A  – Anaemia – A shortage of iron in the diet can cause iron deficient anaemia.  You may feel weak and constantly tired.

B – Bowel Problems – These include Constipation, caused by a lack of fibre and water in the diet, Piles, Diverticular disease and Bowel Cancer.

C – Cancer – Health experts believe that there is a link between Diet, healthy eating and cancer

D – Diabetes – When you have Diabetes, sugar builds up in the blood because your body does not make enough insulin or cannot use it’s own insulin to help glucose get into the cells of the body.

E  – E numbers – These are Additives which are added to food and been given an E number which shows that they have been strictly tested and accepted as safe by countries in the European Union.

F – Food intolerance, allergies or sensitivities.  Some people can have an acute reaction to specific foods such as nuts, gluten and shellfish. Some food colouring and preservatives  may cause hyperactivity in children.

G – Green vegetables are low in calories, low in fat, fibre, high in iron and calcium, and very high in Vitamin C,  folate, magnesium as well as Vitamin K.

H – Heart disease

I – Intolerance

J – Juice – Good juice and bad juice

K – Kidney

L – Liver problems (alcohol)

M – Malnutrition – Not balanced

N – Nutrients

O – OMEGA 3 – PREVENTS HEART DISEASE – GET IT FROM FISH – FISH OILS

P – Portion size

Q – Quick fix (fast food)

R –Rickets

S – Saturated fats GOOD FAT (AVACADO & OILS) AND BAD FAT (HARD FATS – BUTTER, PASTIES)

T –Traffic light system on food labels

U – Understand your food

V -Vitamins

• A MAJOR SOURCE CARROTS
• B RELEASES ENERGY FROM FOOD – GET IT FROM BREAD/PASTA (NO POINT RUNNING WITH OUT IT)
• C PRESENTS YOU GETTING INFECTIONS (A COLD) CITRUS FRUIT
• D HEALTHY BONES & MS (VITAMIN D  COUNCIL)

W – Water

X – extreme diets

Y – Yesterday Yellow foods (peppers, corn, bananas, lemons, grapefruits)

Z – zzzzzz get enough sleep