Health Blog

We all know how important it is for us to get a good night's sleep, helping you to improve your help, boosting your mood and your brain function, keeping your heart healthy, reducing your stress levels and even helping to maintain a healthy weight.

If you can get a good night's sleep, you will have a win/win situation.

But so many will suffer from insomnia, finding it hard to go to sleep or waking up several times during the night. Others will lie awake for hours or wake up too early unable to get back to sleep again.

How can you improve your sleeping habits so that your quality of life is restored once more?

We share six tips for better sleep...

Stair climbing is a unique form of exercise that can have a powerful and positive impact on your health over time.

Like regular walking, climbing the stairs every day is key to improved health.

Nail biting is a surprisingly common habit that usually starts in childhood, usually around the age of ten.  While some children will soon grow out of this habit, others will carry on with this distressing habit into adulthood.

Officially known as onychophagia, it is what psychologists call a body focused repetitive behavior or BFRB.

Find out more about this habit and what can be done to kick it.

Most of us are fortunate indeed to have two strong hardworking hands that are kept busy throughout the day and yet, do we give their welfare a second thought?

Whether we are doing the household chores, working in the garage or the garden or subjecting our hands to lots of water, we do need to give them some TLC (tender loving care) – and regularly.

Falling can become a real problem especially as you age.

It is said that one third of those over the age of 65 will fall at least once a year.

Over the age of 80 and that can rise to fifty percent.

Accidents involving falling are the second biggest cause of death by accidental injury - only exceeded by road accidents.

We share some suggestions on how the reduce the risk...

 We have all heard the saying about "getting our beauty sleep" and there is more than a grain of truth in that.

But there are several bad habits that might be undoing the good of our beauty sleep...

We all know that saying about "An apple a day keeping the doctor away"!  Well a banana has even more to offer than the apple.  Find out about all the benefits that eating bananas can provide...

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

We all know how convenient face wipes can be for cleaning the face and removing make-up - especially when travelling or on the go.

But could they actually be causing you harm?

There are drawbacks from using face wipes...

Many of us will think of coconut oil as a useful good fat, and especially in baking, while others are starting to learn about the numerous health benefits when consumed.

But did you know that coconut oil can be a wonderful tool in caring for our teeth and gums too?