by Christine M | Jan 17, 2019 | Fitness, General health, Weightloss, Wellbeing
Have you joined a gym this January in an attempt to tick off your must-get-fit resolution for 2019? No, me neither. Not that I didn’t give it some serious though. But gym memberships are pricey – especially if you don’t use them as much as you should – and...
by Christine M | Jul 23, 2018 | Food and drink, General health, Supplements, Wellbeing
There’s been a lot of press lately about nutritional supplements – and it hasn’t been all good. Less than a week ago a Cochrane Library review announced omega-3 fish oil supplements offer no benefits for heart health. It was news that made numerous...
by Christine M | May 18, 2018 | General health, Genetics, Mind/body, Relationships, Scientific research, Wellbeing
If holding hands with someone who loves you can ease pain, could arguing with your partner make pain worse? It very well might do just that, say researchers from the Penn State Center for Healthy Aging. Published in the journal Annals of Behavioral Medicine, the...
by Christine M | Mar 29, 2018 | General health, Mind/body, Relationships, Scientific research, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
Holding someone’s hand is arguably one of the most romantic gestures there is. But hand holding may come with an added bonus, say researchers writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It could also help if one of you is in pain – which, for...
by Christine M | Nov 17, 2017 | General health, Mind/body, Relationships, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
There’s no doubt that the human heart is an incredible organ. But did you know that when a group of people get together and share a common emotional experience, their heartbeats synchronise? Apparently this boosts bonding and makes us like each other more....
by Christine M | Feb 27, 2017 | General health, Happiness, Mind/body, Wellbeing
Watching our wonderful feathered friends makes you happy. But don’t just take my word for it. This is the conclusion drawn by researchers at the University of Exeter, the British Trust for Ornithology and the University of Queensland after quizzing more than 270...
by Christine M | Jan 13, 2017 | Infectious diseases, Scientific research
Day of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Return of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Shaun of the Dead, The Walking Dead… The public appetite for zombie tales shows no sign of waning. And now a bunch of physics students from the University of Leicester has...
by Christine M | Oct 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
My drink of choice is definitely tea (sorry, sour cherry juice, you’re in second place). Green tea, black tea, white tea, herbal tea, rooibos tea – you name it, I drink it, not just the conventional way but cold brewed too. So when those nice people at...
by Christine M | Oct 10, 2016 | Food and drink, General health
There are so many rules and regulations in the healthy eating game, you almost need a calculator and a clipboard each time you step into the kitchen. Five portions a day of this, three portions of that, no more than so many units of such and such… and so on. But...
by Christine M | Sep 21, 2016 | Food and drink, Happiness
Alcohol helps us lose social inhibitions – that much we know (and we don’t need experts to tell us about it either). But what about beer specifically? Well according to scientists from Basel’s University Hospital, it affects the way we see specific...
