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Obesity results from energy imbalance: too many calories in, too few calories burned. A number of factors influence how many calories (or how much “energy”) people burn each day, among them, age, body size, and genes. But the most variable factor-and the most easily modified-is the amount of activity people get each day. Keeping active Read More …

What is a Health Star Rating? The Health Star Rating is a front-of-pack labelling system that rates the overall nutritional profile of packaged food and assigns it a rating from ½ a star to 5 stars. It provides a quick, easy, standard way to compare similar packaged foods. The more stars, the healthier the choice. Read More …

Health Benefits The feijoa is also known as pineapple guava, or guavasteen, the feijoa originates from South America but can now be found in subtropical/tropical areas, including Australia and New Zealand. Feijoas are sweet-tasting fruit, similar to pineapple, and strawberry. The best part of the fruit is the jelly-like substance (which has tiny seeds) in Read More …

YUKA is a mobile app that scans food and cosmetic products to provide information on the health impact of the products you use. How are food products rated ? Yuka’s food product scores are based on three criteria: Nutritional quality is 60% of the score. – This method takes into account: calories, sugar, salt, saturated Read More …

Founded in France in 2017 Yuka has garnered more than 30 million downloads, boasts 6 million active users, and is used to scan 2.2 million products every day. It has been steadily expanding beyond its native France and is currently available on the App Store and Play Store in the Unites States, United Kingdom, Canada, Read More …

More valuable information from YUKA . The role of lunch is to top up your tank so you feel great all afternoon. We tend to supplement our meals with pasta or rice fo “fill us up” and keep us going for the rest of the day. But that’s a mistake! At lunchtime, it is better Read More …

Now you have downloaded the  YUKA APP you can also receive regular emails with information and tips to help you on the path to healthy eating. Our diets today contain far too many carbohydrates (i.e. sugar). The so-called “fast carbs” are the most problematic because of their high glycemic index. They play a major role Read More …