The food choices we make represent one of the biggest factors influencing our nutritional status. And our nutritional status is THE most important lifestyle factor affecting our general health and...
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Understanding diabetes; pre-diabetes and insulin resistanceDiabetes is a condition where your blood glucose (blood sugar) is too high. There are two main types, type 1 and type 2. When you...
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In a scramble to get the UK into better shape to cope with future pandemics, the government has launched it’s new Obesity Strategy. But do we really understand the cause...
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Most of us are probably aware of the 5-A-Day health message introduced by the government well over a decade ago, encouraging us to eat at least 5 portions of fruit...
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It’s official. We all love to snack.A Mintel report on the nation’s snacking habits published recently, suggests that 96% of us snack regularly. Perhaps sometimes we feel a little guilty...
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Introducing adiponectin - the fat burning hormoneHormones often make us feel like a slave to our own biology. However, hormones are not all bad news. They are essentially chemical messengers...
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1 in 2 of us have an increased risk of high blood pressure and heart attack from drinking more than 2 cups of coffee a day. Are you one of...
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Is your diet putting you at risk from covid-19?There are many fascinating theories emerging around covid-19 and its seemingly selective nature in terms of severity of response. Naturally, as a...
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1 in 5 people have a reduced ability to process vitamin C Find out if you are one of them and what you can do about it. Vitamin C, often...
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