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Fruit is an essential part of a balanced diet and is a healthy alternative to fatty snacks like chips and sweets. Fruit can be dull and unexciting and is not particularly tempting when hungry or peckish, though. Liven fruit up by preparing it in some different ways and get your children and yourself eating more fruit every day. Choose your favourite fruits or go for something you wouldn’t normally eat and think out of the box. (more…)

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They’re easy to make, good on the hips and, most importantly, they taste amazing – well, they ought to. Making a smoothie has never been easier, finding a smoothie recipe that suits your mood and taste buds is just as easy, and as long as you have a liquid base such as ice cream, protein powder mix, seaweed, or wheat grass juice you’re good to go. (more…)

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There are few people who don’t by now know the dangers of smoking, but many smokers think that it’s only themselves that their habit is harming. Now, the chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners has called on parents to take more responsibility for the effects that can result from children being exposed to their parents’ secondhand smoke – and labelled smoking in front of children ‘child abuse’. (more…)

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Summer is just around the corner, and there are many ways to cool down, such as swimming, going to the beach and sipping a healthy summer fruit smoothie. Smoothies are great because they taste like milkshakes without the added calories of ice cream, chocolate and cream. There are many ways to create an easy fruit smoothie using things that you have lying around your kitchen. Pineapples, pears, peaches and mangoes all make delicious additions to a cool summer fruit smoothie. (more…)

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If you’ve ever tried a diet and found it just doesn’t work – you get tired of feeling hungry the whole time, or sick of eating tasteless foods – then you might want to learn the benefits of introducing healthy smoothies to your diet. Of course, the most obvious benefit of a smoothie diet is the great taste, allowing you to mix all manner of fresh fruits, like strawberry, mango, kiwi, grapefruit, bananas, you name it, and lose weight in the process. In addition to variety and taste, smoothies are also very healthy for your body, and even easy to make. (more…)