The Healthy Food Guide blog brings you expert views on the health stories hitting the headlines, nutritional nuggets from top dietitians and exercise updates from our fitness gurus.
If
UK adults are still consuming way too much salt, what about children? Their recommended
maximum daily amount is even lower yet their consumption is ‘worrying’, say
experts. What’s gone wrong, and what can we do about it in Salt Awareness Week?
They say
the grass is always greener on the other side, so are green juices really all
they’re cracked up to be? Read on for the nutrition facts, plus a special Healthy Food Guide recipe…
The issue seems deceptively simple: sugar is calorific, harmful to
teeth and has no nutritional value, so manufacturers should remove it from
their products – case closed. Well hang on just a minute Mr Prosecutor, this is
far from a cut and shut case…