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Green Tea
Boosts your metabolism, assisting in weight loss/maintaining a health weight.
Aids in proper digestion.
Helps regulate your body’s blood sugar levels
Can help reducing the chance of developing several types of cancer, heart problems and high blood pressure
Keeps your teeth healthy and helps in reducing dental plaque.
Reduces the ‘bad’ cholesterol and balances it out with...
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Scrumptious Strawberry Popsicles
You Need:
1lb (450g) strawberries
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice
You Do:
Place strawberries in a bowl and toss sugar over them to coat. Allow them to macerate for approx. 30 minutes; when you see juice in the bowl you can move on
Add the strawberries and lemon juice to a food processor and blend them until pureed
Pour the mix into popsicle molds (or any other container that would...
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Super Green Breakfast Smoothie
You Need:
Two handfuls of baby spinach
1 cup of chunk pineapple
2 chopped up bananas
1 cup of yoghurt
1 cup of water
You Do:
Blend them all together! Add extras of some and less of others, as you please, to get the precise flavour that you want.
Enjoy with a healthy breakfast; oatmeal, yoghurt topped with nuts/berries/honey, toast or whatever tickles your fancy.
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Quinoa, Watermelon & Feta Salad
Making this tomorrow, I’ll fill you guys in on the recipe then so stay tuned!
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Why Your Organic Food Isn't as Organic as It Used... →
(Click the link above for the article)
This article makes a great point, and it’s not only true for the US; I divide my time between London and Stockholm, and find the exact same problem here. This is why my grocery shopping trips usually take twice or even thrice the amount of time they should, as I carefully read through all the labels (and that is also why others hate shopping with me).
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Homemade Skinny Ranch Dip
If you’ve ever looked at the ingredients listing of store-bought dips/dressings, you’ll know there are plenty of things in there that you probably don’t wanna put in your system. This dip is great for vegetables, sweet potato fries and for anything else you’d like a chilled yummy sauce with.
This recipe yields 2 servings.
You Need:
2 tbsp light mayonnaise
2 tbsp fat...
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Oven-Baked Sweet Potato Fries
This is one of my all-time favourite go-to recipes, for either lunch on its own or to have with any kind of protein in the evening. Mind you though, one sweet potato is surprisingly filling so if you decide to have it with other things, you’ll have quite a big meal ahead of you.
Sweet potatoes are low in sodium and very low in saturated fat and cholesterol. It is also a good source of...
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