How do you get Vitamin D? Sunshine and diet are most common. However just 10 per cent of vitamin D is available through diet and during the months of October to May in the UK, the sun’s UVB rays aren’t strong enough for the skin to synthesise into vitamin D, even on a sunny day…. Read more
Top Tips For A Happy Healthy Christmas
At this time of year, despite our intentions not to go crazy and let go of our health foundations, Christmas is a time of excess which we often pay for as we return to our desks in January sluggish and having let out a belt size – what can we do to mitigate the excesses… Read more
5 Steps To A Healthy Heart
According to the NHS, someone in the UK has a heart attack every two minutes and one in three of those people die within 24 hours of the attack. But it doesn’t have to be that way – the majority of heart attacks in people under the age of 75 are avoidable. Do you have… Read more
Nutrition – your major tool to an improved bottom line
Sometimes we find that even companies that do invest in workplace restaurants can do better in providing food that actually empowers their staff. Often the message of Healthy eating is banged home – but healthy eating is a boring topic likely to get people to rebel and make other choices. It can come across as… Read more
The Easter Bunny spreads a little happiness but puts Staff under pressure
The first signs of Spring are upon us – we are already seeing lighter evenings and the beginnings of the morning sun. After living like moles in the dark for winter these small signs of hope are a blessing for many who find the winter a real challenge in terms of health and wellbeing. Spring is… Read more
How a Nutritionist can affect your bottom line
The Company Restaurant (what we used to call The Canteen) is a place where companies can squander money because they haven’t thought through what benefit this valuable resource can offer employees. Could a nutritionist affect your bottom line? Nutrition and food is the foundation for health, energy, vitality – it helps us maintain our stamina… Read more
VUCA world – Rene Carayol Speaks…
The most consistent and overriding theme, has been that of VUCA world – Volatile, Unpredictable, Complex and Ambiguous. As ever, the Americans have coined this phrase to describe the unsettled times we find ourselves in at the moment. I have yet to find a region or an organisation that are not subject to the… Read more
