Healthy Mind, Body & Home

When it comes to heart health and obesity, cholesterol gets a lot of attention. Cholesterol also plays a role in several neural pathways associated with behaviour and mood. Learn more about cholesterol, the different types, and why you need a good balance of HDL and LDL cholesterol.

Many of us have found ourselves more sedentary bound than ever before and working from home due to the current circumstances. Our goal is to provide you with some simple strategies that you can easily implement into your workstation to help improve your comfortability, efficiency, and productivity.

It’s important to reflect and recognise what your screen time is doing for you. Remember that the smartphone and the internet was created to help you, not to swamp you with emails, text messages and stay up to date with the latest notifications that broke the internet. Read about why social media might be getting you down

Learn 5 ways that can help stretch and strengthen your hands! Written by Osteopath Dr Olivia Phillips.

The little table on the back of most packaged products is a cause for confusion for many of us. Sure, this nutrition panel tells us the amount of protein, fat, fibre and sugar in the food we eat, but how do we really know what these numbers mean? Read to find out!

We’ve all been told that we should eat better and exercise more. But what does that really mean and why do so many of us still feel so tired, deflated and stressed?

We have all been affected by COVID-19. It can be easy to get overwhelmed. Our fear, stress and anxiety are constantly triggered by what we see every day on the news and social media. The constant presence of these “stressors” can have a negative effect on our physical and emotional well-being.

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is imperative that all of us take extra steps to make sure that our immune systems are well supported and ready to face any battle!

Choline is an essential micronutrient that is important for maintaining healthy growth and development throughout the lifespan. Choline is particularly important during pregnancy, with higher choline intakes linked to reduced risks of preeclampsia and neural tube defects, as well as supporting fetal growth and brain development.

Zinc is an essential mineral found in many of the cells in our bodies. It is the second most abundant trace mineral in the body, after iron. Zinc plays an important role in the immune system, as well as the structure and function of the skin, mucous membranes in the gut, wound healing and our sense of taste and smell.

How do we actually eat to achieve and maintain healthy skin? Good question. There is so much information out there about how to achieve healthy skin, but it is can be difficult to determine which of these tips and tricks are going to be right for you. The science behind healthy skin is complex but does offer a lot of answers to this widely asked question.

I’m sure you’ve heard the many claims about the health benefits of coconut oil? Is there any truth to these claims and should we be ditching the tried and tested olive oil (extra virgin, of course), for coconut oil?