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.

The case against reduced carb diets
Its all the rage, but it is truly safe and healthy for you?
The majority of the negative side effects claimed, like general tiredness, stomach disorders, or bad headaches are only temporary, but critics contend that low carbohydrate diets are not without permanently harmful side effects.
Whilst there is evidence that indicates that low carb diets can help achieve weight loss, some of this evidence has proved to be controversial among nutritionists, and their relative safety has been the cause of great debate

Lycopene foods
(includes grapefruit, red peppers and spiny bitter gourd)

The nutrient lypcopene is a simple chemical compound and member of the same group of phytochemicals as carotene. It is the reason for the red colour of some types of food.

Usefully, unlike numerous other healthy agents, lycopene does not become less effective if subjected to heat, but is genuinely strengthened by cooking.

. Its most interesting medical value is that it acts as an antioxidant and appears to be an asset in the fight to lower the risk of developing cancer.

Lycopene is the most powerful eliminator of singlet oxygen, which is linked with aging of the skin. It is also believed to prevent the growth of diseases affecting arterial blood vessels.