Health and Fitness
Company Promotes Heavier Drinking!
With the familiar sound bites of healthy living in 2007, one company is finding a genuinely effective way of influencing people's drinking habits. A brand new water dispenser service designed for home use has recently been launched by Love Water.
Caudwell Donates Cash To Medics Team
The former Phones 4u boss, entrepreneur John Caudwell, will provide a massive £500K cash donation to the Xtreme Everest medical experiment at the Whittington Hospital NHS Trust today.
Easier Dieting With Low GI Shake
No-one doubts the benefits of a low Gi diet and now switching to low Gi has just got easier with the launch of the new X-Vite Low Gi Shake from diet specialists, BioVite. This revolutionary low Gi meal replacement has a glycaemic index of just 34, making it the lowest on the market and can help you lose up to 10lbs in just three weeks with no hunger pangs, sugar cravings or waning energy levels.
Legal Smoking Age Rises To 18
The government is to raise the legal minimum age to purchase tobacco from 16 to 18 years old, Public Health Minister Caroline Flint announced on Monday. Raising the age of buying tobacco which will come into effect from 1 October 2007, will follow closely on the heels of the introduction of smoke-free public places and workplaces on 1 July 2007. A campaign to raise awareness of the imminent change in age will be launched in the New Year.
New Treatment For Sufferers of Hypertension
A new study has shown that an antioxidant plant extract from the bark of the French maritime pine tree can reduce painful ankle swelling (oedemas), a major side effect of medicines taken by patients with hypertension.
Combat The Common Cold
In the UK we suffer around 120 million colds per year with each adult suffering between two to five colds during ‘the season’ of October – April. Common cold infections are widespread so few people escape each year. While nothing can stop you ‘catching’ a cold, a strong immune system can help you combat it before it takes a hold.
Double Standards Of Overweight Men
As women hit the January diet trail, men are today caught with their pants down, with egos as large as their waistbands. A no-holds-barred national survey shifts the spotlight to male attitudes to weight loss – and the weight of their partners – revealing serious double standards, and a few home truths.
Size Doesn't Matter When Women Shop
As women around the country hit the sales, a new survey by tescodiets.com reveals that nearly 40% of women have bought clothes they knew were too small, promising themselves they would slim into them - with 70% admitting that the items are still hanging in the wardrobe unworn.
More Smokers To Quit In 2007
This year is expected to be the biggest year ever for smokers trying to beat their addiction. A survey for the charity “No Smoking Day”, showed 2.8 million of them will definitely try to stop smoking when England goes smoke-free on July 1, 2007.
Light Diet Could Be Key To Obesity Epidemic
New research demonstrating the link between serotonin levels and our ability to appreciate the salt and bitterness of food explains why carbohydrate cravings and weight gain are so closely associated with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). However, this finding also goes a long way towards explaining the mechanism that links the obesity epidemic with lifestyle changes over the last twenty years.
Dr Gillian McKeith's Shopping Guide
Just exactly where do you buy Aduki Beans? Do you have to fly to Tibet to hand pick Gojiberries? With Dr Gillian McKeith’s Shopping Guide, healthy eating has never been easier. This fantastic guide to food shopping comes in a handbag sized format and includes a handy notebook for jotting down must have ingredients from Gillian’s recipes.
Help Is At Hand For Five A Day
With few of us reaching for our ‘five a day’ fruit and vegetable target, coupled with the proliferation of fast foods and fast lifestyles, it’s no wonder people reach for the supplements in a bid to bring their daily diet back under control.
Turn To Tea For A New Year Health Kick
New Year will see people turning to tea for their post Christmas detox, if past trends continue, says the UK’s favourite tea producer. Last year sales in green teas rose by around 40% and fruit and herbal sales rose by almost 15% during January reflecting the trend for healthy New Year resolutions.
Mobile Service Recognises Inappropriate Download
An instructional video demonstrating how to ‘Make the Perfect Joint’ has been removed after thousands of UK teenagers downloaded the tutorial to their mobile phones. Tocmag (tocmag.com) – the free user-generated mobile content service – moved quickly to delete the offending mobile magazine after a Bristol secondary school teacher alerted them to the problem.
Nuts Crack UK's Snack Market
Nuts, seeds and dried fruit have for many years been palmed off as 'hippy health foods'. Today, however, latest research from Mintel finds sales of these guilt-free snacks set to crash through the £0.5 billion mark by the end of the year, following 50% growth since 2001. But it‘s seeds that have really exploded onto the market, as consumers are now increasingly reaching for what was once considered only good enough for Britain's birds.