Health

8 August 2012

Diet food of the week: Llama's Baked Bites

Diet food of the week is our new feature, where we look at a particular food you can still treat yourself too whilst trying to lose weight.  Keeping focus and your ...
7 August 2012

Warm up and warm down safely whilst exercising

With sport being fashionable this summer, it’s important you know how to warm up and cool down in order to prevent injury and keep your body in a healthy state.  ...
7 August 2012

Supplement of the week: Rejuvenated Collagen Shots

Health and beauty go hand in hand, so for our Supplement of the Week this time we take a look at Collagen Shots. The new anti-ageing collagen drink has been formulated ...
6 August 2012

Top five tips for practising yoga

Yoga is great for toning the body and releasing stress. It can be used for a whole body workout or a simple meditation. Have you ever tried it? Rita Chohan from the ...
6 August 2012

Superfood feature: Cupuacu

This week's superfood feature looks into is the cupuacu. It's a relatively unknown fruit outside of South America but wildly known in Brazil. For Brazillian's it's their national fruit and extolled ...
5 August 2012

Eat the right foods at the menopause

Eating a balanced diet can keep you healthy at any age, but is particularly important as you approach the menopause. There are certain foods that can help to protect you ...
4 August 2012

Is severe period pain affecting your life?

Painful periods are common for women, and while, for some, pain does not interfere with daily life, many experience pain so intense that they struggle with their normal activities for several ...
3 August 2012

Tips to fit in a morning workout

A morning workout may sound like hell but it provides many more benefits than you can possibly think. It sets you up for the day and gives you more energy to ...
3 August 2012

Supplement of the week: Nordic Naturals Omega Woman

This week's supplement of the week sees us take a look at Nordic Naturals Omega Woman.  Taking supplements is an easy and quick way to get all of the health benefits ...
2 August 2012

Exercise of the Week: Vinyasa for toned arms

Exercise of the week is a new feature which looks at one particular move and describes how we can do that move and the effects it has on our body. This ...
2 August 2012

People across the UK aren't exercising safely

Exercising is important for us all to take part in to ensure that we stay fit and active, but what's even more vital is that we exercise safely and according ...
2 August 2012

Turning positive pregnancy stress into baby success

Being pregnant is one of the the simplest and most enjoyable experiences in life and also one of the most stressful.  You worry about your unborn child, you worry about ...
1 August 2012

10 tips on how to stay in shape after the summer holiday

You've spent a long time trying to perfect your holiday body, only to go away and come home to find that you're starting to abuse it once again.  Staying in shape ...
1 August 2012

Diet food of the week: Cho Yung Tea

Diet food of the week is our new feature, where we look at a particular food or drink you can still treat yourself too whilst trying to lose weight.  This week's ...
31 July 2012

The ultimate holiday workout

Fitness and strength does start to decrease after about 2 weeks of inactivity, so it is good to stay active, whilst abroad. Far too many people use traveling as an excuse ...
31 July 2012

Eat yourself beautiful

Simple Advisory Board Nutritionist, Fiona Hunter, has worked with Simple to identify foods with skin-loving properties and anti-ageing benefits – such as tomatoes, broccoli and mackerel. Eat these foods and you'll ...
30 July 2012

Nutrition tips for before, during and after exercise

Nutrition before, during and after exercise is a vital part of working out. Your body needs to have the right balance, be ready to complete the workout and ready to ...
30 July 2012

Superfood feature: Acai berry

This week's superfood feature discusses the health benefits of acai. You may never have heard of this, but this little berry is one of the most nutritious and powerful foods in ...
29 July 2012

Holy smoke! Lack of exercise as deadly as cigarettes. Let’s get fighting fit

Did you see in the news that lack of exercise is just as deadly for your health as smoking? Guidelines say that each person requires a minimum of 2.5 hours ...
29 July 2012

Olympics spark exercise renaissance as five million take up sport

Over five million more GB adults have been inspired to take up exercise this summer due to a combination of the Olympics, Wimbledon and the UEFA European football championships, of ...
28 July 2012

Weight issues ruin the big day for many brides

A lot of time and effort goes into looking beautiful on your big day, but have you reached your goal? A quarter of brides-to-be who dieted in the run-up to their ...
28 July 2012

Older people want to do more exercise but less than half are doing the recommended amount

Age UK reveals today that less than half of over 55s are doing the recommended 2.5 hours of exercise per week with one in eight not doing any exercise at ...
27 July 2012

Festival health tips

Heading to a festival this year? Then don’t be one of the thousands taken ill, injured, or worse, killed. Last year St. John’s Ambulance treated almost four thousand people1 at festivals ...
27 July 2012

Call for innovation to help people live active lives

Britain is increasingly being labelled as an unhealthy nation, but a new poll commissioned by the Tomorrow Together campaign from the Technology Strategy Board shows that 43.6 million Brits want ...