Dessert Recipes - more haute cuisine from Recipes 4u

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.

Some lower carb diet pointers:
* Eat regular meals Most reduced carbohydrate recipes are, you won't be surpised to learn, low in carbs. We all need energy, and carbohydrates are a very efficient energy source. A low carb diet requires more care in monitoring you energy levels, as the energy provided by protein and fat is much slower acting.

* Read food labels Be sceptical of food packaging that claims to be 'low carb' - check the nutritional information figures on the reverse of the tin or packet. Some are only marginally lowered and in some cases still higher than a competitors standard brand. Also, beware of 'low sugar' and 'low fat' labels - 'low sugar' doesn't always mean 'low carb' - usually the carbs are exactly the same.

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.