25 Dec

LUMIE BODY CLOCKS CAN HELP EARLY MORNING AND SHIFT WORKERS COPE MUCH BETTER WITH BALANCING NIGHT AND DAY. Waking up at a time that does not correspond with your biologically programmed internal clock can over time have a hugely detrimental effect on the quality and quantity of sleep. Lumie Body Clocks, by helping to reset our biological clocks in harmony with our individual wake sleep patterns, enable early morning and shift workers to cope far better with early starts and night and working.
25 Dec

NATURAL PAIN RELIEF FOR TENDONITIS. Tendonitis is an inflammatory condition causing acute or chronic pain localised in the tendons usually the result of a strain. To soothe the inflammation when it occurs apply cold to the painful area to decrease swelling and compress to control swelling. The Homedics range of Hot Cold Magnotherapy Wraps are designed to apply either hot or cold therapy enhanced by the healing properties of magnetic therapy and wrap snugly around the area of pain.
25 Dec

DO YOU FIND YOURSELF DRAINED OF ENERGY, MORE FATIGUED AND MORE LISTLESS AS WE APPROACH AUTUMN AND WINTER? As days get shorter and nights longer our sleep wake patterns get completely out of sync with our internal body clocks. The result is low energy, moodiness, a constant feeling of listlessness and drowsiness. LUMIE BODYCLOCKS help reset your internal bodyclock in perfect tune with your sleep wake patterns with an amazing increase in energy to help you carry on when you get home in the evening instead of collapsing into a slump on the sofa!
25 Dec

YOUR KITCHEN HAND TOWEL COULD TYPICALLY HARBOUR 1000 TIMES MORE BACTERIA THAN THE AVERAGE TIOLET SEAT! That's because kitchen towels are ideal breeding grounds for bacteria to multiply. Tests show that bacteria on a hand towel can multiply from just one to 100 billion in just one average week!
25 Dec

CAN OMEGA3 FLAX SEED OILS HELP BEAT DEPRESSION? Omega3 Flax Seed Oil may also have a therapeutic effect against depression by inhibiting nerve pathways in a similar way to the drug lithium. In a small double blind study involving 20 people with major depression those taking 2g daily of omega3 oil in addition to their medication showed significant improvements within two weeks when compared with those taking a placebo.
25 Dec

CAN YOGA HELP MAKE YOU SLIM? While Yoga wont burn calories like jogging or cycling, yoga will help to increase your muscle ratio and therefore make it easier for your body to burn fat and speed up your metabolism.
25 Dec

AROMATHERAPY COULD HELP CURB YOUR CRAVINGS FOR FOOD! Smell plays a large part in how food tastes. Some essential oils such as spearmint, lemon or vanilla can help keep food cravings at bay.
25 Dec

A CELL THAT LACKS UBIQUINONE Q10 COMMONLY KNOWN AS COENZYME Q10 IS LIKE AN ENGINE WITHOUT A SPARK PLUG. Depleted levels of Ubiquinone Q10 can result in lower energy levels but supplements such as BIO QUINONE Q10 help maximise natural energy production to provide a long lasting kind of energy that gets you going from the time you wake, till you go to bed at night.
25 Dec

LOWER YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE AND STRENGTHEN YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM WITH YOGA AND MEDITATION. Studies show that Yoga and Meditation gets rid of stress related killer chemicals, helps lower blood pressure and strengthen your immune system.
25 Dec

STATINS BLOCK THE BODYS ABILITY TO MAKE UBIQUINONE Q10 COMMONLY KNOWN AS COENZYME Q10. Whilst Statins lower LDL cholesterol levels they also create a dramatic drug induced depletion of UBIQUINONE 10 or COQ10 vital to maintain and support energy levels, heart health, mental health, a strong immune system and good dental health.
25 Dec

WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BREATHLESS? Research at Birmingham and Loughborough Universities have established that a major cause of breathlessness is the weakness of the muscles we use to breathe to expand the chest and draw breath. Research has shown that people who exercise and strengthen these muscles known as inspiratory muscles feel less breathless and find they are able to do things that previously left them gasping for breath.
25 Dec

LUTEIN AND ZEAXANTHIN THE ONLY TWO CAROTENOID ANTIOXIDANTS VITAL FOR EYE LENS AND MACULA HEALTH. The macular pigment composed of Lutein and Zeaxanthin functions as a colour filter to protect the light sensitive photoreceptor cells responsible for visual acuity from UV free radical damage and long term eyesight deterioration.
25 Dec

THERE ARE MANY CAUSES OF BREATHLESSNESS INCLUDING EMPHYSEMA, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, CYSTIC FIBROSIS, MS, MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AND STROKE. Breathing exercise with POWERBREATHE helps strengthen inspiratory muscle function, reducing breathlessness and increasing stamina and endurance.
25 Dec

NEW FOCUS SUBLINGUAL SPRAY THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE AND SUREST SOURCE OF LUTEIN AND ZEAXANTHIN AVAILABLE. After the age of 40, absorption of nutrients from tablets or capsules via the gastrointestinal system reduces significantly. With Lutein and Zeaxanthin its not how much you take but how much your body absorbs that is important which is why NEW FOCUS SUBLINGUAL SPRAY ensures the best uptake and absorption from each therapeutic dose.
25 Dec

EATING WITH HANDS NOT PROPERLY WASHED AND DRIED IS DANGEROUS So says a recent Canadian study into personal hygiene and cross contamination. Wash hands with soap and water especially between the fingers. When drying use a disposable paper towel or a woven HYGI Hand Towel so as not to smear bacteria back on to your freshly washed hands!