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I always get excited about colours! You can make your meals look so much better by adding colour, but did you know that generally the more colourful a meal, the higher it’s nutritional value will be!

Eating a wide variety of fresh fruit and vegetables will ensure that you get all the essential vitamins and minerals that your body requires.

A recent study by a leading British pharmaceutical chain has revealed that a high percentage of people are not reaching the recommended levels of vitamins and minerals in their daily diet. The study done by Boots Health Club looked at men and women aged between 19-24, and found that an extremely high percentage of those involved in the study were suffering from vita-rexia or vitamin deficiency.

Breakfast is meant to be the most important meal of the day, but why? Here are 8 great reasons why you should never skip breakfast again!

There are two types of cholesterol:

Low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol – called the ‘bad’ cholesterol because it goes into the bloodstream and clogs up your arteries.

High density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol – called the ‘good’ cholesterol because it helps to take the ‘bad’ cholesterol out of the bloodstream.

Many of those people who are committed to a training program list weight loss as one of their goals. Whether it be shedding some winter kilos in time for summer on the beach, or packing on some extra muscle and decreasing body fat percentage, almost everyone seems obsessed with losing weight.

At some stage everyone tries to reduce the fat in their daily meals, however with the overload or misinformation within the industry and the often misleading and confusing packaging on foods these days, few people rarely achieve it consistently.