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Exercise to energise: how to move more everyday
From learning about aerobic exercise and strength training and how to improve your flexibility to ideas for a workout routine for beginners, our well rounded exercise guide is bursting with fitness tips, no matter what level you’re at.
Skin deep: Healthy skin comes from the inside out
Discover how to have healthier skin with our guide of healthy skin tips that explores what your skin needs, including vitamins, minerals, healthy fats, sunshine, a healthy gut, less stress, a detox and much more.
How to nourish your brain
You’re using your brain as you read this now, but how well do you look after it? We explore how you can support and improve your brain function, including the best nutrients and what other healthy brain habits and lifestyle factors can boost your brain health.
15 tips for better sleep
Getting a good night’s sleep is crucial to our health and wellbeing. Read our 15 sleep tips for more a more restful night.
What is in a healthy diet?
How do you know if your diet is healthy? We provide you with some food for thought and things to consider across all the different food groups to help you nourish your body.
8 ways to improve your gut health
Know the difference between your gut and your gut microbiome? We get you clued up and introduce action you can take to improve your gut health naturally.
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The gut-brain connection and IBS: How to calm your gut-brain-axis
Stress doesn’t cause IBS, but it can worsen it. As your gut and brain are deeply connected we share ways to calm your gut-brain-axis and potentially your IBS symptoms, including brain-gut behavioural therapies, dietary strategies that alter gut signalling, and gut microbiome-targeted therapies, like faecal microbiota
transplantation and probiotics.
Step-by-step IBS diet guide: Optimising your diet for IBS
A low-FODMAP diet is often linked with IBS, but there are steps to take before trying that. Our step-by-step IBS guide walks you through them, with evidence-informed IBS dietary management recommendations and IBS diet mistakes to avoid. All to help you understand how to manage your IBS through diet and hopefully enjoy symptom relief.
Your IBS action plan: A step-by-step guide to understanding, tracking and regaining control
There’s no single fix for IBS and your triggers will be unique to you. Tracking what does and doesn’t for you, and making targeted adjustments one at a time, can help you spot patterns and create an IBS Action Plan that enables you to live well with the condition.
Getting the right diagnosis: Understanding how IBS is diagnosed
IBS shouldn’t be self-diagnosed but you can work with your doctor to help them make the right diagnosis faster. We cover what to expect during an IBS diagnosis, what IBS tests involve and what you should ask your doctor about your IBS diagnosis.
Understanding Irritable Bowel Syndrome – and how you can manage it
We go beyond explaining what IBS is. Benefit from an overview of the condition, from the causes and subtypes, to an introduction on how to manage symptoms.
Preventing progression of asthma & COPD: Protect your lungs for the long term
Small steps can make a big difference when you live with asthma or COPD. This article covers how to protect your lungs through vaccinations, avoiding triggers like pollution and allergens, and attending regular check-ups – so you can breathe easier and stay well.
Improving sleep quality with asthma and COPD: Tips for better rest and breathing
Sleep and breathing are closely connected, especially for those with asthma or COPD. Discover how these conditions affect your sleep, why poor sleep impacts your health, and practical strategies to improve rest and manage symptoms.
Mind and body care for asthma & COPD: Ways to support your mental wellbeing
Managing asthma or COPD involves more than just your lungs. This article explores how mental wellbeing, stress management, and mind-body medicine techniques can help you breathe easier and improve your quality of life.
Breathe easier: How nature and our environment can support asthma and COPD
Discover how time in nature and reducing pollution exposure can support your breathing and wellbeing with asthma or COPD.