How to Cope with Stress
Stress is a common factor in everyday life, but it is important to not define this as simply bad, but rather examine our responses to challenges and the number of things ‘to do’ that we may habitually take on – … Continued
Food Focus – Almonds
Did You Know? There is evidence of humans growing almond trees from 3000-2000 BC and more was found in the Egyptian pharaoh Tutenkhamun’s tomb dated 1325 BC. Main Almonds are the perfect anti-ageing food, full of the protein, fibre and … Continued
How to Have Great Skin
Our skin is the place where we both meet the world and show ourselves to it. How we are feeling and our level of vitality often shows up on our skin, with many of us using make-up to change or … Continued
Exercises to Strengthen and Protect Your Knees
Our knees hold us up and allow us to propel forward, yet we often give them very little thought until they start to tell us that strain is taking its toll. When we consider that they can bear 5-12 times … Continued
How to Maintain Mood Levels
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Happy, regulated mood is where life can feel most calm, easy and enjoyable. Yet many often feel in the grip of a rollercoaster rise of emotions, inner criticism, worry and self-doubt. These can include periods of low mood that can … Continued
Food focus – Cinnamon
Did You Know Prized as a gift fit for kings in ancient cultures, cinnamon is mentioned many times in the Old Testament, first when Moses uses it as a holy anointing oil. Main Cinnamon contains methylhydroxychalcone polymer or MHCP that … Continued
How to… Relieve Stress in the Belly
Many of us know when we’re started to feel the effects of stress – we can ‘feel it in our gut’. Like many cop shows where the lead detective gets her or his ‘hunch’ from these gut feelings, we are … Continued
Easing Lower Back Pain
With experts estimating that 80% of people will experience lower back pain at some time in their lives (Neurol Clin. 2007;25(2):353-71), this is an issue that is only getting worse as we spend more time sitting on chairs. It is … Continued
How to… Stay Motivated
With so much to do and so little time to do it in, staying engaged, energised and continually involved in all that stuff we’re supposed to do can wear us down. When there is so much to do that we … Continued
Food Focus: Buckwheat
Did You Know Buckwheat is not related to wheat or even a grain at all, but a fruit seed in the same family as rhubarb and sorrel. Main Buckwheat has a rich supply of youth-enhancing flavonoids, particularly rutin to keep … Continued