Health Blog

We share these top ten trusted health tips for you to follow that won't take too much effort to incorporate into your daily life. 

There are five for the mornings and five for the evenings...

Many people are unknowingly harming their hearts through everyday habits.

From sleep to stress levels, the impact of these habits can be more significant than you think and could even be putting your cardiovascular health at risk.

We list five of these potential heart harming habits...

Warts are commonly found skin conditions of small skin growths that can be painful and unsightly.

The good news is that warts are usually harmless and can be resolved quickly and without stinging or pain.

Fiber is found in those hard to digest parts of plants - namely fruits and vegetables, legumes and pulses, nuts and seeds and legumes.

The daily recommended intake of fiber is one and a half ounces a day - but are you managing to meet this amount?

It can go a long way to improving your blood pressure as well as helping to ensure your have regular bowel movements and preventing the appearance of hemorrhoids.

But there are many more benefits...

Whatever our age, we all want to continue to look as young as possible.

While our chronological age is measured in years, our biological age will reflect how old our body really is.  And this can be influenced by several factors:

• Our genes.
• Our lifestyle.
• Our environment.

As we grow older, this does not always have to mean feeling older or acting older!

Skin tags are small, harmless growths that hang from the skin.. 

They are made of collagen and blood vessels, and are usually the same color as the skin. 

Skin tags are also known as acrochordons.

We share more information about skin tags and how you can tackle their appearance.

Eczema, also known as atopic dermatitis, is a chronic skin condition that can affect adults as well as children.  It is also common during pregnancy.

It is characterized by itchy, inflamed patches of skin.  These can ooze and flareup.

Eczema is the most common type of dermatitis and can be caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors.

However busy our lives are, everyone can spare five minutes!

And with just five minutes, we can try one of these exercises - and build up from there to get fit with the minimum of effort...

As we get older, move to another part of the country or even move to another country completely, we might find that we have lost touch with some of our old friends...

We share some tips on how to revive those old friendships - that is if we want to!

Some people call them Hemorrhoids while others will refer to them as Piles but whatever the name, these are basically swollen veins in the rectum and anus that lead to bleeding, pain and discomfort - and three out of four adults will have hemorrhoids from time to time. 

We share the symptoms to look out for and what you can do about them...