Health and Fitness
Nicole Richie Isn’t Only Driver Under Influence
US “celebrity” Nicole Richie may be facing a jail sentence if she is found guilty of driving under the influence of drugs, after being arrested last week as she was allegedly found driving the wrong way down a busy Los Angeles freeway. Nicole, daughter of soul legend Lionel Richie, reportedly confessed to arresting officers that she had earlier taken a mixture of marijuana and the strong painkiller Vicodin.
Natural Resolution Solutions
If slimming, curbing your appetite and detox are among your New Year’s health resolutions, then a little natural help is at hand. By working with your body to stimulate natural responses, supplements can support you in your health resolutions naturally and gently.
Minister Spearheads Physical Activity Initiatives
A Package of measures to help inactive people become fitter have been unveiled by Public Health Minister Caroline Flint, in her first physical activity announcement since taking up her new role to improve the nation's fitness.
Beat the January Blues
With Christmas and New Year festivities behind us, some people find January a bit of an anti-climax and even a gloomy month. Yet it doesn’t have to be that way. How we feel is really up to us... and the things we do influence how we feel. Here are some tips for achieving a positive start to 2007, courtesy of the Association for Coaching.
Learn To Love Your Sprouts!
Its official: Britain is a nation of sprout-eaters! Despite what you might think, sprouts are one of the nation's most widely eaten vegetables. Research out today reveals that 75% of Brits say they eat sprouts, 81% of whom cook with them.
What Women Dread Most At Christmas
Forget the in-laws, the shopping or the endless meal preparation, what nearly a quarter of women dread most about Christmas is trying to resist all that extra food. According to a new survey by tescodiets.com, resisting festive goodies is nearly seven times as bad as having to cook Christmas lunch (3%), three times as bad as having the relatives to stay (8%) and even worse than doing all the Christmas shopping (22%).
You Are What You Eat In 2007
‘You Are What You Eat’ has just got bigger as Gillian McKeith is back with a brand new series of hour-long episodes. The dinky diet detective has traveled the UK holding open auditions to find more desperate cases, and now she’s found them, they’ve got a very big shock in store!
Britons in denial about growing old
Britons are refusing to face the reality of old age and are leaving the UK at the mercy of a caring time bomb.
IBS Girl Will Say ‘No' To Turkey This Xmas
Erica Hadley, will be sitting down to her first Christmas dinner in eight years knowing the food on her plate won’t be making her ill. The 24-year old Barnsley girl was living, day-to-day with a chronic case of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) until a food intolerance test revealed turkey as one of the foods that was making her ill.
Low Starch Diet Could Help IBS Sufferers
Carol Sinclair suffered from irritable bowel syndrome for most of her life. After watching a documentary in 1986 on food allergies she gave up eating starch and experienced immediate relief. When Carol discovered that IBS was also a symptom of an arthritic disease called Ankylosing Spondylitis, it explained the chronic back pain she had been suffering for most of her life.
There’s Nothing Fishy About Omega-3 Fruit Burst
Research indicates that Omega-3 is essential for our children’s growing minds, however getting them to take it regularly can be a problem – often because of the lingering fishy taste.
Give Your Body A New Year Boost
As the cold weather sets in, start preparing your immune system with a natural formula that can help to reduce the symptoms of a cold and boost the immune system.
Low Starch Diet Could Help IBS Sufferers
Carol Sinclair suffered from irritable bowel syndrome for most of her life. After watching a documentary in 1986 on food allergies she gave up eating starch and experienced immediate relief. When Carol discovered that IBS was also a symptom of an arthritic disease called Ankylosing Spondylitis, it explained the chronic back pain she had been suffering for most of her life.
Kick Your Habit’s Butt! You Can Stop Smoking
From the author of the NHS Giving Up For Life and with a foreword by Richard Branson, this is a personalised plan that’ll help you quit for good and reclaim your life. You Can Stop Smoking this January – for good! There’s never been a better time to quit smoking.
1 In 10 Attacked By Female Drinkers
Almost one in ten people said they had been physically attacked by a woman who appeared to them to be drunk, according to a survey commissioned for BBC Three. The survey results will be revealed on Bashing Booze Birds at 9pm on Sunday 10 December when Nicky Taylor from the critically-acclaimed Booze Bird aims to expose the real level of female alcohol-fuelled violence.