Fitness & Health

Practical exercise scheduling tips for busy mums 

Exercise benefits your health and body by lowering your chances of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes and improving your mood, increasing your strength, and making moving about easier in general. However, clingy children and hectic daily schedules can affect the effectiveness of your workout before, during, and after your session. Jumping right into an activity without adequate energy and…
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How to support the man in your life: male hair loss, potential causes and treatment options

Most men will experience some level of hair loss in their lives. The most common condition is called androgenetic alopecia, and it is a genetic condition; however, there are other conditions or events that can cause hair loss in men. Nearly all men will experience some form of hair loss by the time they reach their sixties, although the amount of hair loss itself will vary, and so for some men, it…
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3 Tips to ensure our teeth are strong and healthy throughout life

Dental health is so important at all stages of your life, whether you are a toddler with milk teeth, a young adult, or are becoming more elderly. Once you get your ‘adult’ teeth at around the age of 8, you are stuck with these for life and don’t get any natural replacements. Unlike sharks, which can grow new sets of teeth if their old ones fall out, humans just get one shot, so you must look…
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Child's Health: The benefits of early orthodontic treatment

You might have heard about early orthodontics as an effective tooth straightening option for children. This enables them to have the best smile possible from a young age, but there are so many more advantages to early orthodontics than meets the eye. In this article, we’ll be discussing the benefits of early orthodontic treatment to ensure your child has optimal dental health now and into the…
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Everything you need to know about Collagen as a supplement

Have you heard about collagen? To tell you the truth, until a few weeks ago, I didn’t know much about collagen as a supplement and I was surprised to hear all about it recently during a health conference. The term collagen comes from the Greek word ‘glue’ and it’s the most ample protein in the body and collagen is the main component for muscles,tendons, skin, bones, hair…
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The power of essential oils

These past months have been unusual to say the least, including the lack of opportunity to visit health professionals which has led us to look for natural ways to keep us in good shape. Essential oils are now more popular than ever. This blog explores the power of essential oils to heal us from various medical issues. Plants have been used for medical, beauty care, culinary uses, spiritual…
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5 Reasons to brush with toothpaste

While many of us brush twice daily to ensure we stay on top of our dental hygiene, one question that often pops up is whether or not we should use toothpaste. Today, we’ll be discussing 5 reasons to brush with toothpaste so you can ensure you have optimal dental health. Of course, if you ever find yourself in a situation where you don’t have any toothpaste, the act of brushing with water will…
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Mental Health assessments

Everyone experiences episodes where they are unable to make decisions, whether they are tired and overworked, or an illness has impaired their mental capacity. Patients are defined as unable to make sound decisions when: they are unable to retain information long enough, they don’t understand the decision that is being asked of them, or if they are severely mentally disabled. To assess a…
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Reintegration anxiety: tips to support emotional wellbeing to bust post-pandemic stress 

I think I can speak for the majority of parents when I say that the pandemic has been stressful trying to manage online schooling, smart-working, while keeping a decent level of fitness and healthy habits to prevent depression. Lack of motivation has been a key thing too, linked to the lack of socialisation. We are social creatures and we need other people to function at our best. Yet now that…
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How do we clean in 2021

If lockdown has had any single benefit to our lives, it’s that it has made us far more conscious about cleanliness and hygiene. It’s hard to believe that it was not two years ago when someone may have gone from the supermarket to the bus to the home – all without the thought of sanitising their hands or wearing a mask. The rush for cleaning products caused empty shelves across the country…
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