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Recipe: MEDITERRANEAN SHAKSHUKA How To Eat A Mediterranean Diet Your Way
The Mediterranean diet has been hailed as the best way of eating for health – from preventing obesity, diabetes and heart problems, to lowering the risk of many cancers. It is a great way to achieve a glowing complexion, better gut health and even sleep. The diet is high in olive oil, fruit and vegetables, […]
YELENI THERAPY & SUPPORT Complementary Health Centre & Charity – Where help is always at hand.
By Nicky Heath Here at Yeleni Therapy & Support Complementary Health Centre & Charity we have supported nearly 350 cancer patients since our inception and are seeing more and more each year. The Centre continues to go from strength to strength, and in 2016 we were presented with a Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. This was […]
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS
Mental health awareness has come a long way in recent years, and it is great to see the large TV channels playing their part too. My particular favourite was seeing the Royals and celebrities opening up, showing that mental health issues can affect anyone from any background. By Micha Jade Reynolds Mental health is just […]
Julie Goodridge On BELIEFS
Beliefs that we hold about ourselves are, a shocking amount of the time, not great. A quick look at the level of mental health issues in teenagers shows that as a society we are not brilliant at thinking we are brilliant… at all! There are many reasons that support these patterns, and they often start […]
Recipe: AMERICAN RANCH SALAD
This hearty vegetarian salad is full of flavour Serves: 2 Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients: 2tsp oil 320g sweetcorn (frozen is fine) 400g can kidney beans, drained and rinsed 1 red pepper, cut into 1cm dice 75g mature Cheddar cheese, grated 1 Little Gem Lettuce, roughly torn (85g) 110g bag Baby Leaf […]
SLEEP…
Sleep is the foundation of good health but are you left wondering how to get the best rest you can? When the rich and famous from Donald Trump to Elon Musk boast about how little sleep they need, it is no wonder confusion can set in. Qualified Nurse Prescriber & Sleep Practitioner JOANNA KIPPAX shares the five common […]
Are You Sitting Comfortably? Well, Don’t! Try FLEXERCISE: The Importance Of STRETCHING
“Our daily lives are not always kind to our bodies,” says Flexercise teacher Clare Tugwell. “We spend much of our time with our joints held in flexion – sitting at the computer, driving, relaxing on soft comfy sofas in the evening. These activities are fine as long as we remember to devote some time to […]
ANYTIME FITNESS: Introducing JAMES FRY, The gym member who lost weight and gained his life back.
“I knew it was time for a change when I was in a hospital bed fighting for my life”. My Anytime Story “Years of alcoholism had left me broken and I ended up in hospital after vomiting blood. I was around 120 kg, slimmed down from the 130 kg I had been previously. My resting […]
PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS Of EXERCISING In NATURE
Forest walking in Japan has been given the title Shinrin-yoku, or ‘forest bathing’. A study found that exercising in natural settings increased the activity of the natural killer cells, important in fighting cancer, with a secondary impact of boosting stress resistance.