Healthy parents

Juia Bairstow tackles those extra pounds put on over Christmas with Rosemary Conley's Real Results Workout DVD.

Many people will have resolved to give up a habit like smoking or cutting down on alcolhol over the new year. Dr Keith Souter gives some advice on how to make bad habits a thing of the past by modifying your behaviour and treating with homeopathy.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) – a global charity that funds research into finding a cure for type 1 diabetes – has launched an online animation tool enabling people to create an animation which they can then send to a friend who can then carry on the story, like an online animated game of consequences! The new tool is aimed at raising awareness or type 1 diabetes and JDRF.

National Obesity Week, running from 2 to 8 November, is staging a consumer awareness campaign to help people be more aware of the risks associated with being overweight.

Stress and negativity can deplete our energy levels and lead to poor health and many illnesses. Master Sung of the Innersound Foundation explains how your vital energy can be restored with Qi treatments which focus on acupressure points and sound vibration.

Sun protection is vital for adults as well as children and the Simple range of sun sensitive products ticks all the boxes for Anne Coates.

We all experience fatigue and could do with a boost from time to time but do energy drinks really help? Read how Anne Coates  fared when she tried out Focus.

Lesley Lodge's daughter has had CFS/ME  for over four years so she is well placed to review Fighting Fatigue: a practical guide to managing the symptoms of CFS/ME  by Sue Pemberton and Catherine Berry.

Protecting your family in the sun should be a major priority but just using a high protection factor sun cream is not the answer, writes Anne Coates, who gives her top ten tips.

Flips flops – that great standby of the summer season - can cause havoc with foot health. Now there’s a new design to give maximum comfort as well as foot protection. Anne Coates has been putting the Platinum Sandal Sport Flips through their paces.

We should have been teaching our children basic personal hygiene procedures anyway - but with Swine flu we should make sure we all take simple precautions.

Homeopathic coach Sam Adkins explains how and why regular exercise is so good for the seven systems of the body.

The Anatomy of Pilates takes the reader inside the body to see exactly what happens in the body's muscles and joints during a Pilates exercise.

If you smoke the best thing you can do for yourself and your family is give up. Watch the video of a community pharmacist giving his top tips for giving up cigarettes.

Barbara Currie's DVD allows everyone to enjoy the benefits of yoga whatever your shape, size or age. Karan Trinder, a yoga devotee, is impressed with Power  of Yoga.

Yoga, an exercise system for the body, spirit and mind, has been proved to have huge health benefits including calming the mind through meditation and chants - something we could all do with in these uncertain times. Sharon Gannon's Chakra Balancing Yoga guides you to better health and peace of mind.

Sciatica is a frustrating condition -  or rather a set of symptoms - which doesn’t always respond well to traditional physiotherapy. When Nicole Burroughs' symptoms recurred four months after her baby was born, a friend recommended The Bowen Technique.

Like many women, Louise Pollard realised that her hair was thinning and was therefore happy to try Nourkrin hair loss supplement.