Wisdom

Are you stressed? Join the club! Stress has become so much part and parcel of everyday living that you may not even notice how it is affecting you.

It’s normal for children to have occasional fears and worries, but some children find dealing with feelings and pressures particularly difficult.

Sugar is ingrained in our society. From a very young age sugar is given as treats, rewards or for comfort. Remember being upset as a child? Chances are you were offered a sugary snack to make you feel better. Or were you given a sugary treat after a particularly good school report?

Healthy circulation is essential for blood flow to vital organs and the supply of nutrients around every part of your body. Regulated by your heart, blood flows through the arteries that feed your body’s tissues and then the veins carry blood back to the heart.

It seems every few months there’s a new diet hitting the headlines, often endorsed by a celebrity showing off dramatic results. We all know however that within months the trend will have changed and there will be a new one coming along.

As a nutritional therapist, I’m often asked, ‘how can I stay healthy during the party season?’ Well, it’s true with parties

It’s that time of year again, when even Scrooge himself was persuaded to take time out from work, relax and indulge a little.

The microbiome is a word we hear a lot of these days, but what exactly does it mean? Your body is quite literally teeming with bacteria.

Green tea originated in China and is thought to date back some 3000 years when the leaves were first chewed and eaten.

We are hard-wired to sync with our environment, waking at daybreak as the body produces cortisol to make us feel alert, then sleeping once the sun sets as our brains produce melatonin to make us feel sleepy.

With the increasingly growing number of people going vegetarian or vegan, as a meat-eating family with little experience of vegan meals, what happens when your teenager decides they want to adopt this way of eating?

Teenagers go through huge mental and physical changes during adolescence and we know from the work of neuroscientists that adolescence isn’t only characterised by hormonal changes.