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No time to cook dinner?

More an idea than a recipe When you come home at 8pm after a long day and the last thing you can think of is cooking, why not just ‘throw something together’? Of course you need some ingredients in your fridge and that’s another reason for being organised, plan ahead and plan for emergency meals. [...]

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Success story- Metabolic balance

Determined 28 year old achieves great success Not only did miss LL loose 10kg over 5 months but she has made such an effort to adopt a healthy lifestyle and diet that the proof is in the pudding. I compared some before and after pictures this morning which she is not happy to share yet because she still [...]

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Cauliflower with Crumbs, cheese and parsley

metabolic balance recipe – cauliflower cheese

A comforting dish, perfect for a Saturday lunch or when you don’t know what to do with that cauliflower in your fridge. Metabolic Balance comfort food.

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London metabolic balance breakfast recipe- Mango smoothie

A lot of people who do metabolic balance ® have yoghurt on their plans for breakfast. Although having fresh fruit with yoghurt can be lovely, I like to jazz mine up a bit. By yoghurt I also mean full-fat which is creamy, tasty, filling and all those essential fat soluble vitamins A,D,E and K are still [...]

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Temptations? Remember your reasons for adopting change

It is human nature to stray off plan when it comes to making dietary changes at times, why? Because life happens, there will always be parties, holidays and one social event that you didn’t plan, but the most important thing is to not beat yourself up about it. Steer away from negative thoughts and if removing yourself [...]

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The secret to avoiding pregnancy weight gain

Gaining weight during pregnancy is inevitable – but how do you define this weight and what is healthy and what is not? Of course you will weigh more; you’re carrying a baby. Do you gain more body fat that you can never get rid of; loose your body shape forever and can never fit into [...]

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Well-being? what does it mean

Firstly I would like to wish you a very happy new year and I trust you had a great Christmas and restful break! With resolutions and new beginnings well on it’s way I hope there is more contentment than not and not too much pressure to make too many changes. I believe it was Devine [...]

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The smoothie diet: You have teeth for a reason

  In a world without teeth, the smoothie would be king. But save for babies and a few unfortunate people in retirement homes, we don’t live in such a world. Before you jump on the smoothie diet bandwagon to “slurp your way to slim”, spend a few minutes thinking about your body and how it’s [...]

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Diet plans for men: What’s the big deal?

  It’s true that men store less body fat than women. Women are designed to be very efficient at storing fat, and for a good reason too … they’re the ones who have the babies! Lower male body fat does not equal “get out of jail free”. Playing sports at school and remaining generally active [...]

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Diet plans for women

The majority of women I have worked with have some degree of emotional relationship with food. Women are also more likely to be influenced by their mothers, friends, society, media and society to look, be and act in a certain way. For some reason many think that THIS will bring eternal happiness and endless blissful days. The [...]

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Be careful when selecting medical weight loss programs

I recently did some research about medical weight loss programs and I was once more astounded by the sheer range of available schemes: ”Weekly Lipo Injections”, “BioShake Supply”, “30-day Boost Supplement”, “30-day MitoBlast Supplement”, appetite suppressants,  bars, shakes and even cookies. Weight loss surgery seems to be a biggie and there are plenty of people who advocate [...]

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Green tea – a metabolism boosting food?

The truth about so-called metabolism boosting foods

All living organisms are sustained by energy. Plants use their green pigment chlorophyll to trap energy in sunlight. Unlike plants, humans cannot produce energy  - we would all be green if we did! So we need food: carbohydrates, essential fatty acids (fats), vitamins and minerals. Food is our ONLY source of energy to perform biological work Metabolism (metabol-=change) refers to [...]

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