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Healthy recipes

Healthy breakfasts

These breakfasts are healthy and delicious. Whether you prefer a hot or cold breakfast, we have loads of ideas for you.

Healthy recipes for two

Find healthy and easy recipes for two.

Healthy family food

Keeping the family full and happy has never been easier with our top-notch recipes.

Healthy British classics

You can make a classic British menu healthier with these recipes.

Healthy chicken recipes

Healthy and filling snacks

Make space for healthy and filling flapjacks, spiced oat cookies and fruit and nut energy bars!

Quick and healthy

Find recipes for seriously speedy suppers that are also healthy.

Healthy vegetarian

20 of our favourite healthy vegetarian dishes.

Healthy on a budget

Every recipe here is packed with vegetables and protein and is also light on your wallet.

Healthy Italian

Introducing dishes from lighter pizza and pasta to traditionally healthy chicken, fish and salads.

Healthy, filling soups

Healthy packed lunches

Feast your eyes on fantastic, healthy lunch recipes to keep you fuller for longer.

Health and fitness

The simple trick to making yourself love exercise

Food to eat after exercise

Easy exercises to do from home to boost strength and health

Healthy diet advice

What is the Mediterranean diet?

The surprising benefits of eating together

Five ways you could improve your gut health

There’s a backlash against food detoxes and here’s why

Could leaving 12 hours between dinner and breakfast benefit health?

How to eat fat and stay healthy

Find out how to eat fat and be healthy.

Is some saturated fat better for health than we think?

Is a low-carb diet right for you?

Could an anti-inflammatory diet improve your health?

What should you eat for a healthy gut?

Bacteria and other microbes play an essential role in keeping you healthy. Here's how to feed them.

What to eat to get a good night's sleep

Find out what you should be eating and drinking to sleep better.

Is eating too much salt damaging your health?

Eating well

What are the best diet and fitness apps?

What diet change should you make to improve your health?

30 microwave meals that are actually healthy

What should I eat to cut my cholesterol?

Take the test: Are you really getting five-a-day?

How much of a cancer risk is processed meat?

Surprising reasons why your diet might not work

Will a daily dose of fermented foods boost your health?

VIDEO: Do you know your portion sizes?

It's all too easy to eat more than our bodies need. How much is a proper portion?

100 recipes to improve your life

Why are scientists so intrigued by the food matrix?

Are we fooled by food labels?

Find out how clever marketing is being used to make foods seem healthier than they are.

How bad for you is a boring diet?

Are superfoods really that super?

Food businesses make a fortune from persuading us that one food can solve our problems. Are any foods that super?

Can a vitamin pill a day keep the doctor away?

The vitamin industry is booming and we Brits have bought into it in a big way. But is it worth it?

Where are you on the UK healthy eating scale?

Healthy ways with popular dishes

Healthy pasta recipes

Healthy homemade takeaways

Healthy pancakes

Healthy dessert ideas

Craving all the sweet things? This collection will satisfy your sweet tooth and keep you feeling virtuous.

Healthy diet tests and quizzes

TEST: How carb-clever are you?

Think you know which carbs are good for you? Take our test and find out.

How to reduce your risk of Type 2 diabetes

Take our quiz to see if you are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and how you can take action.

What's making you eat too much?

It's surprisingly easy to inadvertently eat more than you need and to underestimate portions. Find out how.

Could eating more iron stop you feeling tired?

Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency, so what does this mean and how can you consume more?

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