The Fruit Bowl, Ranked For Steady Energy
Fruit is good for you, and it is not all the same. Some carry more fibre than sugar, some the other way round. Here is the order, and how to eat the rest.
Read moreFood swaps
Same meal, same budget, same ten minutes. One thing changed or one thing added, with the reason it works.
What Is Actually In Your Cereal
Whole grain, heart healthy, good source of fibre. Then you turn the box over. Here is how to read a cereal label in thirty seconds, and why you are hungry again by ten.
Read moreWhat To Drink Instead Of The Three O'Clock Can
A can of regular soda is about ten teaspoons of sugar with nothing to slow it down. Here is what it does, what to drink instead, and why to swap one a day.
Read moreSix Things To Reach For At Four O'Clock
One idea, six versions of it. What to have in the house so the four o'clock decision is already made, and why the biscuit never actually stops the hunger.
Read moreFrozen Is Not A Compromise
The freezer aisle is cheaper, and in several cases the food in it was picked riper than the fresh version. Here is where frozen wins, and the three places it genuinely does not.
Read moreHow To Read A Protein Bar Label
The front of the packet is advertising. The back is information. Six things to look at on a protein bar, and what a tin of sardines costs by comparison.
Read moreTwo Bowls Of Oatmeal
Oatmeal is not one food. Two bowls can share a name and behave nothing alike by eleven o'clock. Here is what separates them, and how to rebuild the one you already eat.
Read moreSeven Food Swaps That Cost Less
The shelf marked healthy is usually the expensive one. Seven ordinary swaps that steady your energy and take money off the weekly shop rather than adding it.
Read moreNot All Protein Counts The Same
Two meals can carry the same grams of protein and deliver very different amounts of usable protein. Here is what the gap is, and how to close it without changing how you eat.
Read moreThe Spice Aisle
Cinnamon, fenugreek and broccoli sprouts, and what each one is doing. Also the label detail that decides which cinnamon is worth having every day.
Read moreWhat Is Actually In Your Sweetener
Two packets in the same aisle both say stevia on the front and contain almost entirely different things. Here is how to read the back, and which one suits which job.
Read moreYou Can Still Eat Potatoes
Cooking a potato and cooling it overnight changes how it behaves the next day. The same is true of rice and pasta. Nothing has to leave the plate.
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