Dietary and Other Advice

We believe that leading an active lifestyle is more important to achieving balance and harmony in all of our lives than we often give it credit for. As is a balanced approach to food and nutrition.

Here are relevant links to websites we believe can point you in the right direction:

www.eatwell.gov.uk

Extract from eatwell.gov.uk: “8 tips for eating well: you want to eat a healthy diet, our 8 tips can help you. They focus on practical steps you can take to make healthier choices, whether you’re planning a meal, or picking up a snack. The Strictly Yum Dancing characters each promote one tip, so take a turn with them to find out more.” http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/healthydiet/eighttipssection/

www.nhs.uk/change4life

Extract from Change 4 Life: “We all want to feel healthy and trim, but no-one wants healthy living to mean depriving themselves of all the things they love drinking, eating and doing. In fact, cutting out the things we love often means we don’t keep up the changes we make for very long – so any good work we do is easily undone later on.”
http://www.nhs.uk/change4life/Pages/change-for-life-adults.aspx

http://www.bhf.org.uk/

British Heart Foundation
Extract from British Heart Foundation website: “A healthy diet helps to reduce your risk of developing heart disease. If you’ve already got a heart condition, a healthy diet will also help to protect your heart. Healthy eating is about enjoying a wide variety of foods, but getting the balance right.”

Useful Resources

Now you have decided to take this important step towards your new active lifestyle you might also like to take a look at these related websites for even more inspiration.

  • The British Heart Foundation has plenty of games, tips and information on keeping you heart healthy. Check out the link for the Office Olympics!
  • Stress can affect us all at some stage of our lives and people will cope with stress differently. It is one of the major contributing factors to absenteeism. Visit www.stress.org.uk to find out what signs and symptoms to look out for.
  • We all know that we should be eating more fresh fruit and vegetables. Visit www.5aday.nhs.uk to get some great recipes and tips.
  • This calorie counter is a great way of keeping track of the amount of all the calories you are burning. There is also a BMI calculator on the site so why not take a look at http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/healthydiet/healthyweight/caloriecalculator/