Healthy Eating

The team at Linwoods are delighted to announce the launch of our new organic, milled hemp seed blends to help add a nutritional boost to the daily diet. February 2020: We have launched a new range of hemp seed blends – MULTIBOOST Milled Organic Hemp Seed Blends. The range packs powerful…

We have teamed up with the lovely Nichola Ludlam-Raine from Nic’s Nutrition to launch our new and exciting Hemp Protein+ range. As a UK Specialist Registered Dietitian, Nicola is an advocate of promoting healthy, balanced living and was delighted when we asked her to try out our new natural plant…

Eating healthy doesn’t need to break the bank when it comes to your weekly shop.  When it comes to shopping on a budget it can be all too easy to reach for the value products and frozen microwave goods, which are often void of actual nutrition. 

Here are our top tips to help you shop healthier without feeling it in your pocket at the checkout.

Recent research carried out by Public Health England has highlighted the significant impact poor diet is having on the nation’s health with more illness now caused by unhealthy eating than smoking.

In particular, sugar has been labelled as the ‘sweet poison’ and linked to a range of health complaints. With the evidence stacked against sugar, we take a look at just why you need to consider cutting it from your diet.

Why remove sugar from your diet?

Your immune system plays such a huge part in your overall health and how it performs.  It helps fight off infection and generally has a big bearing on how healthy you are.  What we eat and how we look after our body has a big effect our immune system.  We take a look at 10 ways of improving your immune system.

When you search #glutenfree on Instagram almost 6.5 million tagged posts pop up in a patchwork of healthy looking plates of food and brightly coloured drinks. But what does gluten free actually mean? A gluten-free diet is a diet that excludes the gluten protein, which is found in grains such as wheat, barley and rye. Below we discuss reasons why people take up a gluten-free diet, what you can eat on such a diet and what you need to look out for when on a gluten-free diet.

For many of us, feeling good on the inside can often help us feel better on the outside.  The most important thing to helping you feel good on the inside is the food and drink that you are actually putting into your body.  Different foods can have a different impact on how we feel throughout the day, with things like high sugar foods providing an instant energy boost but high protein and high carbohydrate based foods, providing you with a more sustained source of energy throughout the day.  The part of the body that will deal with all these different types of foods that you put in your body is your digestive system, and it is one of the most important parts of your body.

As much as we may try to hold on to British Summer Time – the clocks still have to go back – there is well and truly a chill in the air and a crunchy carpet of leaves beneath our feet . Autumn is personally one of my favourite seasons because of its vibrancy, not to mention that the Autmun sunshine makes for some beautiful photography opportunities. The arrival of Autumn also signals the arrival of coughs, sneezes and generally more challenges to our immune systems. Good nutrition is essential at this time of year if our bodies are going to fight off pesky germs and bacteria. To get through the colder season unscathed, make sure you give your body the best chance at protecting itself by eating a healthy, well balanced diet.

Many women know what it’s like to crave chocolate and sugary food at certain times of the month. But hold off – new research by Dr Daniel Sister reported in the Daily Mail has shown that giving into sugar cravings caused by PMT can cause premature ageing and skin damage as sugar ages the skin.

Superfoods, as the name suggests are the superhero of the food world.  They are packed full of great nutritional benefits and come in many ways from fresh fruit to super seeds. Getting your share of superfoods on a daily basis is a great way to keep your body fit and healthy.  Superfoods are also a great way to fight off illness and infection as they are often packed with antioxidants.  Today we are bringing you 7 every day foods that will change your diet for the better.

For many people chocolate can often be one of those rare treats; something to be enjoyed on a special occasion.  For others, it's that one sin or sweet treat to be enjoyed during the day.  While much of the chocolate we consume can be high in sugar, it's not all bad news when it comes to enjoying chocolate.  The cocoa bean that is used to create chocolate has many great benefits for your body and we take a look at these below.

Looking good, and staying fit and healthy is all about lifestyle choices.  How often we exercise, what we eat and whether we smoke or drink alcohol are just some of the things that can impact on our general health, and also influence our physical appearance.  We all want to look good and feel great and the easiest way to do this is by watching what we eat.  Here we look at 9 foods that can help you to maintain healthy skin, hair and teeth.

We hear it over and over – how eating a healthy diet can lower our risk of disease, yet the average American diet continues to be one that’s anything but healthy. It’s no surprise that cancer and heart disease is on the rise. What is surprising though is that even though doctors keep telling us that diseases can be prevented through a better diet, we don’t seem to be listening.

Vitamin D (sometimes known as the sunshine vitamin) plays a vital role in the human body. Lots of people receive ample vitamin D from sunshine but for those of us living in the UK or Ireland, or any country far from the equator, it can be sometimes be difficult to get. That’s why it’s imperative to include good foods high in vitamin D in your diet.

What does coenzyme Q10 mean to you?  The answer for many of you is probably nothing, and much of this may be due to you understanding of this key substance.  As consumers, we often take a keen interest in what we eat, and our knowledge and understanding of what is good for our bodies and what is bad is certainly improving.  The collection of Linwoods seeds including flaxseed and chia seed, provide your body with many great benefits including protein, fibre and omega 3 oils.  These are benefits that we will all know a little bit about in terms of how they can help our body and how they allow us to maintain a healthy and balanced diet.  One of our most popular products, the Linwoods milled flaxseed, almonds, Brazil nuts and walnuts contains a substance that many people know very little about – coenzyme Q10 (COQ10).  Today in the Linwoods blog, we are going to introduce you the world of COQ10 and let you know just how important it is to your body.

We are always looking for ways to improve how we eat, and now more than ever, we have more knowledge about what we are putting into our bodies; what is good for us, and what is not so good.  There is often a direct correlation between what we eat and how we feel.  Your diet has an impact on much more than your figure and a healthy balanced diet will often result in you not only looking good and feeling good, but also helping your body in the areas that matter, like your digestive system, your immune system, your cholesterol levels and the health of your heart.  We previously looked at the role flaxseed plays in helping you to digest food, and today in the Linwoods blog, we are going to look at the impact flax seed, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds can have on your immune system.

We all enjoy the sweet taste of chocolate every now and again, and for those of us with a sweet tooth, the temptation to go back for another bite can often be too much.  Yes, it's nice to enjoy the treat of chocolate every now and then, but it is not advisable to be tucking into bar after bar on a regular basis.  Chocolate is also a popular ingredient in the kitchen and can be incorporated into many recipes, mainly baked goods, so it's certainly an ingredient that we need to be careful with when watching the waistline.  Chocolate comes from the cocoa seed and one way to look after how much cocoa you consume is by adding Linwoods Flaxseed, Cocoa, Blueberries and Strawberries mix.  Not only will you enjoy the sweet, fruity and nutty flavour from this mix, but you can also look forward to enjoying some benefits from our cocoa – that's right, eating Linwoods cocoa will actually be good for you, and here's why.

With the long, dark winter nights slowly starting to leave us, and with spring on the way, many of us will start to feel a little more energetic.  You will find it easier to get up in the morning, and the additional sunlight will start to give your body increased levels of vitamin D, bringing many great benefits to your body.  We shouldn't have to wait for the sun to come out to start feeling full of life and full of energy, we should want to feel like this all the time.  The main way to start feeling energetic is by eating the right foods that will provide your body with energy.  We all need energy to help our bodies function from day to day, and one of the best ways to provide your body with a great source of energy is by adding some hemp to your diet – and here's why.

We previously looked at 5 ways to improve your digestive system.  This focused both on what you eat and how you are eating it.  One of the ways in which we discussed helping your digestive system was to add some flaxseed to your diet, so in our latest Linwoods blog, we are going to take a look at just why flaxseed can be of such benefit when it comes to digesting food and helping your digestive system.

For those of you following the Winter Olympics in Sochi, it is certainly turning into one of the best Winter Olympics ever and has kicked off the 2014 year of sport in spectacular fashion.  The Winter Olympics has thrown up many magical moments down the years, from Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards and the Jamaican bobsleigh team to the 'Miracle on Ice' from the USA and off course the wonderful Bolero from Torvil and Dean in Sarajevo in 1988.With the winter Olympics ending this Sunday, we decided to take a look at what some of these superstar athletes eat to fuel their bodies in the freezing temperatures.