Taking responsibility for your own wellbeing
More research has been carried out showing that B vitamins can help to slow down wasting away of the brain by seven times. Carried out by a team of researchers from Oxford University the findings show that Vitamin B12, Vitamin B6 and folic acid can slow down the atrophy of the grey matter, implicated in [...]
The Chief Medical Officer of England recently likened antibiotic resistance to international terrorism. It is a threat that should be taken seriously – if antibiotics fail to work with infections, are we going back to the dark ages? People have taken them so for-granted that they expect to receive tablets every time they have a [...]
The good news is that the hayfever season has been delayed by the long cold winter. Among the 12 million people who have hayfever in the UK, 95 per cent are affected by grass pollen, but many suffer from the tree pollens that are abundant from the spring. Silver birch is the most prevalent hay [...]
A plant that heals wounds, is anti-inflammatory, and anti-oxidant, detoxifies the body, soothes indigestion, IBS, arthritis, and act as a natural tonic sounds too good to be true. And you can grow it at home! Aloe vera is rich in nutrients such as: Vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, B12, C and E, calcium, potassium, sodium, [...]
Since smoking in public places in the UK was banned, it’s not uncommon to see huddles of workers outside their workplaces smoking in the street. Isn’t it much easier to give up? There are 10 million smokers in the UK, the majority of whom are young people. Two thirds of smokers took up the habit [...]
There is no substitute for medical advice when someone is really unwell but for more minor ailments there are plenty of alternatives. COLDS Serious illnesses are not cured with complementary medicine, but symptoms can sometimes be managed with a healthy eating regime and use of therapies. We’re more likely to get colds when we’re run [...]
The clocks go back and some people feel sad, very SAD. Every year up to a million people start to feel depressed as winter sets in because they suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD as it is known. Here you can find out how light therapy and a change of diet can ease symptoms. Symptoms [...]
Everything in moderation is a totally appropriate saying when it comes to the sun. Our skin needs exposure to the sun to make that vital Vitamin D which is essential for healthy bones and teeth, immune system and cognitive function – pretty important! Yet we have been receiving a message for years that too much [...]
Losing weight is never easy. First of all you have to be in the right state of mind and determined that you want to succeed, and secondly you have to identify what you should and should not be eating. Most health experts agree that eating healthy foods such as fruit, vegetables, wholegrains, pulses, fish, chicken [...]
You’ve had a hard day at work, the children are playing up and there’s no-one to talk to about it all. So you pour a drink – just one won’t hurt and then you pour another. And before you know it that’s half a bottle in one evening and so it goes on all week. [...]
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