1 in 5 people suffers from IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) at some point in their lives. Often first occurring between the ages of 20 and 30, bouts of IBS come and go. A lifelong problem, the severity of the impact on sufferers’ day-to-day living varies. Women are believed to be more commonly affected – though […]Read More
Picture it: the clang of weights on metal, the gruff exhalations of those straining to hoist and heft, intermittent cries of frustration emitted like calls in the wild while building further muscles already toned, biceps already bulging, and everywhere mirrors to reflect and extend the scene of these beings in search of the perfect physical […]Read More
According to Bowel Cancer UK, bowel cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer in the United Kingdom. It is our nation’s second biggest killer behind lung cancer. Your bowel plays a critical function. Part of the digestive system as a whole, it comprises the small bowel (small intestine) and the large bowel (colon […]Read More
On Friday 24th April, you might very well find yourself sat all alone in the office at some point. If you do, interpret that as meaning: get up and go! Wiggle it, waggle it; move it and groove it; just don’t sit on it. That is the wisdom of On Your Feet Britain, aiming to […]Read More
Immune booster extraordinaire; super-effective memory support and cognitive function helper; adaptogen-rich, coming to the rescue to help stave off fatigue and concomitant stress… Mushrooms come in a wide range of shapes and sizes (and toxicity levels!). Nonetheless, according to Medical News Today, there are approximately 2,000 safe and very much edible varieties from which to […]Read More
Firstly, bravo: we are slowly working our way towards a vegan country, if not a vegan world. Self-congratulatory pats on the back (rather than shoulder thwacking your colleagues as you read this). PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk would be proud and – surely – livestock across the planet would also put two hooves together in grateful […]Read More
What initially intrigues (and sometimes admittedly repulses) most people about kombucha is the scoby: that solid mass within the drink. This scoby (acronym for the ‘symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast’) is created during the fermentation process when the most dominant bacteria in the starter of other bacteria and yeasts start building into a fibrous […]Read More
It’s supposed to be a rather acquired taste, but if that and the texture can be overcome, then natto actually proffers itself as a little bit of a – whisper it – superfood. Now, while the term ‘superfood’ is more easily understood to be similar to the likes of spirulina and goji berries, the fermented […]Read More
How’s your digestive synergy these days? Are your prebiotics and probiotics in symbiosis? Or does something seem a little off? Of course, you might have no idea what we’re on about… The point is gut health, or your digestion. Maintaining a healthy balance and not ending up with stomach woes seems to take lot of […]Read More
We stand hypnotized by the belief that disease and illness are our fate and destiny, rather than health and bliss, which are truly our birthright and heritage. In order to emerge from our mass hypnosis and collective hysteria and to experience health, joy and creative fulfilment, we must make a systematic application of yoga in […]Read More
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