We all have our little indulgences. For me it's coffee and dark chocolate. I absolutely love a little sliver of dark chocolate after dinner, and so I'm thrilled each time I hear it's good for you. Not only is it good for your libido and your skin, but also for stress! Yep, that's right.
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Our seasoning of choice is usually salt, but as mentioned in a previous post, having too much salt may lead to serious health problems. So as part of keeping our bodies well and healthy, we need to keep an eye on our salt intake. Also less healthy foods are often high salt foods too, which means healthy eating goes hand-in-hand with low-salt eating.
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A: Someone once told me that if you want to be an Olympic champion you need to choose your parents wisely! Genetics. Unfortunately, or fortunately for some, genetics plays a huge role in our body structure. Therefore, I don't think that you will be able to change your body structure to a large extent. But...
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Setting up goals is an important step to maintaining your weight. One step is to plan your meals in advance. Sit down and plan a menu for the next week or two. Take out your family recipe books and see how you can adjust the recipe to be more figure friendly. Work out a shopping list from the menu you have planned and shop for your groceries from that list. This will not only save you a ton of money as it will prevent impulse buying, but it will also control what you eat.
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Signing up to do a race is a great way to challenge yourself to get fitter or achieve a personal goal. But when it comes to weight loss, it's not just about challenging yourself with exercise, but eating right as well. I have always tried to stay away from those energy gels and pills that everyone pops on a race, because not only do they have some really unnatural ingredients, they mess with your diet, and often leave you on a low....
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A: Like a Macarena of the make-out, a lot of guys have a set formula of progression... from smootch to neck, breasts and so on. It can get boring because it's so predictable, so...
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Well done to all who entered and won in our Win This Summer competitions. We had such fabulous prizes up for grabs that I must admit I am a little jealous. To find out if you won, click here. This month we have Yardley Skin Hampers, Phones (the Palmtop Flip), Roxy clothing hampers and Gym in a Box Kits to be won...
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It’s a word we hear often, but many of us are not sure of what omega 3 fatty acids actually are and how to get enough of them. Omega 3 fatty acids are essential polyunsaturated fatty acids needed by the body to maintain proper function and health. They’re called essential, because unlike most of the other fatty acids, our bodies are not able to make these, which means it’s essential that we get them from our diets.
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We had so many requests from you to give you more information on the right sports bras and where you can find them that we just had to test some out for you ourselves. Kirsten who's a machine on the bike found out that if you need added support you'll love the Shock Absorber. Clare found that the Triumph No Bounce bra was ideal for her as she does some pretty high-intensity exercise and needs to stay in place....
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Having a surfboard flat stomach is only a dream for the majority of us, including myself. We spend hours in the gym trying to achieve the elusive ‘six pack’. No-one enjoys having to bear through the pain of ab crunches, trying to use every machine in the gym that is designed to flatten the tummy, and at the end your tummy is no more flat than an ice-cream cone...
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Feeling hungry? You might, then, have been looking at the food pages in our March issue. Seared beef fillet with pomegranate, mint and red onion... sweet potato, butternut and carrot kebabs with Brazil nut pesto... blueberry and goji berry muffins... Mmm. How can you resist any of that?
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I am making a concerted effort to save money this year which is great for my future plans and my bank balance but very depressing for my wardrobe. Looking good certainly does make you feel fabulous but it's a bit of a dilemma when you don't want to spend. That's why I was so excited when I saw that we were running a story on Fifty Thrifty Finds in our March issue (on sale now).
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