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Diabetes is a serious illness that’s on the increase worldwide, and the UK is no exception. There are 2.6 million people in the UK who have been diagnosed with diabetes, and over 500,000 people living with the condition undiagnosed. Sometimes diabetes can be controlled by changes in diet alone, but often the best treatment for diabetes includes medication and a carefully planned diet. If you’ve just been diagnosed with diabetes, or you’d like to prevent being diagnosed with it in future, take a look at these diabetic diet tips. (more…)

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If you start your day with a sugary breakfast cereal, head for the vending machine at work for a chocolatey mid-morning snack, then grab a cola at lunch to keep you going, you may need to consider whether you have an addiction to sugar. Many people find that the more sugar they eat, the more they want. Sugar addiction leaves the body craving sugary foods like it would any other drug. If you’d like to cut down on the sugar in your diet but you’re finding it more difficult than you would have expected, read on. (more…)

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The human body needs carbohydrates. Carbs are broken down by the body to form glucose – the stuff our bodies run on. The problem comes in when some carbs are broken down much faster than others, injecting too much glucose into the bloodstream, messing with blood sugar levels and energy. That’s where GI (glycaemic index) comes in. It is the measurement of how fast certain carbs are broken down in the body – so a low GI diet, is one that avoids those ‘bad’ carbs that break down too fast, causing cravings, energy highs and lows, and weight fluctuations. (more…)