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

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Free sugars are any sugars added to foods or drinks, or found naturally in honey, syrups and unsweetened fruit juices and smoothies. Studies have found that people with depression and people who sleep poorly often have abnormal gut microbes. Try to choose a variety of different foods from the 5 main food groups to get a wide range of nutrients.

In the evening, have a portion of vegetables with dinner and fresh fruit with plain, lower fat yoghurt for dessert to reach your 5 A Day.Eat Yourself Healthy is packed with over 50 delicious, easy-to-make meal ideas from delicious breakfast options such as banana, fig and courgette breakfast loaf and chickpea crepes, to crowd-pleasing dinner recipes including creamy pistachio and spinach pesto pasta and mouth-watering satay tofu skewers.

Being overweight or obese can lead to health conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, heart disease and stroke.

Individuals with diagnosed medical conditions should always seek out the appropriate medical professional or patient-centred care. As the foremost international expert on the gut microbiome, Dr Megan Rossi (PhD, RD) founded The Gut Health Doctor and The Gut Health Clinic to empower everyone to take control of their own health and well-being.

Correlations cannot prove causality outright, but by replicating results repeatedly, risk factors can be identified and studied further. Studies show that calorie restriction can lower your metabolic rate and elevate your appetite for up to a year, leading to a cycle of restriction and overeating. The need is probably greater in young women who are menstruating, adds Jacka (who does not eat red meat “for ethical reasons”). Protein-rich plant foods such as beans, peas, nuts, seeds, soy and lentils, are nutritious and packed with phytochemicals (plant nutrients) and fibre," explains nutritionist Rhiannon Lambert, author of Re-Nourish. Not only does this book have recipes, which I tried all and noticed a huge difference, but there are also physical strategies to learn (i.

These foods avoid giving you the blood-sugar spikes and dips that can be caused by eating simple carbs such as sugar, white bread and white pasta. Tucking into cakes , biscuits and other sugary snacks and drinks can give you a lift if you’re feeling down. Unfortunately the review copy I received wasn't easy to read on the Kindle as paragraphs seemed to be overlaid.