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Top tips for having a healthy breakfast

Bored of buttered toast for breakfast? Here's some top tips for created the perfect healthy breakfast.

cereal with berries

Skipping breakfast makes high calorie foods more attractive

As well as causing you to eat bigger portions later int he day, prolonged fasting primes certain brain regions to gravitate towards higher-calorie choices.

Ensure eggs are in your hangover breakfast

Eggs, bananas and fruit juice 'cure hangovers'

A breakfast that includes eggs, bananas and fruit juice is an essential part of hangover recovery, according to a fun new YouTube tutorial. Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Medlock say that their hangover cure guide is based on science.

A healthy breakfast can set you up right for the day

Why breakfast is so important

It’s long been said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But why is that? What difference does it make if we eat something of a morning or not? Well, according to the experts, quite a lot.

Cereals can be deceptive

The foods you didn't realise were making you fat

If you’re on a diet you’re more than likely seeing some weight loss when you get on the scales. However, for some unlucky dieters the numbers on the scales are not always going in the right direction

Maxitone shakes are high protein

High protein breakfast shake for girls on the go

Maxitone, the lifestyle nutrition brand for active women, has launched ‘Sculptress Diet’, a healthy ‘desk breakfast’ for women on the go including a tasty milkshake. The shakes are a high protein breakfast option with added nutrients.

Fuel cereal has been developed for athletes

Is guarana the key to a morning kick-start?

Did you fuel up this morning? A new brand of cereal aims to give everyone from busy mums to athletes a morning boost. FUEL is rich in Vitamin B and E, high in fibre and contains a touch of guarana extract for that extra lift in the morning.

Make your own smoothies this summer

Try a berry blast for breakfast

Want to try a raw food summer shape up plan but don't know where to start? This delicious smoothie recipe is ideal for breakfast - simple to make and full of vitamin C and fresh goodness, it's an ideal way to use up in-season berries.

Spelt bran flakes are easy to digest

Buy British for a better breakfast

Want a posh breakfast cereal that's easy to digest AND fashion conscious? Roger Saul, founder of British design label Mulberry, is launching the first and only British Spelt Bran Flake Range with a look inspired by the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Stewed range launches one-pot breakfast

Breakfast ideas: speedy fry-up without the frying

A new quick-cook breakfast gives you the option of a “hearty fry-up” without the fry, without the washing up and without such a strain on your heart. Beans, Bacon and Bangers is 325 calories and the newest member of the stewed! range of products.

Get your five a day with these tricks

How to make sure you get your five a day

Getting your five fruit and vegetables a day is one of the things most of us strive for. However, while it may seem simple to get five pieces of fruit and vegetables a day, it can sometimes seem something of a challenge.

Try muesli for slow-release energy all day

Kate's great breakfast cereal launch

A new range of British organic cereals promises day-long energy and a flavoursome taste. Kate’s Originals launches with two of the founders favourite muesli and porridge blends - Kate's Classic Muesli and Kate's Fruity Porridge.

Less Brits use a dining table for breakfast

Breakfast eaten on-the-run as Brits forgo the dining table

Breakfast is changing in the UK, with research showing we are a nation that likes to eat and run. Despite being the traditional place to start your day, the dining table was beaten by breakfast at work desks, the sofa and even the commute to work.

Check sugar content of cereals

Sugar-filled cereals 'should be in the biscuit aisle'

New research by Which? magazine has shown that some cereals are now so sweet they should be in the biscuit aisle. 12 out of 14 cereals tested were found to have high sugar levels. Kellogg's Frosties was the worst offender with a whopping 37% sugar.

New Free From foods at Tesco

Dairy free foods ideal for the fridge

Tesco has added more lines to its Free From range, to incorporate alternatives ideal for anyone lactose intolerant or looking for a soya-based breakfast. Each product is free from gluten, wheat and egg and is suitable for vegetarians and vegans.

M&S say they are commitment to low-salt foods

Lower salt bacon developed by M&S

M&S is continuing its commitment to low-salt and low-sodium foods with the development of a new range of bacon. Ideal for a healthier breakfast sandwich, the cuts contain more than 30% less salt than standard bacon sold in the food halls.

Breakfast trends will change, experts say

The end of the great English fry up?

Is the English breakfast on its way to becoming extinct? A new report, commissioned by Kellogg’s, claims egg and bacon breakfasts will be a thing of the past within 15 years – and will be replaced by crab porridge, seaweed flakes and sardines.

Granola or muesli provides energy at breakfast

Granola sales up 20% at Tesco

Are Brits getting healthier in the mornings? Supermarket giant Tesco is reporting a whopping 20% increase in sales year-on-year of granola, which is favoured over sugary cereals for slow-release energy and a vitamin and mineral boost.

Porridge can boost the immune system

Porridge - the 5000 year old breakfast

Looking for a tried-and-tested healthy breakfast? Researchers found oat porridge in the stomachs of 5000 year old Neolithic man. It's plain to see, as breakfast staples go, porridge has been around since before the first meal was called breakfast.

A big breakfast increases calorie intake

Big breakfast myth debunked

Eating a big breakfast results in an increased calorie intake for the day because it has no affect on the size of lunch and dinner, according to research published today.

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Broccoli helps kill cancer cells

We have long been told about the health benefits of superfoods but now Sulforaphane, one of the primary phytochemicals in broccoli has been proved to selectively target and kill prostate cancer cells, leaving normal prostate cells healthy and unaffected.

Over half of Brits want to shed 'at least a stone'

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The study commissioned by diet aid manufacturer Slimsticks, also discovered that a worrying one in five people have followed an ‘eating is cheating’ starvation diet and one in ten have tried a liquid diet.