48 percent of people say they have put on weight during lockdown in a new survey. But in a time of heightened stress, it’s important to have ‘self-compassion’, say the experts. Here are their tips for how to improve your health. People are constantly commenting about their waistlines on social […]
Discover how to eat a balanced and healthy diet if you’re over the age of 70, plus lifestyle tips to help you feel your very best. One of the many aspects of life that change as we get older are our nutritional requirements. At any age, it’s important to aim […]
Healthy habits add up to 10 disease-free years to your life, study reveals More people are living longer, thanks to the rise in life expectancy. The downside is that more people are living with diseases like diabetes, cancer and heart disease. Yet many of these diseases are linked to lifestyle-related […]
It’s the time of the year when quite a few off us cry off alcohol after a couple of days/weeks of indulgence and join in the dry January campaign but the rise in popularity of a vegan diet has collected momentum and some people are opting for a vegan diet […]
Skipping breakfast might increase your risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The connection, found in a study of 6,550 adults aged 65-75, was particularly strong for strokes. Almost 60 per cent of the participants had breakfast every day, a quarter on some days, and 16 per cent rarely or never. All were free of heart disease at […]
In an article published on www.theguardian.com and sponsored by Nature’s Bounty we found the answers to some popular well-being questions The world of well-being is saturated with advice, some of it conflicting or unfounded. Do ‘detox’ diets really work? Is bottled water better than tap? Below, we sift through the […]
If I offered you a superfood that would make you live longer, would you be interested? What if I told you that it naturally reduces the chances of debilitating heart attacks and strokes as well as life-long diseases such as type-2 diabetes? I could add it helps keep your weight, […]
Overwhelmed already by the approach of the Christmas festivities? Stressed by the thought of the endless present buying, shopping, wrapping, cooking and enforced levels of jollity you need to summon up whilst simultaneously boiling the Brussels sprouts, pouring the Prosecco and charming the relatives you hardly ever see? Blanking out […]
It’s that time of the year again and there is a plethora of Christmas parties, dinners, get togethers and events with far too many excuses to indulge in rich food, alcohol and mince pie/ panettone/ stolen / cake etc of your choice. While a little indulgence is likely to do […]
In this day and age knowing what is good for you seems like an impossible task when you have to navigate through the mountains of ever changing and seemingly contradictory information. One minute you are supposed to fill up on meat then you are encouraged to go vegan and when […]
