A few tips on healthy eating

If you enjoy eating, but want to get in shape and improve your overall vitality, then, as most people know, you need to start a thoughtfully prepared well-balanced meal plan. In a perfect world, this needs to contain 5 standard portions of grains, fruit and vegetables daily and embrace the right proportion of food types.

Some reduced carbohydrate diet tips:
* You can make delicious smoothies using reduced carb yogurt. Admittedly, you can't really call it cooking, but if you must have smoothies you can throw them together with reduced carb yogurt and fruit. Obviously, you should ensure you use fruit that is low in carbohydrates and use the whole fruit as the fiber is beneficial.

* Fiber is essential Decreasing the carbohydrates in your diet usually leads to fiber reduction as well. Check for reduced carbohydrate recipes that are rich in fiber to restore the balance.

Superfoods containing flavonoids
(inlcudes olive oil, red apples, garden pea & tea)

The compounds known as flavonoids discovered in these foods are believed to have properties as cancer fighters.
Experts studying the effects of flavonoids believe that they could have most other benefits to our health, including anti-viral and anti-inflammatory powers.
Most are also low in calories, so are ideal for including in your diet.