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Asif Arif – Digest the Web -Top 5 sites for healthy eating

The journal of Cyberpyschology and behaviour report that just about five pc of all web traffic is for health-related information. How can we be sure the data that we receive is trustworthy healthy and practical. In my work as a food consultant to a couple of the state’s leading media and sporting heros I am continually asked for top tips and shortcuts to a healthy body and mind. When I have answered that there are no shortcuts I frequently refer my clients to my top five sites to gain more information before our next consultation.

When choosing these sites I thoroughly checked nutritional values and philosophy as you could expect but also made sure that I searched the web with a critical eye on Sponsorship, the background of the writers and when it was posted.

OK here we go my top five ;

At number one I have chosen www.eatwell.gov.uk . This is the official presidency agency website of the Food Standards Agency in the UK and as such has no commercial message to push and is an invaluable source of info. It’s got a handy section for those looking to shed a few excess pounds that has a BMI ( Body Mass Index ) calculator as well as a really great activity calculator that allows users to keep control of your daily calorie usage. The body shape comparison section allows you to compare with others without the utilization of binoculars or the risk of arrest!

At number two I’d place the May hospitals site www.mayoclinic.com A great site for weight loss recipes, low sodium, and healthy heart diets and totally piled high with all demeanour of useful nutritive sound info. It has a useful gizmo that lets you work out your daily calorie duty based on age, activity level gender and current weight. Don’t try dieting without this calculator – it will keep you safe and in the longterm help you keep off the weight and avoid YoYo diet syndrome.

At number 3 in my top 5 is www.allrecipies.com . This site does exactly what it purports to do and stands above other recipe sites due to its diverse range of dishes and intensive search feature that permits you to search dependant on your preparation time, nutritive content and meal type. It is also the handiest and straightforward to use site i have found partly to its Iphone application DinnerSpinner that provides unlimited access to its whole and splendidly exciting recipe database.

Number 4 is the Canadian site www.eatcracker.ca designed and written by some of the nation’s leading health executives it permits you to conduct a fast yet total on line assessment and then provides tailored recommendation on improving eating habits and health. Registered users can monitor their progress toward a healthful sensible diet and lifestyle and share tips with others.

My final choice is not quite to do with nourishment weight loss or health of the individual but rather the condition of our planet and how our diet contributes toward this ; www.eatlowcarbon.org In the UK where I worked for a number of years, a longitudinal study of middle income house holds in Manchester concluded that almost a third of food bought was thrown away and supermarkets in the North West of Britain ( mainly the 2 gigantic towns of Liverpool and Manchester ) dumped over a{ half| half of| twelve their veggies before they even reached the shelves due to unattractive shape or uneven coloring. I like to recommend that everyone spend at least fifteen minutes on this site and drag and drop a small number of you fave food s into the frying pan and be amazed at the carbon footprint that you are making. I was startled at the diary and beef figures and they supply one more reason for maintaining a lean primarily vegetable based diet for healthy living. So now eating healthy is helping to save the planet aswell as reducing your waistline.

Asif Arif is a well-known lecturer and advisor at the university of Lahore and has worked and lectured across Europe. He has attended courses primarily in the UK in London, Bristol and Manchester and worked for some of the country’s top health hospitals. He has re-designed the scholar canteen menu and introduced a fitness program to instill sound nutritional values for Pakistan’s future leaders. Asif Arif has been a guest presenter at conferences in Newcastle, Glasgow, Manchester, as well as at the Stockholm Institute and several Scandinavian nutritive universities.

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