Healthy Eating
Healthy Eating
Eating a healthy diet is not about strict limitations, staying unrealistically thin, or depriving yourself of the foods you love. Rather, it’s about feeling great, having more energy, improving your health, and boosting your mood.
Websites
NHS: Live Well, Eat Well
NHS website about eating a healthy, balanced diet.
This page covers healthy eating advice for the general population.
British Nutrition Foundation: Healthy Diet Recommendation
This page is designed for people who want to find out more about healthy eating.
With so much conflicting information out there, it is easy to become confused about healthy eating. In this section we will take a look at what, based on the latest scientific research, the UK government recommendations are for the general population.
Making better choices with the Eatwell Guide
The Eatwell Guide translates government recommendations on foods, nutrients and health into simple messages to help us make informed choices about the foods, drinks and dietary patterns that promote good health.
The Guide shows the different types of foods and drinks we should consume – and in what proportions – to have a healthy, balanced diet.
Quitline
QUIT is the UK charity that helps smokers to stop and young people to never start. We have a diverse range of services including helplines and community programmes in 8 different languages.
Useful Documents
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Mobile Apps
Calorie Counter and
Diet Tracker
QuitNow! makes quitting easier by helping you focus your energy into four sections — your new ex-smoker status, 70 ex-smoker achievements to keep you motivated, a strong ex-smoker community.
Smoke Free
This app takes a science-backed approach with more than 20 evidence-based techniques to help you quit smoking for good.
Kwit
Quit smoking with a variety of game techniques and thinking designed to help you approach this process differently.
Podcasts
Quick & Dirty Tips for Eating Well
The Nutrition Diva’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Eating Well and Feeling Fabulous. She serves up simple, painless ways to upgrade your eating habits.
How To Stop Smoking
If you’ve been wondering how to stop smoking then you are are going to LOVE this week’s podcast.