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This month you’re counting carbs, cutting sugars and loving our nutrition charts

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Grains provide starchy carbs for energy. Choose the right ones, and you could also benefit from a healthier heart, slimmer waistline and a lower risk of type 2 diabetes and certain cancers, explains dietitian Juliette Kellow

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PROSTATE: should all men be tested?

Some big names who have been affected by prostate cancer have been raising public awareness of the disease lately. Dawn talks us through the debate over routine testing

THE BIG sneeze

ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE in the UK is now estimated to suffer

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Can a low-carb diet reverse type 2 diabetes? One reader and her GP explain how a strict eating and exercise plan dramatically turned her health around

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43 COVER RECIPE Spaghetti and meatballs in pomodoro

Healthy TONIGHT!

Spaghetti and meatballs, bangers and mash, veggie curry… Yes, these favourites are all lean, nutritious midweek options after a few nips and tucks in the Healthy Food Guide kitchen

Dealing with your DIET SABOTEURS

We all know one – the colleague who tells you ‘just

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Nutrition lowdown

We cut through the science to help you work out how our recipes – and the foods you buy in the supermarket – fit into a balanced, healthy diet

Salty takeaways need a public health warning

Sonia Pombo, campaign manager for Action on Salt, says

BE BOWLED

They’re big, they’re vibrant, they’re balanced… Tuck

Dinner for one

This easy low-fat recipe gives you a healthy hit of protein, plus three of your five-a-day, all in one pan

6pm panic

Enjoy our Chinese takeaway-style family favourite the speedy but healthier way

Ready in 15

Reckon you’ve only got time to heat some ready meals in the microwave? Try our tastier homemade time savers

READY for ROUND TWO?

Prolong the pleasure of the Sunday roast with our thrifty

VEGETARIAN QUICHE

Savoury tarts tend to be pastry-heavy and loaded with

MAKE IT RESTAURANT NIGHT

Eliminate kitchen nightmares by choosing one of Gordon’s

Serve lightly chilled

Our fruit and nut-based sweet bites will help keep both your calorie count and sugar intake under control

NOW KEEP GOING…

Coarsely break up 20g Weetabix Chocolate Chip Crispy

Pick and mix your meals

Heat 200g canned ratatouille and serve in a bowl sprinkled

NOW KEEP GOING…

Coarsely break up 20g Weetabix Chocolate Chip Crispy

Pick and mix your meals

Heat 200g canned ratatouille and serve in a bowl sprinkled

THE NEW NATURALS 5 trends to try

Had enough of unnecessary chemicals and products that harm the planet? Leah Hardy takes a look at the hottest trends in natural beauty

THREE REASONS FOR CHOOSING TO GO NATURAL

One reason many of us are looking for organic and natural

THE BIG FIVE

We identify the key trends influencing natural beauty, and share our pick of the products making effective use of in-demand ingredients

BEAT YOUR FITNESS PHOBIA

If you’re new to exercise or it’s been a while, Hannah Ebelthite helps you beat beginners’ nerves with advice from experts – and readers who’ve cracked it

New product HOT LIST

HFG assistant editor Liz Atkins has some new favourite

References

Your guide to the research behind this month’s stories and features