Losing weight

Recognise the difference between hunger and thirst. At times when going through a hectic day, you imagine you feel hunger but if truth be told you just need a restorative tumbler of water or cranberry juice. The feelings of hunger and thirst are quite alike, but one can result in weight gain and the alternative is fine.

Some lower carbohydrate diet pointers:
* Replace sugar with a low carb substitute such as splenda. Most recipes that require sugar can be changed to make use of a sugar substitute like splenda. It doesn't weigh the same so you will have to expirement with it and it might not be perfect in every case, but it gives very good results once you have it cracked.

* Use low carb chocolate bars for chocolate muffins. Once you have converted your most popular chocolate chip cookie or chocolate muffins recipe using soya flour, you really don't want to add in those high carb standard chocolate. Chop up a low carbohydrate choccie bar into little pieces and use that in its place.

Flavonoid foods
(inlcudes citrus fruits, red apples, garden pea and peppermint)

The compounds known as flavonoids which are present in these foods are thought by experts to have properties in preventing cancer.
Researchers researching the properties of flavonoids suspect that they could also have many other health giving capabilities, amongst them, antiviral and antiplatelet activities..
The majority of these are also low in calories, so should be a part of every diet.