Health & nutrition
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Is dark chocolate healthy?
Dark chocolate. What’s not to love, right? Tastes lovely. Is made of chocolate. However, is it really the healthy treat we think it is? In this post, we'll take a closer look at whether dark chocolate is healthy or whether we should all be dipping into the Kinder Eggs, instead. So that last bit...
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Is coffee healthy?
Context:Ah coffee. Whether you drink yours as straight up, extra foam, extra hot, short and punchy, over ice or in the biggest mug possible, this not-so-humble bean runs the world. Not only does coffee give us a hit of energy, it’s meant to have a number of potential health benefits, too. So is...
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Vegan chocolate cake with sea salt
We’ve partnered with Flora to bring you a slice of chocolate heaven. Sink into a decadent & rich vegan chocolate cake, made with Flora’s new Salted Plant B+tter. It’s got all the creamy and buttery flavour, but with 50% less carbon emissions. It’s the plant-based alternative, perfect for cooking,...
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Tim Spector’s 5 science-backed food hacks to improve your health
Tim Spector is one of the world’s top 100 most cited scientists and the author of The Sunday Times bestselling book Spoon-Fed and Food for Life. Less MORE is more Research shows that individuals who eat at least 30 different plants a week have more varied gut bacteria and better overall health....
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Is alcohol healthy?
Can alcohol really be healthy? Does a red wine a day keep the doctor away? How much is too much? Can you really drink and live a healthy lifestyle? This ubiquitous beverage is drunk across the world in thousands of different forms, yet its effects on health are wide-ranging. We all know that up...
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Are energy drinks healthy?
Context: Energy drinks. Good. Bad. Avoid? When energy drinks are everywhere, with their promise of a quick, no-guilt hit of energy, what do you believe? Do you sip them to power through the day, or give them a wide berth? We’re here to help. Are energy drinks healthy? We’re going to come right...
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Healthy beef recipes
This blog is all about beef. Ours is British all the way, free-range and grass-fed from our farmers herds munching out on great British pastures. Just as it should be. Our healthy beef recipes are designed by our chefs to celebrate a smorgasbord of flavours, letting the protein do its thing by...
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Healthy fish recipes
White fish, flaky fish, oily fish, flat fish, big prawns, little prawns, smoked, we could go on (and on!) when it comes to what bounty that comes out of our oceans. But, whatever fish floats your boat, one thing’s for sure: we’ve got healthy fish recipes for it. In fact, there are so many healthy...
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Healthy pork recipes
The pork we put in your Mindful Chef recipe boxes is always free-range, 100% British, and as succulent as they come. It’s quick to cook, full of protein and low in salt. Which is why your healthy pork recipes can bring all these new flavours to your plate. Like our silky meatballs in a jammy...
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Welcome to a world of healthy recipes
We’re Mindful Chef and we make healthy eating easy. With the sort of feel-good food and high quality ingredients that kickstart healthy habits and keep you satisfied. The trouble with some healthy recipe sites is well, things can look a little dry can’t they? We’re here to prove that healthy...
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Healthy vegetarian recipes
We can’t get enough fresh, seasonal veg. That’s why all our healthy vegetarian recipes star the best UK-grown veggies we love! From the crisp salad leaves picked for you by Westlands in the Vale of Evesham, to the nutty celeriac grown by the brilliant Jack Buck, it’s easy to get your 5-a-day -...
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What is keto?
If you’re new to keto, it’s a diet that favours high fat, low carb foods. Normally with less than 50mg of carbs a day. (Psst, that includes the carbs you get from the natural sugars in fruit and some veg, too). When you’re on a keto diet, the aim is to get the body into a metabolic state called...
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