Meet Karine

No rigid diets, no cutting out the carbs and yes you can have your glass of wine and eat some chocolate too! As a nutritionist/food journalist, Karine recently published a book on how to loose weight by enjoying your food. Wholefoods that is.

Besides a healthy diet, Karine also promotes exercise. Here's how she stays in shape:

"Twice, sometimes three times a week I go to the Kennermerduinen for running up and down the sandy dunes. Next to that, I do yoga once a week ad hit the gym twice a week and do all kind of exercises with free weights. Sometimes I hire a personal trainer to shaken things up a little. I stay active in daily life by never taking the car, always using my bike to run errands."

Japanese school lunch

While being on a Yakult press trip to Japan, I visited a school and learned that Japanese children are being educated in proper nutrition by an early age. Japanese government is concerned about the impact fastfood has on overall health and how the younger generation seem to forget about the traditional super healthy Japanese diet. During schooldays children have to prepare their own, well balanced lunch and are only allowed to drink unsweetened green tea.