Eat Yourself Healthy: An easy-to-digest guide to health and happiness from the inside out. The Sunday Times Bestseller

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If you’ve lost interest in eating or you’re short of time, it is better to eat simple nutritious meals that only take a few minutes to prepare than a ready meal or nothing at all. A good meal for this is beans or eggs on wholemeal toast. Our pancreas is another organ that feeds into our small intestine. It acts like a busy factory, producing enzymes, which help digest our food, and hormones, which help control how much sugar is in our blood.”

Eating too much salt can raise your blood pressure. People with high blood pressure are more likely to develop heart disease or have a stroke. Between the ages of 2 and 5 years, children should gradually move to eating the same foods as the rest of the family in the proportions shown in the Eatwell Guide. Chia and hemp seeds: Unlike other seeds, they contain all eight essential amino acids, making them ‘complete’ proteins. They’re also excellent sources of alpha-linolenic acid, a type of omega-3 fat. Your combined total of drinks from fruit juice, vegetable juice and smoothies should not be more than 150ml a day, which is a small glass. Olive oil– I like to use a good olive oil that doesn’t have to be expensive, just make sure it’s cold-pressed and organic for the most flavor (in my opinion)

Our digestive tract is the barrier between our body and the environment. This means that food doesn’t really get into our body until long after we’ve eaten it – after it has passed through our gut lining’s defense barrier and into our bloodstream. If you think about it, this is a huge responsibility for our gut, and it explains why it’s equipped with an incredible 70 percent of our body’s immune cells.” Starchy foods should make up just over a third of everything you eat. This means your meals should be based on these foods. Drawing from the latest research and a decade of experience as a dietitian and consultant at The Gut Health Clinic, Dr Megan Rossi explains how to feed your gut for a happier, healthier you using simple, delicious and gut-boosting recipes.

Question your beliefs: Examine if your reasons for drinking are based in reality. Is that drink really relaxing? Are you having fun? Are you happy? Answer those and decide if alcohol is going to benefit you that night. Cottage cheese, for example, is often trotted out as a mood-boosting food because it is rich in tryptophan, which is essential for creating serotonin, the “happy hormone”. If only nutrition were that simple. Scientists have failed to find any evidence that eating foods (or supplements) rich in tryptophan affects mental health, with other amino acids in foods restricting its journey from stomach to brain. I would have liked to see the actual book as I think that these books are easier to have in hard copy as opposed to e books. Drizzle olive oil in the skillet on medium-high heat and let it get nice and hot. Then add the garlic and sauté for about one minute, stirring constantly so that the garlic doesn’t burn. Studies suggest vitamin B deficiencies can result in a reduced production of feel-good chemicals and lead to tiredness. Other sources of B vitamins include whole grains, red meat, dairy, beans, bananas, green vegetables and beetroot.If you’re looking for healthy new recipes to add more variety to your diet, this is worth trying. Although much of this content will likely be review if you’ve read much on the subject, this is a good book if you’re experiencing unpleasant gut symptoms and want an individualized plan for improving your gut health. You might still need to work with a gastroenterologist and/or a dietician, but this is a good place to start. I also recommend The Bloated Belly Whisperer by Tamara Duker Freuman. Watch your calories. To maintain a healthy weight, eat only as many calories as you use up through physical activity. If you want to lose weight, take in fewer calories or burn more calories.