We’re eating more protein than ever, but do we actually need so much?

We’re eating more protein than ever, but do we actually need so much?

If there’s one nutritional piece of advice that seems set in stone, it’s that we need to eat more protein. According to one report, more than 60 percent of us actively try to eat more. Since it can be unappetizing (and for some, abhorrent) to have three chicken breasts for breakfast, some food companies have … Read more

How exercise helped me reconnect with my teenager daughter

How exercise helped me reconnect with my teenager daughter

As you get older you feel a bit silly going to the gym and silly learning to swim. That was one of the reasons the women-only element of this swim class really mattered to me, if it had been a mixed class I would have been so embarrassed to go. Actually, even when I knew … Read more

How exercise transformed my experience of cancer

How exercise transformed my experience of cancer

Furthermore, the trials also found that exercise could reduce the side effects of chemotherapy and even prevent the cancer from spreading and coming back, thus increasing the chances of long-term survival. Far from being an outlier, this trial adds to a large body of evidence showing the benefits of staying active for cancer patients. In … Read more

The surprising exercise every over 50 should do to improve strength (and brain power)

The surprising exercise every over 50 should do to improve strength (and brain power)

NHS figures show that around one in three adults over the age of 65 will have at least one fall a year, says physiotherapist Katie Knapton, while half of people over the age of 80 will have at least one fall a year. In 2013, figures from the National Institute for Excellence in Health and … Read more

How to exercise safely after you’ve had Covid

How to exercise safely after you’ve had Covid

I spent the first two weeks of January in bed, isolating myself in my room because I had tested positive for covid. On the 11th, I put on my sneakers and decided to celebrate my newfound freedom with a jog through my local park. Before Christmas, I had been building my stamina through the NHS’s … Read more

Did you grow up in the 80s or 90s? How to ditch your messed-up mindset when it comes to food

Did you grow up in the 80s or 90s? How to ditch your messed-up mindset when it comes to food

If you came of age in the 1980s and 1990s, you will no doubt remember the crazy diet culture of that era. The Beverly Hills Diet, first published in 1981, advocated eating only grapes on Tuesdays, while the Cabbage Soup Diet, well, you can probably guess. Meanwhile, we were also encouraged to over-exercise and incredibly … Read more

Duchess of Cambridge to read CBeebies Bedtime Story for Children’s Mental Health Week

Duchess of Cambridge to read CBeebies Bedtime Story for Children’s Mental Health Week

She suggested that the BBC television crew use the garden of her London home to create the cozy studio, filmed sitting cross-legged on the floor and speaking directly into the camera. The books are still being printed at HarperCollins, and are expected to benefit from the surge in sales that follows anything the Duchess inadvertently … Read more