount of good food such as probiotics and margarines which claim to have health benefits to some extent or other.
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