Do your health kicks always fail?

Experts break down the triggers that ruin get-fit regimes - and their step-by-step guide to achieving your goals

A study has found the average adult starts a new health kick every 3 months, but more than half give up within hours, and 60% say they never follow through. Here, nutritionist Rob Hobson and psychologist Dr Meg Arroll, of Healthspan, explain the classic triggers and how to overcome them to stay healthy.

The average health kick lasts less than 12 days, a study has found. 

Despite starting with good intentions of eating healthier food, exercising more often and cutting back on alcohol and smoking, the average adult will be back to their usual ways before two weeks has passed.

And more than half admit they have embarked on a health kick but given up within 24 hours.
But people's yo-yo health habit pattern is repeated four times a year, with the average adult trying a new regime every three months.

That amounts to the equivalent of eight years of a lifetime spent trying to stick with 252 different health kicks.

Feeling tired is the most common reason for quitting a health kick, followed by a stressful day at work and chocolate is the ultimate food we all fall off the wagon for. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4888656/Experts-break-triggers-ruin-fit-regimes.html

New sugar limits can be breached by a bar of chocolate

New proposed recommendations to tackle Britain's love of sugar will mean one bar of chocolate will take many people over their daily limit

A single bar of chocolate, three yogurts or a fizzy drink would take the average person over proposed daily sugar limits announced by scientific advisers to the Government. The recommendations halve current limits, meaning that the average woman should have no more than five to six teaspoons (25g) of sugar a day, and seven to eight teaspoons (35g) for men.

Scientific advisers to Government signalled a war on sugar with draft recommendations that would require radical changes to the British diet. Read more:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10929296/New-sugar-limits-can-be-breached-by-a-bar-of-chocolate.html

Chocolate and red wine can help stave off diabetes

• High content of flavonoids in foods may regulate blood glucose levels
• Flavonoids are antioxidants found in berry fruits, red wine and chocolate
• They can protect against a wide range of health issues including obesity 

It sounds like the ingredient list for an indulgent dessert. But red wine, chocolate and strawberries are more than a guilty pleasure. They could all help guard against diabetes. A study found for the first time the high content of flavonoids found in berry fruits may regulate blood glucose levels, and stave off type 2 diabetes.

Flavonoids are antioxidant compounds found in plants, as well as tea, red wine and chocolate, which can protect against a wide range of diseases, including heart disease, hypertension, some cancers and dementia. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2542415/Chocolate-red-wine-help-stave-diabetes-High-levels-antioxidants-regulate-blood-glucose-levels.html