Getting a bit overweight is quite easy, especially as you hit your 30s. Suddenly, food has no mercy and you can no longer eat as you wish with no consequences. As our metabolism slows down, things such as too many “treats”, a holiday, the arrival of winter (and the laziness linked to the darker and … More 10 Lifestyle tips to go back to your natural weight
Summer is one of my favourite seasons, even more since I live in the UK and the warm weather is rather scarce! Summer is also great for turning to quick & easy meals. Maybe because, with the higher temperatures, it is more appealing to have salad-style food, and there’s less need to eat warm-comforting food … More Tricks for quick and healthy summer meals
Eat food. Mostly plants. And not too much. This is pretty much how Michael Pollan summarises the key Food Rules in his fun and quick to read book. Nice and simple! For those who are not fans of long nutrition theories, here are my favourite rules from his entertaining book: Eat food Don’t eat anything your … More “Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual” by Michael Pollan
Eating healthier food can be mission impossible if we have little time to cook and plan our meals. Life is busy these days and, as much as I like cooking, I don’t always enjoy of enough time all my evenings to do it properly. That’s why I found that cooking for 2-3 days in one … More Healthy eating – tricks to make it happen when you are too busy (or lazy)
My trip to Argentina left me great memories, but also a bit of indigestion due to all the red meat meals available there. Before my trip I was already playing up with the idea of cutting down on meat and replacing it with fish or meals 100% veggie at least once a day. However, I … More Food test – Giving up red meat
“The diet of eating… well”. That’s how the Spanish author defines her principles when it comes to nutrition. This is my favourite book about the subject, and Patricia Pérez is not even a certified nutritionist! Her tone, warm and funny; the way in which she explains how our body works and how the different types … More “Yo sí que como” by Patricia Pérez
People don’t like to be told what to do. Following “a diet” is normally a pain for everyone, even the idea of “clean eating” is not that attractive for many people. So here are a few ideas to eat healthier without having to change what’s on the menu. Portions portions portions This is one of … More 5 eating tips that have nothing to do with what you eat
Sooo, the Chrismas holidays are over and with them also the big meals! I got the typical extra couple of kilos that come with eating too much and exercising too little, or at least that is what my jeans say! I don’t like strict diets or counting calories, so here is my quick eating plan … More Mix and match – Post Christmas eating plan
Christmas time approaches, and with it, all those niiiice looong meals with our loved ones, it is a good time to go through a few tips that work well when it comes to eating healthier without having to do a huge efforts or feel you are forever living on “a diet”. Buy healthy, eat healthy … More Easy tips for healthier eating
The first time I heard about this woman (Pilar Senpau) was years ago, in the Catalan TV program called Quequicom. The weekly program used to cover different subjects from a didactic-scientific approach, and that week it was about diets and losing weight. Pilar Senpau was the nutritionist of a girl who was trying to lose weight. … More “Eating well, a matter of intelligence” by Pilar Senpau
