How to be healthy with food & drink
(Course reference: BOHBEAD)
🍎 Eat and Drink Well, Feel Better
What you’ll discover:
🔍 How to quickly spot UPFs
…. vs healthier processed foods
🧾 Hidden names for toxic trans fats
…. on food labels
💡 How to eat & drink well on a budget
…. without cutting quality
🥥 Which high-fat foods are beneficial
🛒 ‘Healthy’ labels can be misleading
…. learn what to ignore
| We help you understand food & drink in a clear & simple way: 📋No confusing rules 🍽️No fad diets 🛠️ Practical ideas you can use daily to help you (& your family): 🍎🥦 eat & drink well ❤️ feel better 💷⬇️ spend less |
This course helps people who want:
🍎 to eat healthy food & feel better
🤔 to get clear, simple guidance
💷 to save money & be healthy
🛒 to know how to read food labels
🏭 to avoid Ultra-Processed Food
💧 to avoid toxic Trans Fats
⚖️ to lose weight safely & keep it off
🌍 to eat in an earth-friendly way
How the course will help
After the course, you should be able to:
- Understand food & drink that helps keep your body healthy
- Discover ways to save money while eating & drinking well
- Learn how to lose weight in a healthy way and keep it off
- Know what to limit or avoid
– and why - Feel confident making food & drink choices
- Feel more in control of your eating and drinking
- Make small changes that last
We explain the link between poor food & drink choices and illnesses such as:
• Heart disease
• Type 2 diabetes
• Some cancers
• Alzheimer’s disease
This is explained in a clear and easy-to-understand way
Three Key Principles that make good nutrition decisions easier. These Principles help you decide:
✔ What to eat and drink more of
✔ What to eat and drink less of
✔ What to avoid most of the time
There is a lot of confusing advice about food & drink. We bust 30 common myths, including ideas such as:
• “All saturated fat is bad for you”
• “Healthy food is always expensive”
You’ll learn what the evidence shows
Food and drink labels can be confusing.
In this session you will learn how to:
- Read food/drink labels more easily
- Spot Ultra-Processed Food (UPF)
- Understand why UPF can lead to weight gain & poor health
- Make better choices at the shops
Eating & drinking healthily does not have to cost more. We include 30 practical tips to help you:
✔ Eat and drink well
✔ Spend less money on food and drink
✔ Waste less food
After the course, you should be able to:
🥗 tell what is healthy food/drink
🏭 spot Ultra-Processed Food (UPF)
💧 spot toxic Trans Fats
🍽️ build simple, balanced meals
🍵 choose healthier drinks
💷 eat well and spend less
⏰ know when to eat/drink
📋 use simple tips every day
and you’ll have 📚 handouts to refer to
How the course is run
👥 In-person and interactive
😊 Friendly, relaxed and informal
📘 Workbook and handouts to keep
❓ Plenty of time to ask questions
From 1 to 6 hours – as decided by the Hosts* in each Delivery Centre
*For each course, the Hosts decide on:
a) the duration of each session and
b) the number of sessions.
This depends on attendees’ needs and the facilities at each Delivery Centre
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Full details: course syllabus
Course overview: PDF document
It is one of a series of courses
called Positive Life Courses (‘PLC’).
A Positive Life is one that is:
✨ uplifting
✨ encouraging
✨ hopeful
✨ confident
✨ supportive
✨ useful
✨ forward-looking
✨ worthwhile
To learn more: About PLC
We have used research from leading nutrition & gut-health experts and information from respected medical organisations
Research from nutrition, gut health & lifestyle medicine experts and respected medical and health organisations
📖 Key books used in the course
🧬 Work by Professor Tim Spector
• Food for Life
• Spoon-Fed
• The Diet Myth
🦠 Work by Dr Megan Rossi
• Eat More, Live Well
Professor of Genetic Epidemiology
Tim Spector, an expert in personalised medicine & the gut microbiome, is the
lead researcher behind the world’s largest citizen-science health project – the COVID Symptom Study app, for which he was awarded an OBE.
Through his work he has received many awards and honours and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and the Academy of Medical Sciences.
He’s ranked by Google as being in the world’s top 100 most cited scientists
Gut health scientist
Dr Rossi is recognised internationally for her work on the gut microbiome.
She founded TheGutHealthDoctor.com to help people take control of their health and wellbeing.
She is a Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist and completed a PhD in gut health at the University of Queensland (Australia). Her PhD received the Dean’s Award for excellence.
Dr Rossi also leads research at King’s College London investigating nutrition-based therapies in gut health
Course material has been medically reviewed by: Dr Derrick Cutting B.Sc, MB, BS, MRCGP, DRCOG, DCH.
Formerly a GP & Senior Partner in a medical practice in Croydon, Surrey.
Some additional contributions (including the Vegan guidance handout) have also been provided by Dr Cutting
The course material also includes ideas and insights from the following books:
Ultra-Processed People, Dr Chris van Tulleken;
The Fast 800, Dr Michael Mosley;
Life Force – Tony Robbins (with contributions from Dr Peter Diamandis);
Face the Future, Dr William Cutting;
The Spectrum, Dr Dean Ornish;
I Can Make You Thin, Love Food, Lose Weight!, Paul McKenna
Information used in the course has also been informed by material from a wide range of respected health organisations, universities and medical websites, including:
• NHS.uk
• NICE.org.uk
• NIH.gov
• WHO-related sources
• ClevelandClinic.org
• Harvard.edu
• CDC.gov
• MedlinePlus.gov
• Zoe.com
• BHF.org.uk
• Diabetes.org.uk
• Diabetes.co.uk
• LevelsHealth.com
• WorldNutritionJournal.org
• Oxford University (Ox.ac.uk)
• WTAMU.edu
• RCH.org.au
• Healthline.com
• MedicalNewsToday.com
• WebMD.com
• MedicineNet.com
• LiveStrong.com
• Health.com
• BBCGoodFood.com
• BBC.co.uk
• Food.gov.uk
• NationalGeographic.com
ReadersDigest.co.uk, DiscoverMagazine.com,
FoodandWine.com,
VivaWellnessWI.com,
HealthShots.com,
WellandGood.com,
TakeCareOf.com,
SonndaCatto.co.uk,
GardenOfVegan.com.au,
BeeLineHealthcare.com, DeepGreenPermaculture.com, UlProspector.com,
AARP.org, Vogue.co.uk,
Ophelias-Personal-Training.co.uk, Abiomed.com,
SentinelHealthcare.co.uk, LiveWellDorset.co.uk,
Ro.co,
HeartUK.org.uk,
Ripe.London,
BetterHealth.vic.gov.au, HollandAndBarrett.com,
EUFIC.org, IWiLife.com
Health Warning
The course material is not intended to replace professional help/guidance.
Those delivering the course are not experienced in providing, or qualified to provide, advice or help in addressing health/nutrition issues and therefore do not hold themselves out to be health or nutrition professionals
We intend to provide helpful and informative material and the course is provided on the understanding those delivering the course are not engaged in rendering medical, health or any other kind of professional services.
Course attendees should consult their medical, health or other competent professional before adopting any of the suggestions in this course or drawing inferences from it – particularly if you are taking medication, being treated for any illness or are pregnant
The focus of this course is general guidance, ie which generally applies to most people – not everyone, in all situations.
So, for example, it does not consider whether food/drink linked with all cultures & countries is healthy or unhealthy
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