Wisdom

Celebrate the summer salad season! Eating raw plants is so much easier during the summer months and can also increase their nutritional value! Explore the benefits of various raw vegetables.

If you want to lift flagging spirits, make today the day you get up and out doing something you love.

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.

Hormones influence every part of our body. For women in particular, there are many changes over time, both regularly and at different life stages. Learn more about supporting your balanced hormone levels from eating healthy to managing stress, sugar intake and improving your gut connections.

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.

As a culture we have lost touch with being in sync with our body’s, often not prioritising sleep, exercise and diet, which we know are important influencers of female hormones. The menopause is a natural stage in any woman’s life but here in the West rather than viewed in a positive way, it is often treated as a disease and signifies loss, rather than celebrating the wisdom and liberation that other cultures round the world seem to.

After all the difficulties of the last year or so many of us are feeling a little low. Some reports suggest that 1 in 5 adults now suffer from moderate to severe depression, a number that has doubled since March 2020.

Life is full of things needing our energy, many of which are a source of joy or cause for celebration. However if you’re struggling with summoning the energy to fully enjoy all the things you want to do this can be frustrating.

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.

Not getting enough shut-eye? You are not alone! Sleep problems are the scourge of our times and the current pandemic certainly certainly doesn’t make things any easier.