The arrival of spring always heralds a healthy new beginning, so there is no better time than now to start overhauling your diet and looking for delicious, nutritious and seasonal ingredients to add taste, nourishment and interest to your plate.

With diets being thrust upon us in every direction, not to mention celebrity endorsements, it can be very tempting to give the latest diet a try.

Happy New Year from all the team at The QHotels Collection Health Club. We hope your Christmas and festive celebrations were enjoyed by all, and you are looking forward to getting back to full fitness and health following the excesses.

At The QHotels Collection Health Clubs, we know there’s no better feeling than that post-workout endorphin buzz. You’ve pushed your body to its maximum and now you’re revelling in a job well done. But alongside that fabulous after-fitness feeling, there are a whole host of super health benefits associated with working out. Let’s take a look at why exercise is so great

Not only is asparagus a true sign that spring and summer have arrived, but it’s an absolutely delicious addition to any lunchtime of dinnertime meal – and it’s widely available at the moment in your local farmers’ market, supermarket or greengrocery too. So if you’re already on a healthy eating campaign to ensure you look and feel great this summer, or you’re keen to incorporate some delicious and nutritious foods into your diet, then asparagus absolutely has to be on your weekly menu.

The smell of a BBQ cooking, wafting on the breeze, is enough to whet even the most devout of dieters’ taste buds. In the UK we are obsessed with BBQs and, whilst BBQ-ing your food can be a healthy way to cook, things often go awry when marinades, meats, alcohol and calorie-laden side dishes are brought to the table.

At QHotels Collection Health Club, we’re full of the joys of spring. The long, light days are here to stay, the temperatures are slowly increasing, and we’re loving the abundance of healthy, natural superfoods which are making their way to supermarket shelves, farmers’ markets, and our restaurant menus.

With low salt and sugar free diets being endorsed by celebrities and the NHS (which has declared sugar in particular is “Worse for health than smoking”), perhaps it is time we all stood up, took notice and changed our salty and sugary ways?

At The QHotels Collection Health Club, we believe that fuelling your body correctly is essential to your fitness performance – as well as your overall everyday health and wellbeing. And there’s no greater foodie and fitness benefit than starting the day the ‘right way’ with a cracking good breakfast!

Valentine’s Day is almost upon us, so we felt at QHotels it was time we looked at the real reasons why regular exercise and a healthy diet will help you to love your body.