Almost a year and a half after our whole world was blown apart by COVID 19 – Workers were sent home to work in isolation at home, the office became a thing of the past – little did we know that we would still be at home with just a distant memory of what the workplace means, and where the workplace is.
Nutrition at Work
Kate Cook’s Wellness Guide – Chapter 2: Could you have diabetes?
Diabetes is increasing on a global scale. Even more concerning is the fact that you could be a sufferer without knowing it. Currently (November 2016) almost 3.6 million people in the UK have been diagnosed with diabetes, with an estimated further million undiagnosed. By 2025 it is estimated that over 4 million people in the UK will be diagnosed diabetic. The majority of these cases (roughly 90 per cent) are Type 2 diabetes.
Kate Cook’s Wellness Guide – Chapter 1: A weighty issue (or, a weighty question)
Does being overweight really matter? Suppose that you realise that you are overweight. Perhaps you have not got back into shape after having children or maybe you have always been a little plumper than you would like. Is it really a problem? Clearly there’s still a lot of research to be done, but it is certain that being overweight isn’t fun and it isn’t clever – and it can be about a lot more than the way you look.
Bounce Back into Life
Although we are far from out of the woods, it is time to start to think of how we might reconstruct our lives after a particularly threateningandstressfultimeformany. Thefirstfewtipsare from me, and rest of these pearls are from Jon – I hope they are useful…
Sugar
Sugar is constantly getting attention in the media, but what exactly is it and is it all bad for us? This year news headlines have included recommendations by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to half our daily sugar intake. We have also seen a proposed […]
Nutrition is a four letter word…
Nutrition is one of those subjects that people don’t want to be “told”. There’s generally too many well-meaning people telling us off about something in modern life, don’t queue here, park there, press 1 for this and 2 for that – and with more and […]
Heart Health for the Heart Month
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 […]
