Dieting made easy

One useful tip is to drink plenty of water. From time to time at some stage in a hectic morning, you guess that you want a snack but in fact you might just need a refreshing glass of water or orange squash. The feelings of needing food and needing a drink are quite similar, but one of the two can lead to a broken diet and the other is ok.

Some reduced carb diet pointers:
* You can create really great smoothies using low carb yogurt. I know, it is not really cooking, but if you must have smoothies you can make them with low carbohydrate yogurt and fruit. Obviously, you should make sure you use only fruit that is low in carbohydrates and the whole fruit as the fiber is beneficial.

* Understand the food labels Watch out for advertizing that proclaims 'low carb' - check the actual nutritional information on the back of the package. A good number of are only a little reduced and in some cases still higher than a competitors normal brand. Also, beware of 'low sugar' and 'low fat' labels - 'low sugar' doesn't always mean 'low carb' - usually the carbs are identical.

The brassica family, Healthy super foods that aid Dieting
(eg. Kale, Green beans, Mustard greens and Horseradish)
Vegetablesi in the brassica family are jam-packed with vitamins (eg.folate), minerals (selenium and potassium, amongst others), chlorophyll, fibre, indole-3-carbinol and isothiocyanates..

Amongst numerous other health giving properties, a few of these nutrients are believed to help reduce the cancer risk.