Diet tips

In planning a meal plan, the important thing is to try to cut down your ingestion of fat, salt and refined carbohydrates.

Some reduced carb diet pointers:
* Replace sugar with a low carb substitute such as splenda. Most recipes that require sugar can be modified to make use of a sugar replacement like splenda. It doesn't weigh the same so you will have to do a bit of trial and error and it may not work for everything, but it gives very good results for the most part.

* Make low carb breadcrumbs for breaded foods. Whilst you may be able to buy reduced carbohydrate breadcrumbs, you can make them at home by simply using low carb bread. All you have to do is simply toast the reduced carb bread in your oven on a baking tray. Once it is well toasted, whizz it in your food processor or blender. Keep in a tupperware container.

Superfoods rich in flavonoids
(inlcudes lettuce, broccoli, yams & basil)

The compounds known as flavonoids discovered in these natural foods are thought by nutritionalists to have properties as cancer fighters.
Specialists looking into the nutritional effects of flavonoids believe that they might also have many other health giving properties, amongst them, anti-viral and anti-inflammatory activities..
The majority of these are also good for weight loss, so should be a part of every diet.