Active individuals often require additional support with nutrition, lifestyle, and supplementation to meet both their health needs and performance goals. In this blog, Nutritional Therapist Annie Edwards will discuss how we can support our clients' active health, whether they are already exercising or starting their fitness journey.
To breathe is to live. Although we have a regular need for food to provide energy for life, the body has a more essential, immediate and continuous requirement for oxygen, which is fundamental to energy metabolism and cell survival. Oxygen is chemically indispensable, and the rhythmic, largely unconscious, act of breathing that draws it in not only sustains life but also represents life’s rhy...
Creatine and electrolyte supplements have recently been in the spotlight, with growing interest around their impressive benefits for multiple areas of health. Once seen mainly as a bodybuilder’s secret weapon, new research reveals that creatine’s potential goes far beyond muscle and plays a vital role in supporting energy production, cognitive function, and overall vitality.
Electrolytes, ofte...
Methylation is a key enzymatic process that occurs billions of times a second in every human cell and is important for the proper function of all body systems. In our latest blog, we deep dive into what it is and it's importance for health, well-being and energy.
What is methylation? 1-5
Methylation is a key enzymatic process that occurs billions of times a second in every human cell and is imp...
As we go into a brand-new year, many of us will seize the opportunity for a new start and set goals for the year ahead. Often, these goals will focus on improving our health; be it losing weight, doing more exercise or improving our diet. The temptation can be to jump head-first into a drastic crash diet or gruelling exercise regime, but these are often very restrictive and unsustainable in the...
This article is written by nutritional therapist, health coach and author, Stephanie Moore. With a degree in nutritional medicine and a Masters degree in counselling and psychotherapy, plus a long history as a multi-disciplinary physical therapist, Stephanie combines all three skill sets to help people with many kinds of health issues, both physical and psychological.
The incredible world of t...
As we enter a cost-of-living crisis, we are all feeling extra pressure in our pockets with difficult choices to be made on where our finances are most keenly needed. It can be a time of high stress, where the need to survive can over-ride supporting long-term wellness. However, with increasing pressure on the NHS, it is now more important than ever to focus on health and mental wellbeing to mai...
Walking is one of the safest and most effective forms of exercise to do and regular walking can help to increase energy levels, increasing productivity throughout the day. Building a walk, or several small walks, into your daily routine can encourage good habits and can make significant improvements to your overall health and well-being. The government recommends at least 10,000 steps per day a...
How long do you spend seated each day?
In this blog by guest writer, Bev Alderson, we are going to take a look at why sitting, in particular sitting incorrectly and for prolonged periods, is not great for our health and wellbeing. And of course, what we might practically do about it.
But before we begin, would you like to know exactly how long you sit for?
Juststand.org has a ‘sitting time ca...
Osteoarthritis is a condition characterised by the World Health Organisation as the deterioration of cartilage in joints which results in bones rubbing together and creating stiffness, pain, and impaired movement. The degeneration and loss of cartilage can subsequently lead to alterations of the subchondral (underneath cartilage) bone. It is a reasonably common condition, 80% of adults over 50 ...