Health

Is Your Current Lifestyle Making You Ill?

Are your daily lifestyle choices setting you up for illness in later life, or even worse are they impacting your life right now? Take our quiz today and find out! 15 Questions, 70 points, what's your health score?

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What you need to know about Self Management

What you need to know about Self Management

Having gone through a couple of years of bad health, especially with my eyes problem, I decided enough was enough and it was time to once again get in control of my health. It was so easy to give myself excuses as to why I should eat badly, stay sedentary and ...
Lifestyle continues to be the biggest factor impacting health

Lifestyle continues to be the biggest factor impacting health

For the last two decades, the top factors causing premature death and leading to chronic disease have been tobacco, poor dietary habits and lack of physical activity. Health epidemics such as obesity continue to grow.  Lifestyle continues to be the biggest factor impacting health. Living a healthy lifestyle could delay dementia by ...
Are You Worried About Dementia

Are You Worried About Dementia

If like me, you're in the over 50+ age bracket then a question I would like to ask is are you worried about dementia? We've all heard about dementia but are we overlooking the symptoms and do we have that 'it will never happen to me' attitude when it comes to ...
Electronic Cigarettes an Alternative to Smoking

Electronic Cigarettes an Alternative to Smoking

Electronic cigarettes usage is growing rapidly across the world. In the UK alone it is thought that over two million people are now using them. But what exactly are electronic cigarettes? They are battery powered devices which heat a water-based e-liquid inside the device until it reaches the correct temperature to vapourise. ...
10 Foods To Lower Blood Pressure

10 Foods To Lower Blood Pressure

It is essential that you do what you can to lower blood pressure. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a serious health problem. In fact High blood pressure is the number one risk factor for strokes and a major contributor to heart disease. High blood pressure is known as "the silent ...
What does it take to live a healthy lifestyle

What does it take to live a healthy lifestyle

I am frequently asked questions similar to what does it take to live a healthy lifestyle. My first response makes it sound so simple. You have to eat right You've got to do exercise You need to get sufficient sleep You need to relax your mind and body You need to reduce or eliminate bad habits I could ...
Stopping Dementia

Stopping Dementia

Stopping dementia has got to become a key target for the medical profession. Having seen the effects of dementia on my own mother and on our family, as far as I'm concerned, it's probably the worst disease you can have. It has been so frustrating seeing so little being done about ...
Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining

Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining

We surely have all heard the saying, 'every cloud has a silver lining.' No doubts throughout the tumultuous period of my life after 2008 and through all those times of personal struggles this expression has helped me through. Here am I trying to get my head around writing a blog because it's ...
Raising Your Energy Levels

Raising Your Energy Levels

So many people are inflicted by a low energy level that it affects their life in an incredibly negative way. As a gym owner I was advising people on how to boost their energy nearly as much as I was teaching them how to lose weight or build a toned muscular ...
8 Ways to get your health in order

8 Ways to get your health in order

Being healthier doesn't have to mean revamping your entire lifestyle. Sometimes all it takes is a few simple changes. As a 50 something blogger I know that as one ages their body tends to start deteriorating. So it is vital to look after your health and make it an essential priority in ...