Healthy parents

Anne Coates recommends Hada Labo Tokyo™ skincare products whatever the time of year but they also make perfect Gifts for Christmas.

This Christmas Therapie Life gifting is all about taking care of you and those you love. Small and detailed rituals that help to lift and sustain your spirit. Their  collection may inspire you to share the gift of self-care in all its many guises. Anne Coates tried out the Desk Top Rescue Life Kit and loved it.

In-door pollution and allergens are having a drastic affect on our health – with nearly eight in ten Brits believing that the poor air quality in their home can impact their health and immune system, according to new research from Puressentiel. Here are some products we have tried out to counteract problems.

Three everyday positions giving Brits back pain and simple hacks to bust back pain from physiotherapist Sammy Margo at mindyourbackuk.com.

Research conducted by Puressentiel shows that we aren’t really aware of indoor air pollution as a problem, nor the extent to which it can affect our wellbeing. Dr Tim Bond explains the problem and gives his top five tips.

Sun protection is vital to ensure we are not adversely affected by UVA and UVB rays. Two new products from Hada Labo Tokyo™ – Sun Face Cream and a Sun Lotion for the body – arrived for testing just in time for the UK heatwave. Anne Coates put them to the test.

With the trend towards a more plant-based diet, many of us are missing out on essential nutrients – amino acids. Of the 20 used by humans, nine are essential. Aminoscience® has developed a range of products to plug these gaps. 

Two new products from Puressential – Respiratory Nasal Hygiene Hydrating Spray and Puressential Respiratory Nasal Hygiene Baby Unidoses – are perfect for summer allergies and ear, nose and throat infections, writes Anne Coates.

Think Yourself Healthier by Chris Freer, a qualified hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner, CBT and mindfulness coach, and the founder of Upbeat Life, an organisation which helps people to enhance their lives by developing a healthy mindset. Here he shares his expertise and advice, delving into exactly how you can "think yourself healthier" as someone who used the power of the mind to personally overcome his own medical expectations.

Clinical Nutritionist Suzie Sawyer from Feel Alive discusses ways to help you cope with the menopause.

New report reveals the essential foods – including 100 per cent fruit juice – that can keep inflammation in check and protect long-term immune health. Dr Carrie Ruxton gives her expert tips to help us maintain a well-functioning immune system.

We keep being told that we are sitting for too long at our desks. Kerrie-Anne Bradley has the answer to the problems associated with inactivity in her excellent book, Move More At Your Desk and here she describes her Shake Break.

New Zealand blackcurrant supplements, CurraNZ, has just launched its new CurraNZ Immune Support to help deliver immune-enhancing effects which help to curb the common cycle of suppressed immunity and rising inflammation and help prevent opportunistic infections. Clinical pharmacist, Mike Wakeman describes their efficacy.

When we undergo a medical procedure, we expect that it's going to help us get better. However, in some cases, medical procedures can actually lead to serious problems occurring, and then these illnesses or injuries get worse instead. While your doctor should inform you of risks, there are some cases in which they only worsen due to the negligence of your doctor or surgeon. Emily Roberts outlines some steps you should take if this has happened to you.

Michael Gregory who founded True Quit give his top seven tips for giving up smoking,

WITH heart and circulatory disease the cause of a quarter of all deaths in the UK and claiming 160,000 lives annually, clinical nutritionist Mike Wakeman looks at how we can reduce our risks and improve heart health naturally through diet.

If anything the pandemic has taught us it's that sedentary lifestyles affect our health with joint stiffness and muscular aches and pains as research for Mentholatum, the brains behind the Deep Heat and Deep Freeze, the go to thermotherapy and cooling topical solutions our bodies need to help keep us active found. But the good news is that it’s never too late to take control.