Diet

Do you suffer from a lack of Energy? Are you feeling run down, needing more energy in your life, feeling negative about yourself recently? Do you struggle to get up in the mornings, or is it big energy slumps in the afternoon that affect you the most?

One of the advantages I have as a speaker is I’m not easily embarrassed. It’s been a trait of mine for a long time that I can take things in my stride. I must admit this was very much put to the test a day or two ago.

It is early in the evening. The sun is shining and you are in the kitchen making dinner. Your children are doing their homework. The sky becomes dark and the wind picks up. Emergency warnings flash across your TV screen. You hear a low roaring sound. A tornado is heading directly for your neighborhood. What do you do?

When I was growing up, I have memories of my father feverishly picking elderberries and then making them into jellies and wine.

When Michaela was first diagnosed with an egg allergy, I searched for egg substitutions. Flaxseed was one of many that I discovered along my research and found there are many benefits of Flaxseed.

Being a blogger that includes Gluten and Allergy Free Recipes, on my blog, I was recently asked “Why do you write recipes?”  You know? I had to really sit and ponder on that question for quite some time and I’m still not so sure that I have any one answer. As a child, I have fond memories [...]

What’s your decision, to go on a diet or change your lifestyle? Are you consistently exasperated by your weight loss efforts? Are you tired of the number of times you have started a new diet and exercise programme, only to fall of the wagon a short time later?

So are you trying to find the best way to lose weight? Maybe googling ‘how to lose weight after Christmas’? Hands down, the most common New Year’s resolution, year after year is the optimistic dream that this will be the year to shed that extra weight. As 2012 began, many have vowed that this year [...]

So, you’ve tried every diet known to man, you’ve had some success losing weight but watched yourself put it all back on again. You feel overweight, unfit, unattractive and frankly despondent. You are not alone. Over a third of the UK population is on a diet at any one time. Why? Because diets don’t work! [...]

How do you normally feel when you wake up in the morning? Do you find it especially hard to get up when you need to?  Do you wake feeling lethargic and groggy, wishing you could just go back to sleep? When you actually crawl out of bed, do you get out feeling tired, restless, worn-out, [...]

Are you all too often discouraged by your weight loss attempts? Are you fed up of the number of times you have started a new diet and exercise programme, only to be unsuccessful in achieving your goals? You’ve been bombarded by advertising that promises to show you how to achieve tremendously quick weight loss on [...]

  There is nothing worse than needing to blog, and being struck down with man flu. Previously I wrote a blog regarding this dreadful life threatening disease that only us poor male species can attract, it was called When Even a Healthy Lifestyle Can’t Protect You. This seems to have happened to one of my [...]

‘Those who think they have no time for healthy eating will sooner or later have to find time for illness’ ~ Edward Stanley A varied, well balanced diet is a basic requirement for healthy lifestyle living. Without the proper “fuel” your body and mind won’t function at peak performance. A healthy body and mind is [...]

By following a healthy lifestyle eating plan you are able to eat a wide variety of healthy foods that will make you feel great and maintain your energy levels throughout the day. Healthy eating requires you to consume small frequent meals throughout the day, instead of the traditional three meal routine. This ensures that you [...]

‘The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine’. ~ Hippocrates So do you have a sedentary lifestyle. Sit at a desk all day. The only exercise you do is walking from your house to your car. You miss breakfast simply because you have no time. [...]

Before I give you the run down of the top 10 foods to boost energy I want to quickly explain what energy foods are and why its vital to incorporate good energy boosting foods into your diet.