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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...