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Is My Brain Healthy? How Does Inflammation Change My Brain Imagine someone buys you the car of your dreams, whatever car you want. The only catch is that one car will have to last you the rest of your life. How are you going to treat that car? You’ll get it...
Theanine: the secret and science behind Green Tea Green tea is a magic ingredient for our brains. It boosts our levels of GABA, serotonin and dopamine. It helps us feel alert at the same time as reducing stress and anxiety. A real super-nutrient. It’s no secret that green tea is...
A simple trick to switch off your stress response: with your eyes Have you ever wondered why humans love a view? A big coastal sky, or getting to the top of a hill? It’s calming. It helps us to get perspective. And in our ancient brains, unconsciously, it helps us...
Life is stressful these days and our general anxiety levels are higher than ever. Having a stress-relieving tool kit that helps you to control your anxiety, rest, digest, unwind and get the sleep you need to stay healthy, balanced and resilient is a vital part of modern life. Knowing how...
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...
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Life is stressful these days, and it’s important to have a stress-relieving tool kit that helps you to rest, digest, unwind and get the sleep you need to stay healthy, balanced and resilient. What does stress look like?Stress is the body’s reaction to a challenge. Though stress is often perceived...
Mood Me: 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...
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 exercise...
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 Anxious? 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, new threats and new challenges for us all which we will have to...
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...
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