FitBrits featured at the Speed Exhibition on 20th November 2008. Why not see our promo video for the event:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=j61iYxL_mY0
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This post was written by Warren Nash on November 26, 2008 |
You will soon see the benefits from having fully stocked cupboards, see what we came up with. Click here to see the latest article from FitBrits.
If you think there is anything we have left out, why not leave us a comment on the website.
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This post was written by Warren Nash on November 23, 2008 |
The Next FitBrits video recipe podcast will be a winter-warming Lentil soup.
Find out just how quick and easy it is to make soup and its just in time for Christmas.
Download it from 1 December 2008.
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This post was written by Warren Nash on November 14, 2008 |
Well you may have noticed that FitBrits has undergone a few changes. We have upgraded the website using a new Content Management System (for those who are interested!) which will give the website masses more funcionality.
You may have already noticed the ability to rate the podcasts, signup/register and submit recipe suggestions are already on the site. We will be introducing many more features in the near future.
If you have already submitted your email address too, you will also be receiving an email shortly with your new login details for the website.
And in case you were wondering, more podcasts are on their way, so keep checking the website for new recipe podcasts.
Newsletters will start again in December, so if we have your email address, you’ll be hearing from us soon!
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This post was written by Warren Nash on November 14, 2008 |
So I stumbled across this new cook book and its called The Credit Crunch Cook Book. To me, it sounds great in principle, but I can’t understand how the content will be any different than that of a normal cook book, unless it makes such suggestions as:
- During the winter, store all refrigerated items outside.
- To save on ingredients, only cook half!
- etc etc
Personally, I believe cooking recipes from scratch is the cheapest way to cook, if you want to save money, change where you shop and cook from scratch. As I believe cooking a recipe from a bog standard recipe book will be just as cost effective as from this book. I shouldn’t really comment yet as its not published so I could end up eating my words (a very cost effective meal!!!). But I will keep you posted.
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This post was written by Warren Nash on October 17, 2008 |
The FitBrits website is undergoing a revamp and you can preview it here
Feel free to comment on any suggestions you may have. Hopefully you will agree that its a big improvement.
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This post was written by Warren Nash on October 6, 2008 |
I’ve been reading a lot about the credit crunch at the minute and how it all seems to be most impacting on our food budgets.
The most alarming part so far is the dramatic increase in tinned foods (like tinned chopped pork) which has increased by 7.2%. Urgh! I can barely eat tinned potatoes let alone pork. I would also presume tinned pork has all the scraps of meat in there as well (just think spam)?
However, this has caused a huge spike in the sale of pulses after years of standing still. If you’ve read the previous posts in this blog, you will see that personal experience of cooking with pulses has always gone drastically wrong! So, pulses will be the next recipe podcast on the website as I’m determined to conquer the lentils! Thanks also to those who commented on great lentil ideas.
It’s also becoming apparent that more and more people are turning to cheaper supermarkets. A crazy 31% increase in sales has been reported by budget supermarkets like Lidl and Aldi. And, to be honest, if you shop smart in these places, your onto a winner.
Stay tuned to find out how the budget recipe podcast made of lentils goes!
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This post was written by Warren Nash on October 2, 2008 |
So I was reading this MoneySavingExpert article which offers all the times that Supermarkets put their reduction labels on their food. How greats that, and, best of all, they all seem to be in relatively off-peak times, so avoiding trolley congested mayhem at the same time!!!
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This post was written by Warren Nash on September 5, 2008 |
Ok, so I came across this LifeStyleExtra article whilst crawling through my RSS reader and couldn’t believe my eyes. We all know how bad the health situation in the country is at the moment, but, this really puts things into perspective. I even went to the liberty of making a graph in Excel (as much as I despise it!) to help illustrate the points made in this article. Check this out…
So, basically, LESS THAN ONE IN 100 BRITS (<1%) EAT A HEALTHY DIET! How is this possible, it seems like an utterly ridiculous number of people to be unhealthy? As illustrated above, only 0.8% (excuse the bolds but get used to them!) meet all their 5-a-days – DESPITE repeated marketing campaigns for healthy eating – sigh…
What worries me the most is how its common knowledge that eating unhealthily will lead to risk of chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease in later life. HOWEVER, Nutritionist Joanne Lunn believes changing the country’s eating habits will be a gradual process that will take generations to achieve. Is it me or will this be FAR TOO LATE?
This is even more worrying considering children are now showing even lower figures for healthy eating with LESS THAN 2% meeting TWO healthy diet daily targets.
It’s obvious that all the overweight images in the press are not scaring people off eating unhealthy, and, promoting healthy eating regimes ‘aspirationally’ seems to be pretty in-effective as well; as I believe it would appear as too great a challenge to achieve the image of a ‘healthy eater’ (as their illustrated) as an unhealthy eater.
Joanne Lunn makes some more very valid points (HURRAH!) and believes eating healthy is a mental hurdle. It goes right down to people knowing ‘what is a healthy diet’? We also need to change peoples perceptions of healthy food being more expensive (WHICH SIMPLY ISN’T TRUE) and get people to learn basic cooking and shopping skills.
BUT (BIG BUT), we can’t wait for generations to make this change, WE NEED TO ACT NOW!
Let me know if I’m missing something!
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This post was written by Warren Nash on August 28, 2008 |
The following has been adapted from the following Stepcase Lifehack article
I was reading through this article and came accross a statement that pretty much summed up everything I’ve been trying to say about healthy eating… Finally, I now have it in a sentance!
“Cooking can be one of the biggest hurdles for someone trying to eat better, because it can be difficult to decide where to start”
Simple! So, Stepcase Lifehack asked a few nutritionalists how to overcome this hurdle:
Making a healthy breakfast easy…
- High fibre cereal and a serving of fresh fruit and a handful of almonds or walnuts
- A hard-boiled egg, toast and a banana
- Oatmeal with bananas, silvered almonds, cinnamon and touch of brown sugar
Include a combo of fibre, healthy fats and protein. Mixing fibre and protein is a good idea when thinking of long-term energy and hunger management!
Making a healthy lunch easy…
- 1/2 turkey sandwhich with lettuce and tomato etc
- Fruit
- 1/2 cup oatmeal with honey and strawberries
Ensure you use lean, high quality protein for lunch which will help to satisfy fullness longer. Carbs from fruit will help to sustain blood sugar levels.
Easy!
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This post was written by Warren Nash on August 14, 2008 |
