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Forming a Balanced Diet for Your Kids

by RachelSwirl July 8, 2021
Forming a Balanced Diet for Your Kids

Being a parent is a joy for most. But as fun as watching them play is; doing silly stuff and reconnecting with your inner child through them, parenting is a huge responsibility. One of the most significant responsibilities you have as a parent is feeding your children properly. This isn’t as easy as it sounds. It’s tempting to serve them oven chips and turkey drummers, but you really should not. Sadly, 15% of children in the UK live in a food insecure household. But growing children require a carefully balanced diet for optimal development. The development of a child includes …

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How to Find Your Fasting Diet

by RachelSwirl March 1, 2021
How to Find Your Fasting Diet

Although we live in the modern world of computers and the Internet biologically we are still creatures that inhabited the sandy savannahs many moons ago. This is one reason fasting diets are so successful for us today our bodies have evolved to last for long periods without food or nutrition. To take advantage of this evolutionary trait, read on to discover which fasting diet suits you best. The 16:8 Method The 16:8 method of fasting is one of the most popular ways to reduce your weight without too much effort. Although it sounds complicated it can be as simple as …

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For the Love of Treeselets!

by RachelSwirl January 11, 2019
For the Love of Treeselets!

Having worked hard to lose almost three stone last year, I seem to have lost all desire to diet. Don’t get me wrong, I’m far from happy with my figure but I seem to lack the lustre to limit myself when it comes to food. I really ought to cut out the crud, but I can’t help but to fill my face with whatever happens to be hanging around in the cupboards. Most recently I have discovered a love for Treeselets – a festive fad which I believed to be a seasonal sensation. I was never really a fan of …

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#LivingArrows – The Apples Of My Eye 41/53 (2018)

by RachelSwirl October 8, 2018
#LivingArrows - The Apples Of My Eye 41/53 (2018)

We are forever encouraging our little ones to eat more fruit and veg. In all honesty they are pretty good with their fruit, it’s just the vegetables we need to work upon. Thankfully we are able to fool both J and E into eating almost ten vegetables in one sitting through the power of soup. Oh soup, it’s such a wonderful dish especially during the autumn months. We really ought to make more soup, at least try a wider range of recipes as the children seem fixated upon one specific soup which although I adore, can become tiresome at times. …

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