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As a night nurse I always sharing your
struggled with healthy eating, then weight-loss
about two years ago I found out progress.
I was diabetic. I found it difficult to Everyone’s
change my eating habits and lose welcome to join
the extra weight I’d put on over the in the lively
years, especially as I’m intolerant to discussion and
legumes and pulses, which feature interact with the
heavily in healthy recipes. Your HFG team and
magazine not only gave me the our experts…
inspiration to eat more healthily, but MORE FOR ONE,
provided exciting recipes and ways to be more active, and I’ve PLEASE
now lost over 4st. I especially enjoyed the diabetes advice you I’ve been a subscriber to HFG for a
gave in last year’s November issue. I’m so impressed I’ve been number of years and love the new ON TWITTER
subscribing to the magazine for over a year now. ZOE CASSIDY size and format. However, I’d really @healthyfoodmag
appreciate some recipes that are just
Editor Melanie says: Well done for persevering with healthy eating
– and for your weight loss. Eating a well-balanced diet means you for one. Not everyone has the freezer
space to batch cook and freeze
don’t have to cut out food groups unnecessarily or avoid treats. ON FACEBOOK
Thanks for your continued support. meals and it would be great to have facebook.com/
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plus a Silicone Turner from Congratulations on your weight loss
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School of Wok, together worth success! We try to include one recipe
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minus Like your editor and the case study, Ann, in your feature on How to rise above a tips, pictures and
Given our climate, it’s not surprising D minus (Jan issue), I discovered I had a vitamin D deficiency. I went to see my
many of us are seriously low in the queries to: info@
so-called sunshine vitamin. So
what’s the best way to make
sure we don’t tip over into doctor as I was feeling run-down and had had a run of bad colds, which took
healthyfood.co.uk.
full-blown deficiency?
a while to shake off. My GP sent me for comprehensive blood tests for thyroid Or write to us at:
function, iron deficiency, type 2 diabetes, inflammation and kidney function,
Healthy Food
among others. The only negative in all these tests was my vitamin D levels, which
WINTER Guide, Eye to Eye
VITAMIN
DEFICIENCY were 28nmols/L, so I was prescribed a high dose for six weeks. Half-way through
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the prescription, I started to feel so much better as my energy levels improved Bottle Court, 70
(as did my mood). I’d like to echo what Ann said about feeling ‘evangelical’
Newcomen Street,
about telling people about this condition, which can be simple to rectify. Thank London SE1 1YT.
you for this useful article, especially in the depths of winter. HELEN BAXTER
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