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Your Calorie and Nutritional guide to Milk, Cream and Yoghurts and Dairy Free Alternatives

With so many alternatives readily available now, here’s a really useful guide to exactly what differences and variations can cost! Almond Milk Size/WeightCaloriesgFatgSat FatgCarbsgSugargFibregProteingSaltgSweetened125 ml311.20.13.83.50.50.90.25Unsweetened125 ml191.20.10.90.40.60.80.38 Cashew Milk Size/WeightCaloriesgFatgSat FatgCarbsgSugargFibregProteingSaltg125 ml291.40.23.42.50.20.60.17 Coconut Milk Size/WeightCaloriesgFatgSat FatgCarbsgSugargFibregProteingSaltgFull Fat125 ml21121.118.34.12.50.11.40Reduced Fat125 ml999.67.92.51.40.10.90 Condensed Milk Size/WeightCaloriesgFatgSat FatgCarbsgSugargFibregProteingSaltgSweetened125 ml406106.268.868.809.40.32Fat Free125 ml3540.20.175.575.5011.10.38 Evaporated Milk Size/WeightCaloriesgFatgSat FatgCarbsgSugargFibregProteingSaltgWhole125 ml19911.27.615.115.109.50.41Light125 ml13553.413.913.908.50.38 Fresh Milk Size/WeightCaloriesgFatgSatContinueContinue reading “Your Calorie and Nutritional guide to Milk, Cream and Yoghurts and Dairy Free Alternatives”

Top Skills For Success…

Wherever you look you’ll find lots of top tips for weight loss success, but let’s remember that to achieve long term success you need to work on creating a healthy, sustainable and live-able lifestyle, not just a diet!! Need or Greed… Here at we firmly believe that adapting your individual way of life, changing behavioursContinueContinue reading “Top Skills For Success…”

Becoming…..

You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.zig ziglar When you think about the word “Becoming”, what do you envisage? The image that springs to my mind is a caterpillar. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com All of the stages of our lives are also about becoming… AContinueContinue reading “Becoming…..”

Spices….

Photo by Frans van Heerden on Pexels.com One of our popular articles was on herbs, which led to thinking about all the many spices that are easily available to all of us. We may not know them all, or even what works best with the meals that we already eat. As many spices are simplyContinueContinue reading “Spices….”

Fresh Start???

Photo by Mabel Amber on Pexels.com As we say goodbye to the last Bank holiday until Christmas and wave the children off to school, college, university and new jobs, it’s time to remember how good it felt to take control of YOUR life, your health, and your eating! Regardless of how your summer has been,ContinueContinue reading “Fresh Start???”

Whatever makes you happy…..

Photo by Tim Mossholder on Pexels.com It is said that “laughter is the best medicine” and I’m sure we all agree it most certainly is. However, laughing is usually a response to something that made you smile, not necessarily what makes you happy. If you were asked to write down the three things that makeContinueContinue reading “Whatever makes you happy…..”

Zero to Hero!!

Photo by Anna Shvets on Pexels.com We often discuss the benefits of following a healthier lifestyle, improved eating habits and behaviours, and also looking at increasing activity levels. When motivation is high, it’s really easy to adhere to it for a few weeks, but all to often life gets in the way and the momentumContinueContinue reading “Zero to Hero!!”

At your convenience…

Something we should focus on is an important challenge for many of us convenience foods. Sometimes even the best laid plans go adrift and we need to have something available that’s quick and easy. We need to make sure every meal is mentally and physically satisfying, You could eat 6 bags of lettuce and beContinueContinue reading “At your convenience…”

Slow Down….

Slow down. Calm down. Don’t worry. Don’t hurry. Trust the process.alexandra stoddard Photo by Denitsa Kireva on Pexels.com Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com In case we don’t already know the story of the tortoise and the hare, here’s the short version…. The hare is very confident of winning, so it stops during the race andContinueContinue reading “Slow Down….”

Herbs….

Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels.com There are so many variety’s of herbs that we could utilise, but often, we’re not sure what they are, what they do, and even what are they best suited to! Everyone knows the basics, like mint with new potatoes., but there are so many uses!! Here’s an A-Z ofContinueContinue reading “Herbs….”