Being a parent is difficult. We all want to do right by our kids but no matter how many parenting books you read and how much advice you get it can still be hard to know what the best options are. Indeed, often we get so much advice from so many different people it's difficult to know whose to take!
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If you’ve decided to give up meat in favour of a vegetarian lifestyle then there are a few tips you need to know in order to stay as healthy as can be. While many people think eating nothing but fruit and vegetables will make you healthy, that’s not always the case. Follow these tips to feel on top form.
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The ongoing April showers mean we will have to wait a bit longer for asparagus season. According to British Asparagus, the season should start in May and small quantities of the outdoor crop took place in the last few days of the month.
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A mild April has kickstarted asparagus season, with many stores stocking a British crop in time for the Easter holidays. The season traditionally starts on St George’s day, April 23. Harvesting began at the end of March on a small crop.
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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.
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Eating healthily is always important. We are all aware of the links between our diet and our health. But when you are expecting it is even more important that you watch what you eat and aim to have a healthy diet.
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Marks & Spencer will be the first retailer to sell the world’s first seedless pepper - perfect for faddy eaters or to encourage kids to up their intake of colourful salad vegetables. The sweet seedless Angello pepper is also perfect for snacking.
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Yet more reasons to up your fruit and vegetable intake - an 11-year Swedish study has found a diet rich in antioxidants lowers the risk of stroke, even in those with a history of heart disease, by reducing inflammation and blood vessel damage.
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Want to make Christmas dinner more interesting - and more healthy? M&S are bringing red 'super sprouts' to the UK high street for the first time. The additional colouring shows the additional health benefits of the vegetables.
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Boiled, mashed or chipped, we can't get enough of those lovely spuds. Versatile potatoes have topped poll to find the UK's favourite vegetable, while bananas were chosen as favourite fruit in a poll of 2,000 by tibits vegetarian restaurant.
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Vegetables such as broccoli have plenty of health benefits - but to get maximum effect, you need wholefoods, not any sort of supplements, steamed gently rather than overcooked. So you need to convince the kids to eat their greens!
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Eating lots of fruit and vegetables is great news for our hearts and general health and scientists have found that your five-a-day can even negate genetic risk factors. People who carry a certain gene have an increased risk of heart disease.
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When it comes to getting the maximum health benefit from vegetables, organic, steamed wholefoods are the way to go, particularly broccoli. Many vegetables containing key phytochemicals can boost your immune system, but you need to eat the real thing.
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Want to put the fun back into your five a day? A new range of veg is on offer in Tesco and M&S, including multi-coloured carrots, amazingly grown in Norfolk, and a super-broccoli that tastes sweeter and provides anti-cancer, heart-boosting properties.
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Baked, boiled or roasted, there are so many ways to enjoy the humble potato and now there is another health benefit to this carb-alicious treat. American researchers found potatoes are the largest, affordable source of potassium of any fruit or veg.
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Fruit and veg are known to have anti-cancer properties and a new study aims to find out exactly which fresh produce works best for which cancer origin. A study for the American Dietetic Association is published in the October issue of their journal.
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Cooking from scratch is the best way to stay in control of healthy eating - but every now and then, when time is of the essence, a balanced ready meal really hits the spot. No Added Salt is a family-run business making pre-packed meals for children.
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The much-maligned vitamin D has benefits for pensioners, according to new research. Scientists found that vitamin D, betaine and methionine, might help reduce the risk of macular degeneration, based on a long-term twins study.
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We are constantly reminded to have our five-a-day here in the UK - now a huge campaign is launching in the United States to encourage families to buy fresh fruit and vegetables, which is supporting Jamie Oliver's latest US campaign.
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Refined foods coupled with modern lifestyles have led the proven benefits of a low fat and high carbohydrate diet to become skewed, according to British nutritionist and fitness adviser Will Williams.
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Struggling to get your five a day? Well, you can't blame rising food prices, as new research shows you can get five fresh portions of fruit and veg per day for just 42p. Research by World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) looked at British supermarkets.
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A new study has analysed the composition of the Bloody Mary. In doing so, researchers claim to have identified ingredients that can have a beneficial health effect, as well singling out the chemical compounds which give the cocktail its unique taste.
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A new scheme designed to help people in deprived areas eat their 5-A-Day of fruit and veg has been launched by Public Health Minister Anne Milton.
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A study has found maternal fructose consumption may also effect placental development. The study published in Endocrinology, reports for the first time that maternal fructose intake during pregnancy results in sex-specific changes in foetal and neonatal endocrinology.
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A new study has claimed that there appears to be little nutritional or taste benefits to growing fruits and vegetables organically. A series of trials by Which? Gardening found that found that non-organically grown garden veg weas tastier and more nutritious than organically grown crops.
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