A few tips on healthy eating

If you enjoy eating, but want to get in shape and improve your overall vitality, then, as most people know, you need to start a thoughtfully prepared well-balanced meal plan. In a perfect world, this needs to contain 5 standard portions of grains, fruit and vegetables daily and embrace the right proportion of food types.

The case against low carbohydrate diets
Its extremely popular, but it is really safe for you?
Moreover, it has been hypothesised that the kidneys may come under too much strain and that the consequential change in blood acidity can result in bone damage, but some of the medical studies testing the hypothesis have struggled to find any evidence of deterioration of the kidneys or bone damage.
Many studies over the last few years have illustrated that exessive consumption of animal fat can lead to greater risk of cancer, heart conditions and other inflammatory disorders.

Super foods containing lycopene
(includes apricots, red peppers & tomato)

Lycopene is a non-synthetic chemical compound and part of the carotenid family of phytochemicals. Lycopene is behind the deep red hue of quite a few foods.

Intrestingly, unlike many nutritional compounds, lycopene does not degrade if cooked, but is in fact increased in efficacy by being heated.

. Lycoprene's key value is that it works as an antioxidant and seems to be an asset in the fight to reduce the chances of cancer.

It is the most potent eliminator of singlet oxygen, which is linked with skin aging. It's also thought to curtail the progression of atherosclerosis.