Cats are brilliant. I am a cat owner and experience every day how amazing my fluffy female felines are. After 2 years of being a cat Mum I have 10 reasons why we should all be more cat.
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The build up to Christmas gets longer and longer each year and it seems that once the big day is over, there can be an anti-climatic feeling surrounding the festive season. It’s no longer Christmas but it’s not New Year. There are left over selection boxes and tubs of pringles, possibly a box of shortbread and some festive cheese. The TV is alright during the day and so the urge to put your feet up, watch the tele and eat the junk food is overwhelming. And why not? It’s the one socially acceptable time of year to just do nothing.
Being healthy isn’t all about working out the body, to be healthy is to be happy. And what better way to be happy than to laugh?
Laughing is excellent for the body and the mind. There’s a lot of core work involved, it releases endorphins and increases happiness and feelings of wellbeing.
What happens if you’re not feeling happy though? If you’re fed up, having a bad day or are not in the mood?
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I seem to spend my week telling people to brace their core, or telling them which exercises are working the ‘core’. But what IS the ‘core’ and how does working it benefit you?
Nutritional fact of the day: Broccoli contains compounds (isothiocyanates – who doesn’t love that name?!) that switch on a gene in our liver that detoxifies cancer-causing chemicals & other toxins.
Happy Hallowe’en (almost)! This has become a much more celebrated day than it used to be, although we have a long way to go before catching up to our American counterparts. They do throw all their energy into a good hallowe’en celebration, including fancy jack o’lanterns (or pumpkins to us).
We all know that veg is good for us, and up until recently 5 a day was our goal. It is common knowledge: 5 portions of fruit and veg per day to stay healthy.
But what does ‘healthy’ really mean? Why is it so important to have all this veg when supplements are available? And why, when 1 glass of orange juice is 1 portion, is 2 glasses not 2 portions?