Mobility exercises are often overlooked by those of us looking to improve fitness and overall health. But they can play a crucial role in keeping you in work without being in any unnecessary pain. In actual fact, workers in pain …
Mobility exercises are often overlooked by those of us looking to improve fitness and overall health. But they can play a crucial role in keeping you in work without being in any unnecessary pain. In actual fact, workers in pain …
Practicing mindfulness can bring a wide range of benefits to both our personal and professional lives. Scientific studies have shown that mindfulness improves brain capacity, creativity and problem solving, and can help to prevent and treat depression. Yet very few …
Most of us understand what compassion means when we use it towards other human beings but what about ourselves? Many of us get stuck in unhelpful patterns of unnecessary self-criticism which can prove harmful to our health. Self-compassion is becoming …
Much of our daily life has become habitual. In fact, studies have shown that habits account for around 40% of our behaviour on any given day. Therefore, whether you’ve built several good habits, or are increasingly developing bad ones, they …
You may have noticed that both probiotics and prebiotics are becomingly increasingly hot topics in the world of nutrition. In fact, in the UK alone we spend three quarters of a billion pounds on probiotic products. Yet despite these figures, …
Many individuals today refer to themselves as perfectionists, citing the benefits in exacting high standards of both themselves and those around them. In fact, a 2016 study of 41,641 American, Canadian and British students revealed that perfectionism had grown dramatically …
Type 2 diabetes is a growing national health concern that will see over 5 million people in the UK develop the condition by 2025. This particular version of diabetes accounts for 90% of all cases of diabetes, with the remaining …
Nutrition is often an overlooked part of our everyday life. However, it can have a huge bearing on our overall health. With almost one third of all UK adults classified as obese, never has our nutrition had such a significance …
Over half of all UK adults have raised cholesterol, which, if left unchecked can lead to serious issues with the heart and wider cardiovascular system. 315,000 people die prematurely from cardiovascular diseases linked to high cholesterol so it’s vital that …
If you’re thinking about improving the nutritional value of your diet, you may be motivated to do so by the solitary goal of losing weight. However, most of us do not give enough consideration to the effect the food we …