Eat Yourself Healthy: An easy-to-digest guide to health and happiness from the inside out. The Sunday Times Bestseller

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Instead of counting calories and thinking about what to cut out, think about what to include, and see eating as an opportunity to nourish your mind and body. As well as eating healthily, regular exercise may help reduce your risk of getting serious health conditions. It's also important for your overall health and wellbeing.

Our magazine is full of lifestyle advice, recipes, activities and support to help you live well. Read our latest articles Watch your calories. To maintain a healthy weight, eat only as many calories as you use up through physical activity. If you want to lose weight, take in fewer calories or burn more calories. The author has an easy to understand style of writing and although she does discuss some of the bio-science and physiology involved, I don't imagine it'll be beyond the scope of the average layperson. The book has a lot of charts and quizzes to fill out to analyze the reader's current gut biome and general gut health as well as a lot of suggestions for improvement. Our vision is a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases. We raise money to research cures and treatments for the world’s biggest killers. Learn more about usIf you’ve lost interest in eating or you’re short of time, it is better to eat simple nutritious meals that only take a few minutes to prepare than a ready meal or nothing at all. A good meal for this is beans or eggs on wholemeal toast. I chose this book because I have a keen interest in healthy eating. I'm not a major healthy eater (I'm the wrong size and shape for that) but I try to make good food choices, I like cooking from scratch, and i'm interested in the science of food. 'Eat yourself healthy' also appealed to me as it didn't come across as a standard diet and weight loss book, this seemed to just be focusing more on the whole health of your body. Fruit and vegetables are a good source of vitamins and minerals and fibre, and should make up just over a third of the food you eat each day. The theory is that our bodies are designed to digest and absorb food most efficiently during a relatively short period of each day; then repair itself and burn stored fat when we fast. ‘It’s not known at the moment whether there is an optimum window or how critical timing is. However, having less opportunity to eat does seem to lead to less food intake, even in those not consciously trying to lose weight,’ explains Dr Denise Robertson, researcher at the University of Surrey. Her pilot study in 2018 found that people who delayed their usual breakfast time by 90 minutes, and brought their usual dinner time forward by 90 minutes for 10 weeks lost more body fat than those who ate to whatever schedule they liked. Alongside Dr Rossi's gut-friendly recipes, Eat Yourself Healthy also includes expert advice on how to deal with common complaints such as IBS and bloating, diagnose food intolerances, and manage good gut health with sleep and exercise routines.

I've learnt so much from Megan, looking after my gut is now a priority and I feel so good for it. She's a huge inspiration to us. Ella Mills, author and founder of Deliciously Ella Being overweight or obese can lead to health conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, heart disease and stroke. Being underweight could also affect your health. Foods high in saturated fat, such as butter, palm oil and coconut oil, have been linked to reduced dopamine signalling in the brain. However, more research is needed before conclusions can be drawn. If you're trying to lose weight, aim to eat less and be more active. Eating a healthy, balanced diet can help you maintain a healthy weight.Drawing from the latest research and a decade of experience as a dietitian and consultant at The Gut Health Clinic, Dr Megan Rossi explains how to feed your gut for a happier, healthier you using simple, delicious and gut-boosting recipes. Drawing from the latest research and a decade of experience as a dietitian and consultant at The Gut Health Clinic, Dr Megan Rossi (PhD, RD) explains how to feed your gut for a happier, healthier you using simple, delicious and gut-boosting recipes. My top take away from 'Eat yourself healthy' is the suggestion for gut goodness bowls. Rossi provides you with various ingredients divided into columns like 'Fibre Base' 'Fermented Flavours' 'Healthy fats' and 'Dress and Coat'. You then essentially mix and match ingredients from these columns to create your own gut goodness bowl. I think its a great idea, you know you're making healthy choices, and with just a few ingredients you can create a whole variety of different choices. Children under the age of 11 should have less saturated fat than adults, but a low-fat diet is not suitable for children under 5.

There’s even evidence that usingcoloured plates (or cups or straws) caninfluence your perception of foods. Pinkand white striped straws create an illusionof sweetness, making vegetable-basedsmoothies more palatable. Likewise,eating leafy green vegetables like spinachor broccoli can be more pleasant from ared plate. Enjoy your food Try to choose a variety of different foods from the 5 main food groups to get a wide range of nutrients. I appreciated the chapters on sleep, stress, and exercise. Dr. Rossi includes a series of yoga exercises that I’ve found helpful, as well as suggestions for strengthening the pelvic floor and giving yourself an abdominal massage. Studies suggest vitamin B deficiencies can result in a reduced production of feel-good chemicals and lead to tiredness. Other sources of B vitamins include whole grains, red meat, dairy, beans, bananas, green vegetables and beetroot.The best way to get all the vitamins and minerals you need is through eating the food that contains them.

She should stay in her lane. I don't see any reference to her fitness credentials. Just as fitness professionals should not recommend diets, dieticians should not recommend exercise. She either needed to cite a really strong studies that linked her recommendations to gut health or bring in a fitness professional to vet her work. As a result her fitness recommendations are generic and not explicitly linked to gut health.Megan is my idol – so passionate and knowledgeable! She has so many great tips and the recipes are easy, delicious and healthy!’– Davina McCall Your combined total of drinks from fruit juice, vegetable juice and smoothies should not be more than 150ml a day, which is a small glass. You can choose from fresh, frozen and canned, but remember that canned and smoked fish can be high in salt.