We've spoke to professional nutritionist, Katherine Brooking who has shared her top tips on how to deal with some of the most common cravings... Cravings can be big diet-wreckers. Despite hard work and every intention to eat right, for many of my clients, willpower wilts at the sight of Ben & Jerry’s or a bag of kettle chips. According to a survey published in the journal Appetite, 97 percent of women and 68 percent of men experience food cravings. The most commonly craved foods include salty snacks, like chips and french fries, and sweets that are high in sugar [...]

Elizabeth Klodas, a cardiologist has given her thoughts on how sugars actually affect your cholesterol. If you’re like most people, you probably think it’s high-cholesterol foods like eggs or shrimp that are the worst for your cholesterol levels. But that’s not really the case. Because it’s not actually the cholesterol in food that’s the problem. Most of the cholesterol that circulates inside our bodies is made inside our bodies, and not absorbed from the diet. So, it’s not about avoiding foods that naturally contain cholesterol, it’s about avoiding foods that prompt our bodies to create cholesterol. The most powerful driver of [...]