Health Blog

Spices can be very helpful for their calming and comforting properties as well as many other health benefits.  Find out more...

If you have been diagnosed with the skin condition known as psoriasis, you need to be aware that you are at risk of developing psoriatic arthritis.  

In fact, an estimated thirty percent of those with psoriasis can go on to develop this further condition which is a chronic and progressive form of inflammatory arthritis, causing joint pain, stiffness and swelling. These symptoms can come and go - depending on how severe the condition is in a particular case.

However, there is some good news in that if it can be diagnosed early, this helps to reduce the risk of any permanent bone or joint damage.

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere with cold winters, it can be more of a challenge to stay fit and healthy between the months of November and March until the weather starts to warm up again.

We share ten of our top tips Top tips to make it easier for you to stay fit and healthy - and cheerful!

In an earlier post, we wrote about how climbing the stairs was good for your heart health.  In fact, if you can make the effort to climb just fifty stairs each and every day, this action could slash your risk of heart disease by twenty percent. 

We pointed out that many people (as they get older) try to avoid stairs, often choosing to move into a home without stairs if they can when a flight of stairs can actually be your friend!  

When you have arthritis, the knees are often one of the areas most affected. 

In some sufferers, it becomes serious enough to warrant a knee replacement of one or even both knees.  But in others, doing the right sort of exercise can be extremely helpful...

We recently wrote about infrared sauna in which we covered all the benefits you can enjoy.  At the end of the post, we mentioned that it was even possible to follow the typical Scandinavian habit of immersing yourself in icy water after your sauna when you have an ice bath set up close by! 

Now it is time to share some information of the benefits of that ice bath!

Rheumatoid Arthritis is a common chronic disease affecting so many worldwide. 

It causes joint pain swelling and inflammation, beginning at any age but more likely between the years thirty and fifty becoming most common among those in their seventies.