Eat your fruit and veg It is so easy to reach reach for the potatoes and pasta during the winter months, but you can ensure you are getting your 5 a day (minimum) by taking advantage of seasonable fruit and veg to add to your meals making you feel fuller for longer and less tempted […]
Sleep is an extremely underrated necessity. With the need for more hours in the day and the rise in ‘hustle culture’ and the glamourising of working till all hours sleep is often pretty low on the priority list. However, this is not how it should be. How much sleep do we need Children and teenagers […]
As we go from Summer to Autumn we may find, here in the UK, the weather is…lets say- indecisive. And with the seemingly random highs and lows in temperature you may see a rise in illnesses like the common cold. So can a sudden change in climate be the reason for the sniffles? Yes and […]
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that helps to regulate the amount of calcium and phosphate in the body. Vitamin D is needed to help keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy. Lacking in vitamin D can lead to done deformities such as rickets in children, and bone pain caused by a condition called osteomalacia in […]
What is it? How do I get it? How do I keep it? What is it? The word motivation is often used to describe ‘why’ a person does something and is commonly thought of as an internal drive that get us up and moving towards a set goal, eg. taking that class, starting that book, […]
The gyms are back open! If you, like so many other people, haven’t been able to maintain the level of strength and fitness over lock-down then you are probably looking forward to getting back to it! However, we need to make sure we are smart about this. If you go straight back to hitting the […]
Still unsure about vaccines? Have a read of this… The immune system Disease is caused by harmful organisms that can be found anywhere in our environment or other people around us, called pathogens. The body has many different ways of defending itself against pathogens such as skin, mucus and cilia which all work as physical […]
The gut microbiome is comprised of organisms such as bacteria, yeasts, fungi, viruses and protozoans that live in the gut or gastrointestinal tract. The gut plays an important role in the absorption and synthesis all the nutrients from the food you have eaten so they can be used around the body where they are needed. […]
Improved physical and cardiovascular health Regular physical activity can improve the amount of activity your body and heart can tolerate, meaning it won’t always feel so hard. The lungs will be able to take in more oxygen and your body will become more efficient in transporting that oxygen around the body resulting in less fatigue. […]
Guidance 150 minutes minimum of exercise recommended weekly The UK Chief Medical Officer’s advice on weekly exercise is a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise per week (for example 30 minutes of exercise 5 times a week), or a minimum of 75 minutes of vigorous intensity exercise per week (for example 25 minutes […]
