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Eating Healthy Made Affordable

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  Trying to eat healthily can be a minefield. Especially if you are on a budget.    And I understand that eating healthy can be a lot more expensive and time consuming than ready meals, and 'unhealthier' options - so, I am aiming to help you improve your eating, without breaking the bank. Some of the common advice given when trying to eat healthily is to eat fresh foods, eat organic foods, eat 'low fat' varieties. And buying these options always work out more expensive.    So, to break down the reasons for these:  The freezing process can reduce the amount of nutrients in foods.  Organic products use natural fertilisers and feed.  'Low fat' varieties reduce the amount of fat in a product...  Often the 'good' fats are reduced.  Really, they are just ways to increase prices, and not really benefit us that much.    For me, I have started to really enjoy cooking, and I have found a few ways to reduce the time and money of eating he...

The Science of Dieting

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  Dieting nowadays is a minefield!    There's calorie restrictions, carb restrictions, fat restrictions, detoxing, fasting, keto, liquid diets, points counting... the list goes on!    So which diet is actually beneficial? Normally, articles will argue in support of a specific diet. The purposes of these articles are purely to get readers to click on their website, increasing popularity, so they can charge more for advertising.    Some sites even benefit from you taking up their specific diet.   And they often quote some of the science.    I'm sure you will have seen the articles that say 'There's loads of scientific evidence in support of this diet'. Often, there is scientific support, but it is not for everyone. The keto diet, as an example, as a fair amount of supporting science... for diabetics. The reality is, the science suggests it could be beneficial to control diabetes, but this should be administered and supervised by a qualifie...