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Don't fall off the diet wagon. Have a little bit of what you fancy with these tasty treats... Dieting doesn't have to mean restricting yourself from anything and everything that tastes good! Next time you're craving a sweet treat, try one these guilt-free alternative from nutritionist Lowri Turner. Yum!  High-protein cranberry brownies These have a sweet, chocolatey taste, with the cranberries adding sharpness. Brilliant for balancing serotonin and dopamine, they’re the perfect mood-boosting snack! Makes 12 brownies Preparation: 10 minutes + cooling Cooking: 25 minutes Coconut oil for tin, plus 1½tsp extra 75g self-raising flour 40g cocoa powder 175g stevia-based natural sweetener or xylitol, plus 2tbsp extra 25g walnuts, chopped 100g low-fat vanilla yoghurt 3 eggs, beaten 1tsp vanilla extract 25g cranberries 1- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Lightly oil a small baking tin.  Sift the flour and cocoa powder into a mixing bowl, then add...

Shed baby weight with these simple (and sensible) weight loss tips Looking after a little one is rewarding yet exhausting, so it's important to take it easy when it comes to fitness. Although it's tempting to revert back to your pre-baby workout straight after giving birth, it's important you give your body adequate time to recover from labour - this is usually around 6 weeks after giving birth! The recovery process is vital, to ensure that the uterus has retracted back into the pelvis, bleeding has ceased and stitches have healed. It is important to listen to your body during this time and ease back into exercise gently. Remember that the body has been through many complex and amazing changes over the past nine months – so take it easy on yourself! When you feel up to it, start with some very gentle exercise, including some pelvic floor exercises and short walks with your new baby. After your six-week check-up, if your doctor agrees, move on to the following training plan....

Follow our seven-day healthy eating plan for a vital, more radiant you. You’ve heard the phrase ‘beauty comes from within’? Well, it’s more than a well-worn adage. Scientists and skincare experts are discovering that we do have the ability to feed our skin from within. Read on to get your fill of healthy food, and you’ll feed your skin in the process! Day 1: BREAKFAST: Berries, yogurt and pumpkin seeds. Combine fresh blueberries and raspberries with 120g low-fat live natural yogurt and some pumpkin seeds. LUNCH: Grilled chicken and puy lentil salad Top baby spinach with 50g cooled puy lentils, grated carrot, lemon juice, and 100g free-range chicken. DINNER: Roast salmon with roasted tomatoes Preheat your oven to 180ºC/gas mark 4. Place the salmon and tomatoes on a baking tray and roast on the middle shelf for 10-12 minutes until the salmon is just cooked. Serve with basil pesto coated baby potatoes. Day 2: BREAKFAST: Coconut bircher muesli with mango Mix 25ml coconut milk with 40g roll...

Fed up with counting those calories? Balance your body with our easy-to-follow weight loss diet plan If you want a slimmer physique, why not try the  pH  diet? The diet uses what we eat to restore our body to its naturally  alkaline  state. pH (potential of hydrogen) indicates how acidic or alkaline a solution might be. The higher the pH, the more alkaline it is. When the food we eat ‘burns’ with oxygen in our cells to produce energy a residue is made that is acidic, alkaline or neutral, which is a pH 7. Our kidneys, skin, and lungs try to get rid of the residues left by acid-forming foods through urine, sweat, and breath. The PH diet suggests that acidic residues in the body accumulate and this slows the body down, causing low energy, lifeless skin, and weight problems. ‘Acid-forming foods, such as meat, dairy, and sugar, can cause and aggravate inflammatory conditions in the body,’ explains Yvonne Bishop-Weston, nutrition consultant at the Foods for Life clinic in Harley Street. This...