It doesn’t matter where you are in life, your weight is going to play a factor in your confidence levels. Social media and celebrity culture are mainly the issue, with magazines aimed at girls as young as twelve that tell them how to be healthier, which foods to eat for good skin, toned stomach and which exercises to do for toned thighs. It doesn’t get better as we get older, either, as magazines are written to empower and encourage women to feel good about themselves – and yet later in the same magazine we are presented with weight loss tips and then recipes for healthy eating. It’s mind boggling, trying to keep up with societal expectations of weight. And we are our own worst enemies! We put so much pressure on ourselves to do better with our health and our weight, believing that if we aren’t the perfect size that we are somehow not as worthy as those who are. Losing weight is beneficial to your health, we all know that, but it’s not always beneficial to your mental … [Read more...]

At various times of the year, exercising outside isn’t particularly appealing because it’s too hot, too cold or the weather is just doing weird things that you’d rather avoid. For those of you who would rather walk down the highway nude than enter a gym, this gives you an easy excuse to give up on your fitness goals and become a couch potato for a few weeks, months or even seasons on the year. It shouldn’t! When it comes to exercise there are no excuses. If you can’t keep fit outside and you don’t want to go to the gym, you just have to make the most of exercising indoors. Here are some simple tips to help you with that: Turn on the TV “Say What?” I can hear you yell at the screen. It’s true Tv and exercise have been billed as mortal enemies, but the fact is that, if you’re at home, and you have cable or streaming capabilities, you will be able to find all manner of exercise classes on your TV and watching one of them is going to be a lot better for you than binge-watching Gilmore … [Read more...]

Nutritional supplements are hugely popular with people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds. They take them for a range of reasons too, most of which are to do with improving their health and wellbeing. But do you know about the most common supplements on the market and what they are used for? If not keep reading for the low down. Probiotics Probiotics are nutritional supplements that help your digestive system work at full capacity. They are in fact microorganisms that are naturally occurring in the gut, as well as in certain fermented food types including kimchi, sauerkraut and kombucha. All of which you can make at home if you'd like. The idea is that probiotics are meant to strengthen your digestive system allowing you to properly process the food that you do eat. Something that in turn can reduce issues such as IBS and improve health overall. There are various products that contain probiotics on the market including dairy-based drinks such Actimel and Yakult, as well as … [Read more...]

As we become more attuned to our bodies, their ailments and quirks, we become more motivated to see ourselves fit and healthy. With the media discussing the best diet to be eating, how much we should be drinking and how often we should be enduring gym sessions, knowing what to do for the best in terms of our personal well being can be a bit of a minefield. However, with the emergence of more natural based supplements and remedies, we can rest a little easier knowing that what we are putting into our bodies doesn’t have to be synthetic, chemical or manmade. The environment around us is abundant with plants, flowers and trees that have properties that can be extracted to help us human beings with a range of ailments or to protect us from diseases and illnesses. You don’t always have to reach for the first aid kit to whip out the packet of paracetamol or other generic painkiller. Relying on pills can lessen their efficacy when they are genuinely required. There is an alternative. Take … [Read more...]