health&beauty
EAT
RIGHT
the inside scoop on looking after
your body
Whether you are trying to lose weight
or just want to be healthier, Nicola Hill
asks how you can make sure you have
a balanced diet.
Last month, the Government’s Food Standards
Agency caused a furore when they announced that
organic foods had no greater nutritional benefits
than ordinary food. Every week there seems to be
contradictory advice about diet and health, so who
can we trust?
She is also drinking more water, and being more
The Government’s eight tips active in her daily life. All of these changes have HEALTH KICK
for eating well are:
been lifelong changes, rather than faddy diet tips
1. Base your meals on starchy foods. to ensure that she does not put the weight back on
2. Eat lots of fruit and veg. but can sustain healthier lifestyle habits.”
3. Eat more fish.
4. Cut down on saturated fat and sugar. E][S\µaVSOZbV 
5. Try to eat less salt – no more than 6g a day. Nutrients that are important for women’s health
6. Get active and try to be a healthy weight. include iron, calcium, vitamin D and folic acid.
7. Drink plenty of water. Joanna says: “Foods containing folate - the natural
8. Don’t skip breakfast. form of folic acid - are green vegetables and
brown rice as well as fortified bread and breakfast
You can check out the correct quantities of cereals. Good sources of iron are red meat,
everything you should be eating by using the Food pulses, dried fruit, bread, green vegetables and
Standard’s Agency website, which features a handy fortified breakfast cereals.” These can aid in foetal
‘eat well plate’… Just visit: development and stop anaemia as well as acting as
www.eatwell.gov.uk/healthydiet/eatwellplate an immune boost.
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You can also consult a dietitian. The Health One of the most important pieces of advice Joanna
Professionals Council runs a general register of gives is to make sure you have your ‘five a day’ of The g3 gang had a whale of a time
dietitians, who are trained to advise you on all fruit and vegetables; whether they are organic or when we went kickboxing at KB
aspects of your diet. Joanna Campbell of Eatwise, a not is a personal choice. Fitness, a gay-owned and run centre in
dietitian partnership based in London, explains that central London. Teacher Kelly Bunyan
a consultation with a dietitian involves discussing Sarah Bayley, an osteopath from London, eats ran us through a few moves, showing
your aims and what the dietitian feels is achievable. her five a day but says she also noticed a real amazing patience with our varying
She says: “Dietitians are trained in counselling skills difference when she chose to eat wholegrain food: levels of fitness! We’re definitely going
and behaviour change, which sound frightening, “I used to think it took so long to cook brown rice to give it another go, and we think you
but is really a process of enabling the client to that I couldn’t be bothered. I realised that my should try it too… KB are celebrating
understand what influences their eating and whole attitude to food was one of rushing, both in their 10th anniversary with a g3
activity behaviours.” cooking and eating. As I started to slow down and readers’ offer. When you join up, you’ll
actually chew my food, my digestion improved, I get five weeks of unlimited kickboxing
Joanna gives an example of the impact on one of started tasting what I was eating. I even found that classes, a pair of hand wraps and a free
her clients: “A recent client of mine has successfully kale could make me as happy as chocolate.” yoga class. Terms and conditions apply.
lost weight. We used her competitive spirit
to increase her fruit and vegetable intake and You can find Eatwise and other dietitians on More info at www.kbfitness.co.uk
encouraged her to eat more home-prepared meals. www.dietitiansunlimited.co.uk or call 020 7681 0014
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