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5 easy tips to help you build a healthy diet

 

1.     Trick your palate with spices and herbs

Try adding different herbs and spices to your food to trick yourself into thinking your indulging in something richer – without the calories or fat of more flavoursome foods.

2.     Try lettuce instead of bread next time you make a sandwich

Substitute lettuce for bread in your next sandwich, you’ll find this the perfect meal during summer months – without all the carbs.

3.     Cool pasta helps melt fat

If you put your serving of pasta in the fridge and allow it to cool down it could actually help you melt fat. The drop in temperature creates “resistant starch”, which means you body has to work harder to digest it. A study in the journal Nutrition & Metabolism found that adding resistant starch to a meal may also promote fat oxidation.

4.     Dim the lights at dinner time

A study in Psychological Reports found people who dined in a relaxed environment with dimmed lights and mellow music ate 175 fewer calories per meal than if they were in a busier, lighter environment. 175 calories might not sound like much, but it adds up.

5.     Make sure your salads are colourful

A colourful salad (lots of greens, oranges, and reds) means diversity of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Don’t be limited in what you add to a salad, salads are a great way to use up leftovers and quickly ageing produce. 


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