Chicken Recipes from the Recipes 4U Collection

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 argument against low carb diets
Its extremely popular, but it is truly safe and healthy for you?
The majority of the bad side-effects stated, like general tiredness, bowel disorders, or bad headaches seem to pass quickly, but critics contend that low carb diets are not without serious long term side effects.
Eating more animal-based products might lead into increased consumption of saturated fat and cholesterol, which some authorities believe will increase the risk of coronary disease.

Foods rich in flavonoids
(inlcudes citrus fruits, apples, soya and tea)

The large family of compounds known as flavonoids present in these fruit, vegetables and pulses are believed to have properties in helping to prevent cancer.
Experts looking into the effects of flavonoids believe that they may well have numerous other health benefits, including, but not limited to, anti-candida and antioxidant activities..
The majority of these are also good for weight loss, so make sure you add them to your weight loss regime.