Health and Fitness
Blackstrap Molasses – A beginners guide
Meridian Foods’ Blackstrap Molasses is one of their many healthy products – naturally better for you. But what is blackstrap molasses; is it good for us and how can we eat it? Nutrition expert Patrick Holford and Food and Health consultant Christine Bailey answer some questions to discover the mystery.
A healthier Christmas pudding
Christmas is coming, and the goose is getting fat…. The old rhyme is a timely reminder, not only that the season of Christmas is approaching, but that it may be time to think about healthy Christmas alternatives. With the alarming increase of obesity, now is the time to change your cooking methods and prepare the pud that’s good for your heart, as well the heart’s delight!
New York Body Plan promises a waist in 2 weeks
With waists the ‘look’ this season, celebrity fitness & wellness trainer David Kirsch’s Ultimate New York Body Plan will not only give you a great waist in just 14 days, but also help you lose up to two dress sizes - so you can wear figure-hugging fashion with confidence.
Prepare for the party season with Holland & Barrett
It’s that time of year again – decorations everywhere and diaries brimming with party dates. Your social life may be healthy, but the associated over-indulgences of alcohol can leave your body in an entirely different state.
Prebiotics combat childhood Obesity
A new study which found prebiotics can help combat childhood obesity was today welcomed by Works With Water. Research from the US has found that a daily supplement of prebiotics can help adolescents maintain an appropriate body weight by regulating the appetite and reducing energy intake.
Bottled sunshine helps offset winter blues
Shorter days and cold weather make most of us feel more tired and gloomy but the outlook for people prone to Seasonal Affective Disorder is even darker.
Don't let bruising scare you out of exercise
A new survey* reveals that over 40% of people are put off sports by the prospect of injury. But if bravery came without bruises, Brits would favour fencing (28%), kick boxing (27%) and pole dancing (25%), followed by ice hockey (9%), Lacrosse (6%) and water polo (5%). And its not just nerves that get in the way, it seems many people have a distorted view of sporting dangers as 45% consider rugby to be more hazardous than boxing (36%)!
Put off that eye test at your peril warns specs site
Best4glasses.co.uk has called for two yearly eye tests to be made mandatory for motorists following claims that many are behind the wheel with dangerously impaired vision*. Experts at the ‘£10 a throw’ specs site say road safety association GEM Motoring Assist’s** recent claim that many drivers eyesight had significantly degraded was scarily accurate.
Cardiovibe - A new gym experience
Joe Shepherd and partner Anthony Smith, continue to push the boundaries at excerciseshop by launching ‘Cardiovibe.’ Cardiovibe, a unique cross training style class (for four to eight people) is a combination of challenging cardiovascular exercise in the form of spinning, rowing and treadmill, and includes vibrogym training.
Tantalise your taste buds with a fruit smoothie
Ski Activ8 has teamed up with Celebrity Fitness Trainer, Cornel Chin to create four new energizing fruit smoothie drinks. Cornel’s personal favourite is the Berry Fruity for its sumptuous combination of fresh pineapple, raspberries blackberries and blueberries mixed with Ski Activ8 Variety yogurt.
Wholegrains are the new you
New year, new diet? If you are really serious about your health, then go for a whole new start by eating more wholegrain foods as part of a balanced diet. The HGCA is encouraging everyone to follow the ‘wholegrain week diet’ by incorporating wholegrains into each mealtime.
Beverley Knight sings praises of new super food
Soul singer sensation Beverley Knight sings the praises of the superfood Spirulina which she believes helps her to stay fit, healthy and well. Knight, 33, follows a strict fitness regime to keep her strong and agile to meet the demands of her successful music career.
Nearly one in four never break from work
Almost one in four, 23%, full time British workers never take a break from work and 7% do not even take a holiday, according to new research from Legal & General.
A quick-fix for brides-to-be
West London-based fitness consultancy Beez Kneez has launched Platinum Brides, a realistic, affordable programme that guarantees fabulous hair, skin and body for brides-to-be, with no gym and no dieting.
Will you be ‘on the move’?
Villagers across Mendip are going to be On The Move from next week. As part of a new healthy lifestyle initiative, Mendip District Council has teamed up with Peter Grosjean, a UK athletics qualified coach and qualified fitness and circuits instructor, to bring exercise out of the leisure centres and into the rural areas of Mendip.