Category Archives: Health
Why does junk food taste so good?
I write this while munching on a bag of crisps. We all know by now what foods are healthy and those that are not so healthy. The latest National Diet and Nutrition survey shows, however, that we are still ignoring this and opting for too much sugar, salt and saturated fats. This news happened to coincide with my daughter asking me the question: “Why is it the foods that are bad for us are the ones that taste the nicest?”
Read more...Fancy being a 95-year-old athlete?
As you get older ageing can become less and less appealing, but if 95-year-old Olga Kotelko is anything to go by perhaps we should all look at getting older through her eyes.
Read more...First born children
Are you a first born girl in your family? If you are, chances are you’ll be the most ambitious and qualified out of all your family then. This is according to groundbreaking research from…
Read more...Daydream: It’s the secret to looking and feeling younger
Do you while away time daydreaming about becoming the next leader of the free world or imagining everyone applauding as you take to the stage the globe’s biggest rock star? Well, apparently you could be doing yourself a favour, because giving our brains time to float away is actually good for us.
Read more...It’s getting too easy to stay still
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to stay active in modern society, as a new report has highlighted.
Read more...Dedicated, but disgusting!
It appears TV doctor Michael Michael Mosley will do almost anything in the name of medical science and this time he has really surpassed himself!
Read more...Bugs for tea
Insects are on the menu, and not just for Halloween.
Read more...You can look younger every day
There are stories in the news almost every day about new treatments that claim to make you look younger – from plastic surgery to eating superfoods. Whatever happened to growing old gracefully?
Read more...Are you a meal for mosquitoes?
We’ve all been there: you go to bed on the first night of your holidays and one of you wakes up looking like Super Ted’s sidekick (Spotty, for those of you who aren’t children of the Eighties). One of you gets off scot-free.
Read more...Get in the garden: it’s good for your soul
While the seasoned gardener will know exactly the virtues of why gardening is a wonderful pastime, novices out there might be yet to really appreciate what getting outdoors with your secateurs can really do for your well-being.
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