Health
Body awareness and self esteem tips!
As it’s National Body Awareness Week, we’ve found this article with some tips for parents on how to foster positive body awareness and good self esteem in children. There are many ways that parents can foster positive body image and strong self-esteem in their children. If you are at all concerned about your child’s body [...] Read more...
Active children = healthy children
Read this Better Health article for some great suggestions for keeping your children healthy & active! Do you have any suggestions? Leave a comment! Kids love to be active. Making physical activity a part of their daily routine is not only fun, but also healthy. Encouraging kids to be active when they are young establishes [...] Read more...
School lunch ideas
Struggling for ideas to make healthy school lunches? Here are some suggestions! In the 1940s, the ‘Oslo’ lunch was introduced to schools. This Norwegian-inspired healthy lunch – milk, a piece of fruit and a salad sandwich made with wholemeal bread – was shown to have a positive effect on children’s health and learning. Basing your [...] Read more...
The importance of hygiene
Here’s an article covering a variety of topics to do with hygiene. Do you have trouble in getting your child to wash his/her hands? Share your tips here! Hygiene is important for anyone taking care of children and one of the most effective ways we have to protect ourselves, and others, from illness. Hygiene means [...] Read more...
Keeping your bones healthy!
As it is National Healthy Bones Week, we’ve sourced an article explaining ways to help keep your bones healthy. Kilo for kilo, bone is stronger than concrete. Unlike concrete, however, it is alive and kicking; forever reshaping and rebuilding itself to adjust to new mechanical stresses and hormonal changes. The amount of change is astonishing [...] Read more...
Alternative therapies
Are you interested in alternative therapies? Here’s an article we found which provides a little information on a number of therapies. Complementary medicine can be an extra helping hand in treating a wide range of conditions, but it can also be a case of ‘buyer beware’. What are the best-tried therapies, and how should you [...] Read more...
Post birth exercise tips
Here are some tips on how to get back into shape post childbirth. It’s been months since you’ve given birth and you hope you’d have gone back to your pre-pregnancy weight. You start regretting all the fried chicken, burgers and fajitas you ate during pregnancy – and probably after birth too – and you develop [...] Read more...
The Healthy Hair Diet
Healthy hair starts on the inside. Read more about what you can eat to ensure you hair is healthy and beautiful! Healthy hair can be hard to attain at the best of times and using countless products doesn’t necessarily work. Now it has been discovered that it’s not just the products you use on your [...] Read more...
Staving off dementia
Exercising and a diversity of interests are thought to help stave off dementia. Apparently it’s never too late to join that tai chi class! The part of the brain responsible for memory shrinks twice as much in elderly people who have had a limited education, stunted social life or have not kept mentally active since [...] Read more...
New breakthrough to treat head and body lice.
Scientists have discovered the human louse’s Achilles’ heel which could lead to new treatments to rid us of body and head lice infestations. The University of Reading, in collaboration with Bangor University, has discovered bacteria within the louse which are crucial to its survival. The researchers have established that these bacteria have no immunity to [...] Read more...
