Taking responsibility for your own wellbeing
Guest blog by Alison Cullen Before you head out for a workout make sure you stretch properly before. This will let your body prepare for exercise and will also warm you up which is important to avoid muscle soreness and injury as cold muscles mean tense muscles, which can lead to an increase in muscle [...]
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 [...]
Natural skincare is the new big thing in beauty. When choosing a new product, consumers are now taking environmental factors into account as well as thinking about what’s best for their skin. And as with any new trend, a whole host of the hottest celebrities are endorsing lines that are environmentally friendly and great for [...]
US Open Grand Slam and Olympic Gold men’s singles tennis champion Andy Murray, and German tennis player Sabine Lisicki have followed Novak Djokovic in going on a gluten-free diet, which has helped their performance on the tennis court. Apart from hard work, plenty of training and focus, the players have more energy by cutting out up pizzas [...]
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 [...]
In their book The 10 Secrets of Healthy Ageing, Patrick Holford and Jerome Burne, claim that the five a day for many older people is not five portions of fruit and vegetables but of prescription drugs. They claim that 50 per cent of people over 65 are now getting five drugs a day (source: BBC, [...]
Up to five million people are stressed by work and as many as 9.8 million working days were lost due to stress in the year 2009/10, according to a Health and Safety Executive survey. While most of this stress is described as work-related, in reality there are often many other contributing factors. Stress is a [...]
Some of the rich and famous may go for botox or plastic surgery, but they also increasingly choose natural beauty products which are free from harsh chemicals. Not only are natural beauty products much less costly they don’t cause you any harm. The latest natural beauty product to be taken up by celebrities, including Dannii [...]
Research has now borne out what many nutritionists have been saying for some time – that lifestyle changes could prevent Alzheimer’s disease. There are 820,000 people in the UK with dementia, yet researchers from the University of California have found that a ‘couch potato’ lifestyle with little or no exercise is the biggest culprit. A [...]
By the time you’re thirsty you’re already dehydrated, and although we know it’s essential to life how many people drink enough water? The most essential drink you need to quench your thirst is water. Not tea, not coffee, fizzy drinks, or alcohol, but water. There are so many health benefits of drinking water it’s hard [...]
Follow Us!