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Swap your bowl of breakfast cereal for a bowl of porridge oats with frozen berries and nuts. Even ‘healthy’ cereals can be full of sugar and calories.
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Bring a packed lunch. Yep, it’s old school but this way you can avoid a soggy shop bought tuna sandwich. If I’m in a rush the night before I just double up on my dinner and portion out half into a lunch box for the next day.
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When it comes to exercise, start with the weight of your own body before progressing to weights.
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Look after your gut – it is home to millions of bacteria, and as gross as it sounds these little fellas actually do us a lot of good by fending off disease-causing bacteria and producing nutrients including vitamin K. Stock up on live yoghurts, kefir, kombucha, and kimchi.
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Increase your fibre intake. We should be getting about 30g of fibre a day, but here in the UK we’re only getting just over half of that a day
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