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Which foods fill you up? A Twitter debate…

Friday, February 19th, 2010

One thing that we’ve been delighted to discover, having recently broken the 1,000 followers milestone on Twitter, is the huge number of foodies who tweet.

From healthy eating brands like us, to a brilliant collection of food bloggers and lots of people in search of great things to eat, Twitter is brimming with a marvelous collection of food-related comments, information and tips.

Although pretty new to the social media foodie scene, we hope that our mix of observations, articles, tips and recipes is adding to the debate.

In fact, we think we’ve tapped into a hot topic. One subject close to all foodies’ hearts… and stomachs… is how to control their obsession in order to prevent piling on the pounds or eating unhealthily.

A number of tweeters, led by the Love Food Love Drink e-zine, were recently considering which foods help to keep you full so you can avoid over-snacking between meals. Here’s the fascinating Twitter strand…

Luvfoodluvdrink: Is it just me or do eating apples make you really really hungry?

Beckpaskin: @luvfoodluvdrink – YES! But I’ve found that if you eat some protein with an apple (some nuts, cheese, glass of milk) it fills you up nicely.

JournoBird: @luvfoodluvdrink – I think it’s the acid. Always makes your belly rumble, especially during important meetings!

Luvfoodluvdrink: @BeckyPaskin – …or sandwich. My apple was supposed to be a mid-morning snack, but I ended up eating my lunch by 12. Oh well, two lunches today!

Beckpaskin: @luvfoodluvdrink – Schoolboy error. Still, you could do worse than have two lunches in a day!

Luvfoodluvdrink: @JournoBird @BeckyPaskin – Sandwich didn’t work, so am testing an @AdorFood choc bar. Apparently suppresses hunger. Tastes good too!


So there you have it. A tweeting session about food that keeps you full reaches its logical conclusion – Ador snacks!

We just love tweeting foodies!

Follow JournoBird Jamie Cleary on Twitter, who apparently loves food, loves wine, loves people, loves life.

Becky Paskin writes and blogs for BigHospitality.com

luvfoodluvdrink is the Twitter moniker for top foodie website LoveFoodLoveDrink

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Beat the snack attack and save your diet

Monday, February 15th, 2010

The start of the New Year has well and truly come and gone, and as we fly towards Easter – sorry to wish your life away – how have your resolutions gone? I’d love to know what they were and how successful you’ve been at sticking to them.

One of the most popular pledges is to lose weight and eat more healthily, yet new research from Total Greek Yoghurt and Mumsnet suggests that we’re not too successful at this.

One of the biggest enemies to successful dieting is craving calorific food, according to the survey. Almost 80% of respondents said the danger zones were mid-morning, mid-afternoon and late evening.

This means that finding out when you’re most vulnerable to a snack attack can be a major factor in helping you stick to your slimming regime. And once you’ve identified your weak point, the new trend for food that keeps you fuller for longer could be your ultimate weapon for dealing with the problem.

The usual snacks that people indulge in so satisfy their cravings will simply leave you wanting more, meaning you’ll probably scoff something else soon after. But Ador’s Swiss chocolate and oatbar ranges only contain 175 calories a bar and include a natural ingredient that fills you up. This calms your cravings and helps you get to your next meal with serial snacking. This makes them perfect for the mid-morning and mid-afternoon danger zones.

To prevent late night cravings, the answer could be Marks & Spencer’s new Simply Fuller Longer range, which features ready meals that are high protein to keep you full right up to when you go to bed.

Share your tricks for sticking to your diet with our readers.

Click here for more on the Mumsnet survey.

Plus keep up to day with the latest women’s issues on the Mumsnet blogs.

Meanwhile, click here to become our Facebook fan and you’ll receive free healthy meal and snack recipes every day.

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Chocolate you don’t need to fib about

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Some 36% of women in the UK admit that they secretly snack on ‘naughty’ foods when dieting, according to a brand new survey carried out by Lighter Life. Extend that to include all women between 16 and 65 who are currently on diets, and that is a whacking seven million people who are closet scoffers – slinking off to indulge in everything from biscuits, cakes, takeaways and, of course, chocolate, on the quiet and away from prying eyes.

We can’t do much to help the biscuit and fast-food lovers, but we can help every woman who sees ‘giving in’ to chocolate as being the trigger to falling off the slimming wagon and abandoning the best intended January weight-loss plans.

Our diet First Aid comes in the form of Ador chocolate – cute, stylish 35g bars of the finest Swiss chocolate that you don’t need to hide away in your handbag or furtively bolt down when alone in your car. Why? Because with just 179 calories per bar, Ador chocolate has the added advantage of containing a clever extract of pine nut oil. This triggers signals to your brain telling you that this sensible-sized bar is enough to fill you up while satisfying that craving for a chocolate treat.

Ador chocolate – if you’ve got it, flaunt it!

Click here for the full article on Lighter Life’s research.

Plus here are some great blogs on snacking:
The secret society of snackers
Finding some healthy snack foods

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