ONE OF OUR FAVOURITE TIMES of the month is when recipe consultant Phil Mundy is in the office kitchen TESTING OUR RECIPES. First, we get the huge delivery of ingredients – lugged up three flights of stairs. Then Phil gets to work. What always surprises me is the GENEROUS SIZE OF THE MAIN MEALS. My usual comment is, ‘So this serves six?’, only to find it’s for four (a happy moment). Welcome to the fabulous world of volumetrics (see our feature on p15). To you and me, that’s eating BIGGER QUANTITIES OF LOWER-CALORIE FOODS, instead of a smaller amount of higher-calorie foods, and feeling more satisfied. Make the food swaps dietitian Juliette Kellow recommends and you’ll be eating a HEALTHIER VARIETY OF FOODS, feel fuller for longer and reach a healthy weight sooner as you’re not depriving yourself. You’ll also feel better for eating less sugar and fat.
The other notable diet news of 2017 has to be the rise of the VEGAN DIET. At HFG, we’ve long been fans of eating more plant-based foods, but if you decide to go the whole vegan route and cut out all animal products, including dairy, make sure you DO IT THE HEALTHY WAY. Our nutrition editor Amanda Ursell covers the potential dietary pitfalls and how to make up any shortfall in nutrients.