HealthySoul is an information resource about complementary therapies, nutrition and a natural lifestyle with up to date health news and links to other sites that can provide even more help.

Frances Ive is a freelance health journalist and writer and committee member of the Guild of Health Writers. Her articles have been published in: The Times, Daily Express, Guardian, Good Housekeeping, Sunday Mirror, Natural Health, the WI magazines.


NEWS NEWS NEWS....

NEVER BELIEVE WHAT YOU READ IN THE NEWSPAPERS ... .if you believed the headlines you'd all stop taking vitamins. To find out the truth behind the 'vitamins make you die earlier' story read more about it in Newsboard and Healthy Features, Vitamins Research Refuted

MERCURY IN FILLINGS IS BANNED by Norwegian government, the first to do so.... Newsboard

AVOID BREAST REDUCTION SURGERY by wearing the right size bra...... Newsboard

T'AI CHI HELPS DIABETICS to lower insulin resistance..... Newsboard

EAT TOMATO PASTE to protect yourself in the sun. Read morel in Newsboard

HAYFEVER AFFECTS TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE as it did 20 years ago. This may be due to pollution, but find out whether you live in a hayfever hotspot and what to do about it in our feature It's Hayfever Time

THE WRIGHT STUFF, CHANNEL 5, Wednesday 7th May, Jayney Goddard of the CMA (Complementary Medicine Association) defends complementary medicine against Simon Singh who believes it is dangerous. If you want to join the CMA go to www.the-cma.org.uk


COMPETITION

FIVE PAIRS OF TICKETS TO WIN FOR MIND BODY SPIRIT FESTIVAL IN MAY - see below


ON SITE

WOMEN'S HEALTH - help and advice on PMS, painful periods, menopause, hysterectomies and candida

NUTRITION - Why we need vitamins and minerals and We are what we eat + Yorktest DIY tests for liver testing and intolerance testing

EXAMS in OUR CHILDREN - as thousands of teenagers take their GCSEs, A-levels and finals there are plenty of remedies and self-help tips to see them through

BACK PAIN - chiropractic, osteopathy, Alexander Technique and acupuncture are just some of the ways of easing a bad back

LOSING WEIGHT - try to avoid the crash diets and find out why you keep putting weight back on in Losing Weight

NATURAL BABY is a new section in Women's Health with plenty of information about what to eat in pregnancy, and how to look after yourself before, during and after the birth


EVENTS

YOGA WEEKEND with Richard Kravetz at All Saints Pastoral Centre, near St Albans, Herts on 13 to 15 June. For beginners, intermediate and advanced yoga enthusiasts in a peaceful and beautiful setting. Accommodation, meals, yoga programmes for £150 per person. Contact: Richard Kravetz, 020 8349 9602.


WIN TICKETS TO THE LONDON MIND BODY SPIRIT FESTIVAL

Still the world’s largest source of physical, mental and spiritual enlightenment after 32 years, the 2008 London Mind Body Spirit Festival promises to be better than ever

Psychic Barber Gordon Smith, Diet Doctor Wendy Denning and star self-help guru Fiona Harrold are among the workshop leaders, as are acclaimed author Marianne Williamson, international astrologer Chrissie Blaze, facial fitness guru Eva Fraser and NLP maestro Michael Neill. Plus the usual packed programme of performances, meditations, products and treatments to inspire, uplift and nourish you on your spiritual journey.

This year’s festival runs from 21-26 May. Web: www.mindbodyspirit.co.uk

To win one of 5 pairs of entry tickets please answer the following question:

What does NLP stand for?

(a) Neurological programming
(b) Neurolinguistic programming
(c) Neurotic programming

If you do not know the answer you can find help by going to: Therapies/NLP

Please send your name, address and daytime phone number to competition@healthysoul.co.uk with your full name, address and telephone number. PLEASE be aware that the entrants' names and addresses (but not emails) will be forwarded on to the organisers of the show only.

The competition closes on 17th May and winners will be chosen at random.

Mind Body Spirit

 


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