Image via Wikipedia Obesity Obesity is a medical condition that is characterized by the extent of an excess of body fat that negatively affects a persons health. An obese person will have a BMI of more than 30kg/m2, whereas someone who is overweight but not obese will have a BMI of 25kg/m2 but less [...] Read more »
Nutritional Health
Nutritional Health Healthy Choices The term Nutritional Health, implies that our health status is in someway reliant on our nutritional intake. There is a very well known saying “you are what you eat”. In other words if you eat healthy nourishing food you will heave a healthy well nourished body, but if you eat junk [...] Read more »
Probiotics
Probiotics We hear on a daily basis through media advertising, that probiotics are necessary to build a strong immune system, but what does this mean and how can we ensure that we don’t get caught up in media hype? Most people are totally unaware that there are 100 trillion bacteria, weighing a total of 3 [...] Read more »
Lose Weight
Lose Weight It is not unusual for people who are overweight to make the excuse that they can’t lose weight so there is no point trying. Losing weight is not for the feint hearted. It demands life style changes and discipline and can take many months to achieve your goal. However if you are serious [...] Read more »
Antioxidant
What is an Antioxidant? An antioxidant is basically something that reverses the effects of oxidation. Although oxygen is a vital nutrient needed by every cell in the body every second of the day, it is also chemically reactive and highly dangerous. In normal biochemical reactions oxygen can become unstable and capable of oxidizing neighboring molecules. [...] Read more »
Joint Health
Joint Health Joint health is something we all become acutely aware of as we get older. Morning stiffness, rheumatic-type aches and pains, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow and arthritis are just a few of the conditions that we may encounter. Most people will see these conditions as a “to be expected” part of aging. They will [...] Read more »
Nutritional Supplements
Nutritional Supplements The question of when nutritional supplementation is necessary for optimal wellness is a difficult one, not simply whether the person needs nutritional supplements, but what supplements would help their condition and aid their recovery. In order be certain what supplements are required it is often a good idea to book a session with [...] Read more »
Chronic Pain
Chronic Pain It is estimated that that there are at least 6 million people in the UK alone, who suffer from chronic pain on a daily basis. The most prevalent causes are arthritis, neck shoulder and back pain and recurrent headaches. These conditions are now so common that they are seen as an inevitable part [...] Read more »
Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 Vitamin B12 is a member of the vitamin B complex group, all of which are vital for mental health. Deficiency in any of the 8 B vitamins will very quickly affect the way you feel and think. These B vitamins are water soluble and rapidly pass out of the body and so we [...] Read more »
Stevia
Stevia Stevia is an extremely sweet, non calorific herb that has been used as a sweetener and flavour enhancer for centuries. Unfortunately its use within the USA has been virtually impossible in recent years due to the fact that it has been handled as if it were an illegal drug. However more recently it has [...] Read more »