Update Your Plate With These 9 Healthy Must-Dos

Update your plate with the latest healthy must-dos that are rocking the food world.

- Louise Pyne

It’s official – food is the new fashion. We update our wardrobes with new threads when the seasons change,so why not rethink your eating habits too? In 2015, we guzzled green juices, nibbled on avo toast and chowed down on courgetti. And now we’re into the New Year, a host of healthy ingredients and food trends is ready for us to try!

‘Expect to find organic miso paste in the office fridge for quick, low-calorie probiotic lunches. Look out for savoury yoghurts – think avocado and parmesan (live of course). Super-healthy, digestion-aiding samphire will go mainstream. And there’s a renaissance of high protein, low-fat shellfish, rich in immune-boosting selenium and zinc,’ says health chef and food futurologist Lyndon Gee (lyndongee.blogspot.co.uk).

Read on to discover more trends coming your way over the next few months.

1. RETHINK BREAKFAST

2016 is officially the year that the morning meal moves up a gear.In a bid to ramp up the nation’s healthy habits, trendy pop-up breakfast cafés, all-day breakfast restaurants and healthy grab-and-go products will be more popular than ever. To kick things off, Breakfast Week, an initiative developed to get the public fuelling up well first thing, takes place from January 24-30.

Why not take inspiration from across the globe to really jazz up your breakfast time? The Japanese, who have one of the lowest incidence of chronic diseases, start the day with rice, fish, miso soup and seaweed, while in India, the first meal of the day often consists of roti (flatbread) with spicy vegetable stew.

Who knew getting one step closer to your five-a-day could be so easy – and tasty too?

2. MANAGE YOUR MACROS