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What is type 2 diabetes: Symptoms and treatment

Type 2 diabetes is the commonest type of diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes is the commonest form of diabetes, and one of the world’s most common long-term health conditions. Evergreen Life explores type 2 diabetes in depth, including its symptoms, preventing, treating, and managing the condition.

What is vitamin D deficiency?

The sun is a great form of vitamin D during the summer months.

Having low levels of vitamin D is very common, especially during winter when there’s less sunlight available. Evergreen Life runs through the signs of a vitamin D deficiency, and how to fix it.

How to start running when you’ve never run before

Group of runners mid stride moving away.

Exercising regularly, combined with eating a balanced diet, plays a pivotal role in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Not only is it beneficial to your physical health, any form of exercise – like running – encourages the production of endorphins, otherwise known as the “feel-good” transmitters in the brain. Evergreen Life shares their advice on how to start running when you’ve never run before.

Here’s why you could be tired all the time

Woman asleep with her head in her hand

Everyone experiences tiredness from time to time. Whether that’s due to having too many late nights or there’s been something, or someone, keeping you up at night – there are many common causes of fatigue. Evergreen Life highlights why you could be tired all the time, as well as the steps you can take to help reduce tiredness.

The real effects of stress on the body

A stressed woman closes her eyes and pinches the bridge of her nose.

Stress is our body’s reaction to pressure: physical, emotional or social. It can also be applied to physiological pressure. In most cases, it occurs as a result of feeling ‘out of control’, or as though a scenario can’t be managed. Evergreen Life explores the effects of stress on the body, and how it effectively manage your stress.

What is type 1 diabetes? Symptoms and treatment

If someone has type 1 diabetes, this means that their immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. If you’ve recently been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, or think you may have it, read on to learn more about the condition.

The effects of cold weather on health: how to keep warm indoors

Person holding a warm mug at home indoors during cold weather.

The cold can have extra bite when you don’t have access to heating or fear sky-high bills. We explore the effects of cold weather on our cardiovascular, respiratory, immune, cognitive and mental health and share practical tips on how to stay warm indoors in winter without heating.

How to ensure all your health records say the same thing

A person holding a phone with their Personal Health Record (PHR) on their phone screen within the Evergreen Life app.

Do you know the difference between your Personal Health Record (PHR) and your Electronic Health Record (EHR) GP medical record? We explain the difference and delve into how keeping your PHR up to date benefits you and those that treat you when it comes to your diagnosis, medication, and experience with our Evergreen Life app.