by Emily Fawell and Lisa Patient | May 22, 2020 | Health Issues, Healthy Foods
At first glance, it may seem unlikely that your diet would affect your mental health, and yet it is not that far-fetched if you think about it on a chemical level. Our brain needs chemicals (i.e. nutrients) for structural as well as functional purposes and where would...
by Emily Fawell and Lisa Patient | May 4, 2020 | Healthy Foods, Nutrition tips
A Guide to Omega-3 Fats When there is talk about fats, omega-3 fats get a lot of press. They seem to be the main reason for us to eat fish. “Omega-3” is sometimes printed on egg cartons. You can buy them as supplements. But what’s so special about them? How are they...
by Emily Fawell and Lisa Patient | Apr 3, 2020 | Health Issues, sugar
What a surreal time we are experiencing right now. Are you finding life more stressful than usual at the moment or, despite the seriousness of the situation, less? Because, in many ways, for some, it could be less stressful. No more commuting, business trips,...
by Emily Fawell and Lisa Patient | Mar 9, 2020 | Health Issues, Nutrition tips, Women's Health
Much as we need and love our hormones, they can cause women a lot of upheaval. Years of pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) symptoms (ranging from a reliably returning pimple on your forehead to excruciating cramps, tender breasts, mood swings and even back pain) are...
by Emily Fawell and Lisa Patient | Jan 30, 2020 | Health Issues
Statistics tell us that over the last 50 years we have been getting a lot better at keeping people with heart disease alive – but we don’t seem to have made much progress in preventing its occurrence in the first place. That seems odd, considering that everybody knows...
