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• Top Tips to Burn off Christmas Calories

  

  We consume around 7,000 calories on Christmas Day alone as we gorge on a fine feast of foods, drinks and snacks throughout the day and into the night. Not to... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2011 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Get Outdoors to Beat Winter Blues

  

  Mind, the UK's leading mental health charity, is urging us to get outside to guard against winter blues and to improve mental health. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Would You Drink This for Better Health?

  

  As health fads go, this one certainly made my morning cuppa splatter everywhere when I first heard of this amphibian-related wellbeing kick from Peru. Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2011 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Eight Tips to Improve Work-related Back Pain

  

  If, like me, you are becoming increasingly wary of what working long hours each day is doing to the health and wellbeing of your back, these tips from the... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2011 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Get Healthy: The Eat Well Factor

  

  As part of her role as a mentor on The X Factor, Kelly Rowland brings with her a huge breadth of experience in the music industry and knows all too well that... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2011 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Keep Your Eyes on the Healthy Food Supplies...

  

  To keep your diet or healthy eating plan on the right track, the advice from psychologists is simple: putting healthy foods at eye level in the fridge can help... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2011 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• UK Riots - Free Post-traumatic Events Workshops for Londoners

  

  The UK rioting, violence and looting witnessed earlier this week caused a wave of fear, anger and bewilderment across the nation. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2011 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Veggie Percy - Big up the New Gelatine Free Sweet Treat

  

  As I'm in a sweet-toothed frivolous frame of mind as it's a Friday afternoon, I thought I'd share some super news with fellow vegetarians - M S has revealed... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2011 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Beware of the Huge Barbecue Calorie Splurge This Summer

  

  Summer is here, the sun is shining (well, most of the time!) and it's impossible not to love this time of year. One of our most favourite seasonal outdoor... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2011 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Mouth Ulcers - What's Causing Yours?

  

  I knew I had to go ahead with writing about this topic after sourcing the lovely image of this cute teddy bear with a poorly mouth. Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2011 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Men's Health Week: Bupa's Online Health Clinic - Don't Be Shy, Just Ask Away

  

  If the thought of going to see your doctor and discussing anything health-related leaves you in a cold sweat, dear male readers, get online and take advantage o... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2011 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Go Bananas for a Natural Brain Power Boost

  

  Inspiration for this week's blog post comes from Middlesbrough College and its excellent energy-boosting concentration-improving solution for A-Level and... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2011 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Is Your Working Lifestyle Putting Your Health at Risk?

  

  If you're anything like me: sitting at your laptop and working away on features, transcriptions, research, paperwork and tons of emails is a key part of what yo... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2011 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Seven Tips to Combat Hayfever Naturally

  

  Hayfever is a common seasonal allergy that causes discomfort and disruption to one in four people. As peak season is about to start as we move into May, I've... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2011 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Are You a Lunch Break Skipper?

  

  I must confess I'm not great at taking daily lunch breaks. I'll usually stop to grab something from the kitchen, occasionally I'll even be super organised and... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2011 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Why Are Men Reluctant to Talk Health?

  

  As most of my blog content is aimed at women, I thought I'd switch to a male-focused post for today after reading some alarming research by insureblue which... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2011 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Let's Talk Body Image - Body Gossip Campaign

  

  In today's post I wanted to highlight the fantastic campaign Body Gossip which hopes to raise awareness of the body image issues affecting today's society and... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2011 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Can Thinking Positively Make You Get Well Sooner?

  

  Eagle-eyed readers of my blog will notice there was no new blog post last week as I was feeling very unwell and had to take a few days off. Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2011 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Sleep - How Do I Get More?

  

  Image courtesy of The Sleep Council New research from the Mental Health Foundation has revealed the huge impact poor sleep can have on our health and happiness. Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2011 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Are We Putting Looking Good Before Our Health?

  

  New research from Benenden Healthcare Society has unveiled a worrying trend among us ladies - four in ten UK women are more concerned about their looks than... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2011 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING