Tag: Health

WHY DIETS DONT WORK

The most popular way to produce a negative calorie balance is…. TO DIET. It is assumed that eating fewer calories results in weight loss.  However, over 96% of dieters regain the weight they lost (and often more) after they return to normal eating. SO WHY DONT DIETS WORK? When our calorie intake is reduced, most […]

10/01/2016 | 0 Comments More

The Effects of Hearing Loss

As many people know I’ve lived with hearing loss for several years, and have a first hand knowledge of living with hearing loss and how isolated it can make you feel in situations like group discussions. Virtually no other condition in medicine can have such a profound effect on quality of life as even moderate […]

30/12/2015 | 0 Comments More

5 Festive Health Fridge Tips

The countdown to Christmas and is only days away, which means for many it’s time for the second biggest feast you’re going to eat all year. For a lot of people the Christmas season not only brings presents, goodwill, but also lots of hungry relatives. As we’re entertaining and feeding our families, it can be […]

18/12/2013 | 0 Comments More

7 Steps to a Better Sleep

Much of the research I find is from the US so statistics are from the US, but the percentages here are not much diferent, its just there seems more research done on matters of health in the US than in the UK Are you tired and worn out … and tired of taking sleeping pills? […]

18/12/2013 | 0 Comments More

5 Ways to Improve Your Fertility

If you’re like most people you probably have vague recollections of boring high school chemistry classes when you hear the word, “pH.”  Don’t let chemistry class stop you from accessing one of the greatest factors for health, including your reproductive health–an alkaline diet. Chemistry 101 All you need to know about pH to start reaping […]

25/06/2013 | 0 Comments More

Cancer, we’re coming to get you!

Since Race for Life start in 1994, an incredible six million participants have raised over £493 million, making it the UK’s biggest fight against cancer and the largest women-only fundraising event. Many people are inspired to take part in Race for Life, whether it is to celebrate the survival of cancer or in memory of […]

10/04/2013 | 0 Comments More

Introduction to FITNESS Pilates

Pilates is an exercise technique that was invented for injured dancers nearly a century ago by gymnast Joseph Pilates.  There are many forms of Pilates around today, all based on the original principles. Fitness Pilates is a training option that focuses on the body as a human kinetic chain. By applying the fundamental Pilates technique […]

05/04/2013 | 0 Comments More

Living Costs and Food Survey

Data on purchases and expenditure have been collected by various surveys since 1940 to provide an assessment of the effectiveness of the national food policy at the time.  In 2001, the National Food Survey (NFS) was merged with the Family Expenditure Survey (FES) to form the Expenditure and Food Survey (EFS).  In 2008, the EFS, […]

23/02/2013 | 0 Comments More

Getting Tough on Food & Drink Industry

It may not be the only way to tackle Obesity, but it will raise much needed funds to pay for this epidemic hitting our NHS system.  More and more people are getting expensive operations such as gastric bypass off the NHS and other services being used by Obese people from the NHS that it needs […]

20/02/2013 | 2 Comments More

FAT ENGLAND

We are the fattest country in Europe and getting Fatter! Recent news on the subject of Obesity in the UK naming Tamworth in Staffordshire as the fattest town in the UK has spurred papers and TV to talk more about the subject of how bad our nation is getting but no one seems to be doing […]

20/02/2013 | 0 Comments More