Eating healthily – More important than ever

As we get older, it’s more and more important that we look after ourselves properly. This can be difficult with our hectic lifestyles, fad diets caused by growing pressure to stay young, thin and beautiful, and the leagues of people all telling us what’s good for us, especially when half the advice we’re given contradicts.

Despite all this, most of us still have a fairly good idea of what’s good for us; a balanced diet, regular exercise and everything in moderation, although we do sometimes need reminding.

So let’s start with the basics; healthy eating. Eating healthily is so important, we all know this and thanks to a host of new government initiatives and Jamie Oliver’s one-man mission to save the world – one bite at a time – we are really starting to change the way we eat. But, even though most of us eat well, most of the time, we could still do better. The biggest problem for a lot of people who think they eat healthily, is that half of what we eat isn’t quite as good for us as it seems; a healthy bowl of Swiss muesli is leaden with sugar, while a nice glass of concentrated orange juice lacks a lot of the nutritional value of fresh juice. Luckily, we live in a world of technology and with a bit of thought, it’s very easy to change the way we eat, and investing in some new appliances is a great place to start, it’s also more affordable than you might think. Kenwood’s citrus juicer is a mere £29.00 and there are a host of blenders and smoothie makers to whip up your own delicious concoctions. Swap your deep fat fryer for an increasingly popular health grill; boxer-turned-face-of-Russell Hobbs, George Forman and his range of lean, mean, fat-busting machines are incredibly popular and retail from around £35.00 on Isme by Marshall Ward.

There are a plethora of other clever devices to help us stay healthy, the slow cooker is making a big come-back and is great if you’re too busy to slave away over a hot stove for hours. Bread makers are fantastic for fresh, healthy bread without the fuss and the more advanced models also make muffins, pizza dough and brioche.

Head to Isme's online store for a full range of healthy eating applianes and happy eating.