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Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin and is often known as the ‘sunshine’ vitamin as it is the only nutrient, which the body makes from direct sunlight on the skin. Vitamin D obtained from the sun, and equally from food or supplements, needs to be converted in the body...

The perimenopause is a condition that occurs prior to the full-blown menopause itself. Just like the full menopausal state, there is no known ‘cure’ for the perimenopause. To help yourself if you are suffering, changes in diet will be the only way to cope with your...

Some of you may feel that hay fever lasts forever over and above the main seasons which spread, approximately, from mid-March to the middle of May, then the next season kicks in from the end of May through to July. It may feel however, that there is no gap in between...

If you suffer from ups and downs, mood swings, anxiety, depression or other mental health issues, have you taken a look at your diet? Making sure the food that you consume is full of nutrients and well-balanced, this will aid not just your physical health, but your...

In previous years, we used to worry about how your daily diet would affect your health and weight. From the 70s onwards, fitness became the buzz word, along with superfoods and crash diets. But drastic environmental changes have forced us all into thinking harder...

Published June 8, 2021 Learning how to sleep better is something we should all be doing. Sleeping is a central part of all our lives - as fundamental to our wellbeing as eating. It’s a truism that we spend around a third of our lives asleep but just think about what...

Published March 22, 2021 Hormones are potent organic molecules, one of a class involved in ‘signaling’ - that is to say, transmitting information from one organ within the body to another. This signaling plays a central role in a whole range of fundamental biological...

Published Feb 19, 2021 The old maxim ‘you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone’ certainly applies to health. It’s a pretty precious resource but it’s all too easy to take your health for granted until illness unexpectedly arrives and suddenly, you’re not healthy...

Published Feb 9, 2021 When we think about eating for our health, we might immediately think of eating to keep our hearts healthy, or our brains or immune system. But we might not think of our bone health. After all, our bones are made of strong stuff, we don’t really...

Published Jan 19, 2021 How often have you made too much food and had the excess go to waste? Or been enticed by an ‘unbeatable’ supermarket three for two deal that you don’t need? In the UK alone, 8.4 million people are struggling to afford to eat, yet we throw away...

Published Jan 4, 2020 Many of us have wanted to or even been advised to lose weight at one time or another. It’s perhaps the most frequently cited slice of lifestyle advice and that’s no real surprise. It’s alarmingly easy to pile on the pounds these days: our...

Published Nov 12th, 2020 If you asked this question a few years ago, medical experts would have vehemently denied that this was possible. Be encouraged though, as you can get off medication for the illness if you are prepared to try. To clarify, we would rather use...

Published Oct 17, 2020 According to Diabetes UK, 4.7 million people in the UK have diabetes. The most common form of diabetes is Type 2 diabetes. The disheartening rise in obesity rates is the leading reason so many people are now living with the condition. 60% of...

Published October 14, 2020 It’s easy to think about what you want to eat and when you want to eat it. Making healthy, tasty choices is not always that simple, particularly if you are dependent on a low income, or if you live in a country or area of the world where...

Published Oct 10, 2020 Sleep allows our bodies to heal and rejuvenate. Too little of it, and we are not only tired, but our health suffers too. Many people either struggle to sleep or don’t get enough each night. A lack of sleep has been linked to brain fog and...

Published Sept 19, 2020 Whether in lockdown away from loved ones, concerned for an at-risk parent or home-schooling our children, we are all dealing with our fair share of difficulties right now. It is natural to fall into the fear trap when faced with the uncertainty...

Published Aug 29, 2020 During these times of the COVID-19 pandemic meaning social distancing, missing loved ones and loneliness, many of us are understandably suffering with poor mental health. Fear and worry about catching the virus, or loved ones catching the virus,...

Published Aug 22, 2020 If you’re struggling to keep your children entertained during this period of quarantine and social distancing, then you’re not alone. Parents and guardians up and down the country are desperately looking for ways to alleviate the kid’s boredom...

Published Aug 15, 2020 At the moment, we’re all currently doing all we can to help “flatten the curve” of the coronavirus by self-isolating if we have symptoms of the virus, or socially distancing. This means, that aside from those on the front line, most of us are...

Published Aug 8, 2020 When we think of our health, we quite often break it down into ‘areas’ as well as our overall health. For example, we might think of our heart health, or our mental health, and what we can do to support them. But how often do we think of our...

Published July 18, 2020 Quality sleep that nourishes and refreshes us is something that is so crucial, yet evades so many of us. We all know that feeling of tiredness after a late night, but the effects of a chronic lack of sleep can have far reaching consequences....

Published June 12, 2020 If you are unlucky enough to be diagnosed with osteoporosis, living with it and managing it can be tricky. Unfortunately, it can be a fact of life for many people as they reach their elderly years, but it does exist even in children, teenagers...

Published June 5, 2020 Taking care of the heart is one of the fundamentals of good health. Heart disease remains the biggest killer, accounting for more untimely deaths than cancer. Thankfully, awareness of the importance of heart health is growing – and yielding...

Published May 22, 2020 Consumption of alcohol is a hot topic most of the time, but it is especially pertinent right now. In testing times, many of us are tempted to reach for a drink to aid relaxation and manage anxiety. This can be a slippery slope toward...

Among common health complaints, issues with the thyroid can be difficult to identify. The symptoms are subtle and easily confused with other ailments. In fact, it’s easy to write off many of the warning signs as side effects of a busy life in the 21st Century.

Many women await this transition in their lives with fear and trepidation as to what will be happening to their bodies, and even their minds. Women cannot avoid this when natural menstrual cycles are ceased, but the symptoms and effects can vary considerably.

In years gone by, it was thought that regularly eating a diet of meat, potatoes and vegetables was a good way of achieving this balance. But now, new research shows that eating meat, especially red or processed meat, can lead to chronic health conditions.

Inflammation occurs when the body finds itself under attack. If you stub your toe, for example, messages signifying pain are sent to the brain.

Whether you work out in the morning before you head off to work, or you enjoy an evening session with a class full of likeminded people, your pre workout nutrition is key.

Many of us are up at the crack of dawn ready for the commute to work. Whether the kids have got us up before the alarm or we just continue the habitual routine of stomping downstairs like something out of ‘The Walking Dead’; either way, like the characters from the box office hit, we are usually in search for something to eat.

For many years now, ‘probiotic’ has been a common word seen in health food stores. But now, the word prebiotic is being used, and we’ve all got confused. So, what’s the difference, why do we need them and how do we get both into our diet?

Organic farming and food production is becoming more popular and more profitable year on year, and the amount of organic food sold in the UK and in many other countries just keeps rising.

The tide is turning in regards to home grown vegetables. More and more people are looking to gown their own vegetables and for good reason.

Regarding digestion, food goes hand in hand with this process, and can also be a trigger for digestive issues and problems.