Category Archives: Health
The Veg Box Phenomenon
Door-step delivery of consumable goods has come a long way since…
Read more...‘Check Your Bananas Day’
In today’s society we are regularly bombarded by all sorts of awareness campaigns, some sensible, and some just plain bonkers.
Read more...Bounce yourself fit
Just when you think you’ve got yourself settled into a new workout routine, another fitness trend comes along.
Read more...Sweet school lunch memories
When you look back on school dinner what do you remember? For me, it was delicious cornflake tart, sticky with syrup and sweet with jam, ladled with lashings of yellow custard (with skin and lumps if you were lucky!). I also recall spam fritters, which were dished up with scraps (of batter) on the side. The fritters were disgusting, the scraps were good.
Read more...Get set to join the TRX trend
Despite the concept having been developed by Navy Seals back in the 1800s, TRX has recently burst into the fashionable world of fitness. Chances are you have come across people talking about it, and working out when they’re going to get their next fix. But what is TRX?
Read more...Park life
There’s a fitness phenomenon sweeping the globe.
Read more...Bring on the yoga!
Yoga could be as good for your health as aerobics or brisk walking, a new study suggests. The study, published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, looked at how the mind-body practice of yoga could be used by cardiac patients who were unable to take part in more physically challenging forms of exercise. It found that in terms of preventing heart disease: “Yoga may provide the same benefits in risk factor reduction as traditional physical activity such as cycling or …
Read more...Britain’s first national sperm bank
Britain’s first national sperm bank has opened at Birmingham Women’s Hospital with a mission to make it easier for couples and single parents seeking donor sperm.
Read more...A paralysed man walks across a bridge
It’s a warm day, a man walks across a bridge in Wroclaw, Poland with some support from a frame.
Read more...Why a fart is good for the heart
I must admit, I do get the odd bit of flatulence…much to the disgust of the rest of my family. The reason I am sharing this information is because I have finally been given a licence to let rip.
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