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There’s so much talk about vitamin D out there that I thought I would put together a quick check list of the surprising reasons why you should be taking vitamin D. Did you know that it is estimated that 1 billion people have vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency worldwide? [1]....
"How you feel tomorrow starts today" How much do you think about the health of your brain? The state of your brain today is a real indicator of how you will feel tomorrow. Your brain is the control centre of your whole body. Did you know that your brain controls...
Would you like to know more about nootropics and how they can boost your brain and mental health?
A depression and anxiety supplement I think we all accept that supplements can help keep us well. We need them for our bodies to function properly. Lack of vitamins has been linked over hundreds of years to various illnesses. In 2020 Vitamin D3 has been backed by science to help...
Menopause - are you struggling with hormonal imbalance? Did you know that the only other mammal that goes through the menopause is the whale? Almost all female animals reproduce until they die, even very long-lived ones like elephants and blue whales. As far as we know, just three species don’t:...
The Secret to a Good Night’s Sleep Are you one of the enormous number of people who struggle with poor sleep? There is nothing that undermines our quality of life so comprehensively.For some people it’s not being able to get off to sleep - a busy mind, tossing and turning,...
Burn out is one of those phrases that we have probably heard of but maybe don’t really know enough about to know if we might be experiencing it. Traditionally it has been applied to work (job burn out), but more recently it has been referred to with parenting, lockdown or...
Do you feel like… You are smiling on the outside and breaking on the inside? Day-to-day you fulfil all your responsibilities despite the challenges, so everyone thinks you are fine but you’re not? Your invisible illness means others don’t understand you, and it is difficult for you to ask for...
Feeling nervous? Add these 5 nutrients to help ease your Anxiety, naturally... How have you been coping with all the changes lately? We have all had to adapt to a new normal, a new way of living and as lockdown eases there will be new regulations, new threats and new...
Sunlight is the battery for our biological clocks (our Chronobiology). Our circadian (daily) rhythm is affected by early morning daylight helping us, among other things, to produce melatonin which helps us to sleep when it gets dark. We have special sensors in our eyes that feed back the intensity of...
Do you have trouble sleeping? With 31% of the UK population suffering from insomnia and as many as 2/3 suffering from 'disturbed sleep' - you are not alone. The good news is that there are plenty of small changes you can make that will make a positive long-term difference to...
B Vitamins and Brain Function. They are powerful vitamins that help you to stay healthy, sharp, energetic, balanced, and clean (they play a huge role in the detoxification process) but most importantly of all they are vital for brain health and have dramatic mood-elevating effects - more so than almost any...
We are truly in the depths of winter now - and whether you are someone who loves the season - snuggling in the dark evenings, layering up with your winter woollies and boots, lighting candles or going on long, bracing walks - or you are someone who can’t stand the...
Going into the new decade of the 2020s all the thinking in mental health research is looking at the impact of nutrients on your brain. Nutrients for brain health is something we all really need to start thinking about and prioritising as way of managing our mental wellbeing. A vital...
Fed up with feeling exhausted everyday and want to know how to reclaim your life? I was reading an article on the causes of tiredness the other day and the top reason was “Lack of sleep”. Urrr, well, tell us something we don’t know. I’m not going to talk about Sleep...
Linking nutrition to mental health is a new + developing field in Psychology. Traditionally we think of eating well to keep our bodies healthy but we seem to have missed the link of eating well to keep our brains functioning well. A huge body of evidence now exists that finds...
