by Emily Fawell and Lisa Patient | Aug 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
Have you started planning your wellbeing events for the Autumn? We thought you might find it useful to know about the wellbeing themes and awareness days that are coming up so that you can organise your events around them, and we’ve highlighted which of our...
by Emily Fawell and Lisa Patient | May 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Big Poo Review Earlier this year more than 140,000 people took part in the biggest ever UK survey of bowel habits, “The Big Poo Review”. The results have given a great insight into the toilet habits of the nation. But perhaps a bigger goal of the project was to...
by Emily Fawell and Lisa Patient | Nov 15, 2022 | Healthy Foods, Uncategorized
We love this recipe! It includes lots of the foods that form part of our Menopause Diet – soy, oats, linseed, seeds, ginger and spices – all baked into a delicious cake. Here is the recipe: Ingredients 100g soya flour
100g wholemeal flour
100g rolled...
by Emily Fawell and Lisa Patient | May 4, 2021 | Health Issues, Nutrition tips, Uncategorized
What does food mean to you? Is it sustenance? Fuel? A source of pleasure? Food means different things to different people, but we rarely consider it as medicine, least of all when it comes to mental health. The brain and central nervous system are such complicated...
by Lisa Patient | Sep 25, 2020 | Health Issues, Healthy Foods, Uncategorized
As I have a close friend who lost their sight from glaucoma, and am the proud owner of a retired guide dog, I’m acutely aware of the importance of caring for our eyes. The older we get, the poorer our vision. But age is only part of the story – a healthy diet and...
by Lisa Patient | Mar 1, 2018 | Healthy Foods, Uncategorized
More often than not, nutrition news focuses on the health benefits of single foods: for instance, eating broccoli may help protect against cancer. But what we are frequently not told is how some foods make better partners than others. Lisa Patient writes about food...
