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Improving sleep through mindful breathing exercises
Practicing stress reduction and relaxation techniques
Establishing a relaxing bedtime routine
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, such as fibre, iron and calcium.
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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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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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Excessive Sugar Intake
The excessive consumption of sugar is linked to an increased risk of poor health outcomes such as:
- heart diseases;
- type 2 diabetes;
- weight gain;
- higher blood pressure;
- inflammation and many more.
It's not recommended to consu...
Alcohol
- When is it good: Research shows that light-to-moderate drinking can be good for the circulatory system, and could even protect against type 2 diabetes and gallstones.
- When is it bad: Too much alcohol has been linked with
Fuss About Artificial Sweeteners (AS) & Sodas
With 15-20 calories per spoon, a small amount of regular sugar can be a part of anyone's healthy diet. Replacing it with AS might be causing more harm to your body than good.
In some studies, daily consumption of AS was associated with 36% greater risk for metabolic syndrome (obesity, high ...
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