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A Food Pyramid for Children
Teaching children how to choose, cook and enjoy good food can give them a head start in adult life, but many teenagers have food and appearance issues and need help with diet and exercise....
A Food Pyramid for Optimim Health
Eating to achieve our optimum health levels can be made easier by using the food pyramid to make good food choices....
A Sample 1200 Calorie Food Pyramid
A 1200 calorie diet helps you lose weight fast, but can be difficult to maintain. A food pyramid can help you....
A Sample 1600 Calorie Food Pyramid
Eating 1600 calories daily helps you lose steadily over a period of months. A food pyramid guide can help this weight loss....
A Sample 2000 Calorie Food Pyramid
A 2000 calorie diet is the ideal nutritional guideline. Most of the population is considered to need between 2000 and 2500 calories per day for maximum health....
Adolescence and the Food Pyramid
Adolescence is when many young people develop eating disorders or begin to reject good nutrition in favour of junk food. Good eating guidelines can help them cope....
An Introduction to the Food Pyramid
Using the Food Pyramid can improve nutrition and make meals more interesting - this guide takes you through the pyramid's categories and daily food proportions....
Christmas Food Pyramid Recipes and Tips
Christmas can be healthy and delicious - try our wonderfully fruity Xmas pudding bake and use our tips to get your festive season off to a great start....
Detox and Food Pyramid
A detox can put you on track to healthier eating: our list of foods can help you eat well as you purify your system....
Dinner Party Food: Pyramid Style
Using the food pyramid to choose a dinner party menu gives your guests healthy and delicious food to eat and you a chance to show your cooking skills....
Food Labelling and Additives
Food labelling, especially in relation to food additives, can be a complicating factor when trying to organise your diet on food pyramid lines....
Food Pyramid - How Much Salt is in Your Ready Meals?
Understanding how salt intake is calculated, and how much salt many ready meals contain, can be a real help to improving our diets....
Food Pyramid 2005: the Rainbow Pyramid
The 2005 Food Pyramid tailored dietary advice to different ages, genders and levels of activity and gave everybody a chance to get a food pyramid that matched their needs and health goals....
Food Pyramid and Athletes: Some Guidance
Using the food pyramid can improve athletic performance and enhance wellbeing....
Food Pyramid and Dining Out
Eating out can be difficult because you don’t get an ingredient list and it seems rude to interrogate the serving staff about ingredients. Here are some tips to help you eat out wisely....
Food Pyramid and Food Safety
Food safety is essential to good nutrition and safe and healthy eating....
Food Pyramid and Hollywood Diets
How do Hollywood stars stay in shape and do their dietary habits measure up against healthy eating guidelines?...
Food Pyramid and Nut Allergies
Nut allergies make it difficult to eat healthily in line with food pyramid guidelines, but our substitution guide helps make the process easy....
Food Pyramid and Ramadan
Healthy eating in Ramadan can be made easier by using the food pyramid....
Food Pyramid and School Dinners: Government Guidelines
There are new government guidelines for the food children should be served at school....
Food Pyramid for Active People
A healthy diet varies according to age, gender and the amount of exercise we take. This article helps active people and athletes understand their nutritional needs....
Food Pyramid for Breastfeeding Mothers
Breastfeeding is good for mother and baby, and eating well helps a woman enjoy breastfeeding and the benefits it brings to her and her child....
Food Pyramid for Children Who Are Picky Eaters
Picky eating problems plague many families and are particularly troubling if you’re trying to get your youngster to eat healthily...
Food Pyramid for Conception
Using the food pyramid can improve a woman’s overall fertility and ability to conceive....
Food Pyramid for Examination Success
High-calorie junk food is what most kids head for as exam pressure strikes, but there are better alternatives....
Food Pyramid for Expectant Mothers
Nutrition in pregnancy is vital to ensuring your health and that of your child. Our guide can help you eat well at this important time....
Food Pyramid for Older People
Older people have different nutritional needs to other adults. The relationship between health, age and food is complex but here are some tips to help....
Food Pyramid for Perfect Skin
Improving your skin through diet can be easier than you think if you use the Food Pyramid and power foods to help boost skin condition....
Food Pyramid for Prader-willi Syndrome
Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a rare and disturbing genetic condition that requires careful nutrition. This article describes a typical PWS diet....
Food Pyramid for Type 2 Diabetes
Many diabetics can manage their condition through diet, this article helps you understand how to eat well and stay well with Type 2 diabetes....
Food Pyramid for Vegans
Vegan diets can be healthy and enjoyable as long as the principles are understood. This guide contains the essential rules about healthy vegan eating...
Food Pyramid for Vegetarians
A vegetarian diet may be eaten for health or preference reasons and can be extremely good for you as long as you understand your dietary needs....
Food Pyramid for Weight Gain
Using the Food Pyramid can help you gain weight and improve your health....
Food Pyramid for Youthful Skin
We all know we are what we eat, so here’s some guidance on what to eat for a glowing, youthful complexion....
Food Pyramid Hints and Tips
There are easy and pleasurable ways to move to healthier eating and our round-up of top tips makes it fun to eat better....
Food Pyramid Ideas for Raw Foodists
A raw food diet may help with weight loss but requires careful planning. This article describes the elements of a raw food diet....
Food Pyramid Menu Planning
Working with the Food Pyramid to plan menus for your family can be easier than you think if you use our simple guidelines to help choose your meals...
Food Pyramid New Year's Resolutions
If you made a New Year’s resolution about changing your diet that you didn’t keep or if you’re planning to upgrade your eating habits soon, don’t aim too high or you will doom yourself to disappointme...
Food Pyramid News
The food pyramid suggests an ideal balance of food consumption, but many in the developed world are eating less well than they were a decade ago....
Food Pyramid Proportions Quiz
This quiz helps you understand the proportions of foods that go to make up a healthy diet....
Food Pyramid Tips for Optimum Healthy Pre and Post Surgery
We can help ourselves heal better and recover faster by eating the right diet before and after surgery, using the Food Pyramid as a guide....
Food Pyramid to Boost Your Immune System
Your immune system is a set of biological processes which help protect you from disease by spotting and wiping out viruses, pathogens and abnormal cells....
Food Pyramid Updates in 2010
Using the Food Pyramid helps people eat better. Updated guidelines in 2010 will offer new advice for older, single and multicultural diets and including exercise in your health plan....
Food Pyramid: Low GI Style
Low GI diets are much healthier and the food pyramid can be used to make this healthier eating easy and fun....
Frugal Food Pyramid Tips
We all want to eat well and be healthy, but sometimes it seems that eating better means spending more, and that can put a strain on the family budget. Our guide shows you how you can eat well on a bud...
Gluten-free Food Pyramid
Gluten intolerance is quite common and can be managed successfully by adopting a wheat free food pyramid diet....
Gourmet Food Pyramid
One reason that some people are resistant to the idea of healthier eating is that they mistakenly believe it won’t taste as good as their current diet....
Healthy Food Pyramid for Babies and Toddlers
Young children and babies need good nutrition in the first months of life to develop their bodies and brains. Food Pyramids help deliver the best nutrition....
How I Changed My Diet Using the Food Pyramid: Case Study
Can the food pyramid promote long term healthy eating? One man described how its changed his life....
How Much Do You Know About Food Pyramids
The food pyramid is a useful tool to improve our diets and our health; but how much do you know about it?...
Keeping a Food Pyramid Journal
Keeping a food journal can be both instructive and fun. It helps you become aware of your eating habits and keeps you mindful of your diet and nutrition targets....
Macrobiotic Food Pyramid
A macrobiotic diet requires strict adherence to dietary guidelines. Its followers say it helps simplify their lives and puts them in harmony with the planet....
Motivation Tools for Healthy Eating
Sometimes it can be difficult to stick to new eating habits, even when we know they’re good for us, here are some tools to help you keep your progress going....
News: The Vegan Power Plate Replaces Food Pyramid
The Power Plate offers a new image to set alongside the Food Pyramid - why has it been created and what are its benefits? This article explains why a Power Plate is a good idea....
Questionnaire: Are You a Food Pyramid Pharoah?
Find out how much you know about the Food Pyramid with this fun multiple choice quiz....
Seasonal Eating Food Pyramid Success
Seasonal eating and the food pyramid combine to make a holistic approach to healthy eating....
Set Your Calorie Levels for the Food Pyramid
Many of us need to lose weight, this article advises on how to set the right calorie levels for weight loss when using the food pyramid guidelines....
Teaching Children to Cook Healthily
Teaching children to cook can help them eat happily and healthily and boost their self esteem. Parents save money on snack foods too....
The UK Food Pyramid: the Eatwell Plate
The eatwell plate is the British equivalent of the American Food Pyramid – it is a visual guide to improve nutrition....
Traffic Light Food Labelling
Traffic light labelling is a British system to alert shoppers to the levels of healthy and harmful elements in their food....
US Food Pyramid Challenged by Doctors' Organisation
Is the USDA food pyramid intentionally misleading? One American healthcare group thinks so, and is going to court to prove it!...
Using the Food Pyramid for Packed Lunches
Packed lunches don’t have to be boring. Use the food pyramid to make your lunches tastier and healthier....
Using the Food Pyramid to Improve Your Diet
It can be fun to improve your diet if you use the food pyramid to help you eat better....
What Can I Cook From What's in My Cupboards?
What can I cook? How often do we stand in the kitchen and think this? This article shows you how to create healthy food pyramid dishes from what’s already in your cupboards....
What Kind of Cook Are You?
Understanding what makes you tick, when it comes to food and nutrition, helps you to tailor your cooking and food purchasing to your particular strengths....