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Improving sleep through mindful breathing exercises
Practicing stress reduction and relaxation techniques
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Breakfast choices: tea vs juices
Many juices contain the same amount of sugar as cola, but we don’t realise this.
Go for tea and a piece of fruit, like an orange.
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Breakfast myth: kick-starting your metabolism
Breakfast doesn't kick-start your metabolism.
Metabolism increases naturally when you get up in the morning and after you eat any meal. It doesn’t have to be breakfast.
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Having a healthy fry-up
- Use a healthy oil, or grill it, and don’t go overboard on portion size.
- A bit of bacon every now and then is fine, just remove as much fat as you can.
- Baked beans are fantastic in the morning, so are eggs, mushrooms...
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Many breakfast cereals are loaded with sugar
- Read the labels of cereals. For some, sugar makes up more than a third of the total content. A low-sugar product contains less than 5g of sugar per 100g.
- Go for low-sugar, fiber-filled cereals, like Weetabix, oats, and bran flakes.
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Skipping breakfast
- Skipping breakfast has been linked to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. This could be because breakfast skippers tend to eat more later in the day when our bodies are more glucose intolerant.
- People who skip breakfast tend to be lacking in key nutrients, ...
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The benefits of having breakfast are not that obvious
Studies have shown that having breakfast can boost concentration and memory, and it also plays an important part in blood glucose regulation.
But despite the media hype, there’s no clear-cut link, for example, between breakfast and body weight, blood pressure, or choles...
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Fruit juice vs fizzy drinks
The amount of sugar that can be found in fruit juice is significantly higher than in fizzy drinks. Studies suggest that too much sugar can put us at risk for health problems such as obesity, diabetes, or tooth decay.
However, pure fruit juice does contain vitamins, minera...
Give up sugary drinks
Sweetened beverages contain sugar that adds calories without satisfying hunger. One can of cola contains nine teaspoons of sugar, a third more than the six teaspoons daily limit.
Substitute fruit juice for fruit-infused bottled water or water with fresh fruit slices added to it...
Avoid Grapes and Bananas When Cutting Down On Sugar
Bananas and grapes are delicious fruits but they contain high amounts of fiber and natural sugar (fructose). When we eat these fruits it can give us a sugar spike or commonly known as sugar rush.
You can still eat them but eat them sparingly and try other variants of frui...
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