Wisdom

If you decide to go plant based, you may worry that you will be missing out on vital nutrients. Let’s have a look at some to watch out for.

This often overlooked but vital mineral is essential for over 600 reactions in the body. It plays a key role in areas such as energy metabolism, maintaining strong bones and a healthy heart, sleep quality, stress resilience and recovery from exercise.

After over a year of school closures, the perils of home schooling and the threat of Covid 19, it’s understandable that some children and adolescents are feeling anxious coming out of lockdown.

Good hydration is key to feeling and looking your best all year round, however the warmer weather may have you reaching for the water bottle more often.

A migraine attack can seriously ruin your day and for some it can last for almost a week. The medical community are a bit baffled when it comes to the reason some of us suffer from migraines and what the underlying causes are.

Laying good nutritional foundations in our children is a complex business. Many factors affect a child’s health, such as genetics, the mother’s diet and health status before and during pregnancy and childhood environmental and physical factors, all of which will determine the different sensitivities children will have to foods and their environment, as well as their individual nutritional requirements.

If you’ve been unwell it can take time to bounce back to your old self. You may be left with lack of energy, loss of appetite and low mood. Now is the time to prioritise your health by giving your body the optimum conditions to do so. Here are my tips to support you in your recovery.

Do you suffer from one or more of the following: • Poor sleep • Tiredness and fatigue • Restless legs • Eye twitches • PMT • Anxiety • Muscular cramps?

Described as one of the greatest public health concerns of our time, the number of people with diabetes in the UK has more than doubled over the past 20 years and the condition now affects over four and a half million people. 90% of all these cases are Type 2 diabetes.

In these days of lockdown, technology has been a godsend for many of us. Whether home-schooling the kids, working from home, following You Tube exercises or using Zoom, Skype, smart phones or any other digital means to keep in contact with family and friends, many of us have been relying on technology as never before.

If you are now unexpectedly working from home you may find you experience an increase in musculoskeletal problems such as back, neck or shoulder pain, wrist or leg problems or headaches.

The lockdown measures during the Covid-19 pandemic may have meant a more sedentary lifestyle for some of us and so it is a particularly important time to support the health of your muscles and bones.