3 Practical Mental Health Tips From A GPDr. Preeya shares her 3 practical tips to help you look after your brain in these tricky times.Read More
Eat Seasonally - Asparagus, Green Pea, and Mint Risotto20 September 2021Apart from knowing you’re enjoying ingredients grown in-season, this recipe is packed full of prebiotics for good gut health.Read More
6 Ways to Keep Your Dog Entertained While You're at Work28 September 2021If your dog misses you all day while you’re at work, there are few things you can do to keep them out of mischief.Read More
Should I Let My Dog Sleep on My Bed? Settling the Great Debate27 June 2022Whether or not you should let your dog sleep on your bed is a popular topic of discussion. That’s why it’s important to consider the pros and cons before you invite your furry friend to share your bed.Category:Pet Health, Behaviour and Training, Bringing home a New Pet, Caring for Your Furry Friend, Training Your PetRead MoreWrite a Comment
Do Weighted Blankets Help You Sleep? The Science and Benefits31 May 2022You might question how much a heavy blanket can really help with your sleep but it seems they’re helping a range of different conditions, not just those struggling with poor sleep.Category:Sleep HygieneRead MoreWrite a Comment
How Do Wearable Fitness Trackers Work? Keeping an Eye on Your Progress31 May 2022Fitness trackers are a good way of keeping you motivated and on track to reach your goals. Here’s what you should know about wearable fitness trackers.Category:Healthy LifestyleRead MoreWrite a Comment
Flu Vaccine and COVID-19 Vaccine - Do You Need Both?31 May 2022With borders open and COVID-19 restrictions eased, health experts predict this year could be a bad flu season. So, do you need a vaccination for both the flu and COVID-19?Category:General Medical, COVID-19, Flu Vaccinations, VaccinesRead MoreWrite a Comment
How to know if your dog is really loyal21 May 2022One of the traits we adore most about our dogs is their unmistakable loyalty. How pleased they are when we return home, how they follow us to the bathroom, and how they fret deeply when we are absent. But, is it loyalty that drives these behaviours? Or have we actually mistaken what our proclaimed best friends are really doing? Category:Pet Health, Behaviour and TrainingRead MoreWrite a Comment
Top tips on what to eat to stay healthy over winter20 May 2022It can be tempting to retreat indoors and hibernate as the cold weather hits but by prioritising our nutrition and health over winter may help to support our immune system to fight off any bugs we may come into contact with, or at least reduce the severity of sickness.Category:NutritionRead MoreWrite a Comment
You Only Have One Set of Eyes – It’s Time to Start Looking After Them19 May 2022Most people agree, their eyes are pretty important. Yet, when it comes to preventative health care, the eyes never seem to get a look in….. (see what we did there?).Category:Optical HealthRead MoreWrite a Comment
How To Meal Prep 10 Meals For Under $4015 May 2022Having finally come face-to-face with addiction to fast food, I recently decided to jump back on the meal-prep bandwagon I had adopted pre-COVID. This meal prep hack will save your health, wallet and time.Category:Recipes, NutritionRead MoreWrite a Comment
Food and Mood - The Role of Diet in Depression and Low Mood05 May 2022Many factors are involved and can contribute to depression or low mood, some out of our control. Research has confirmed there is a strong link between what we eat and our risk of depression. There isn’t necessarily a ‘diet’ for mental health, rather a dietary pattern that involves eating more foods associated with a decreased risk of depression and eating less foods associated with an increased risk of depression. The dietary pattern most commonly associated with reducing the risk of depression is the Mediterranean Diet. Category:Nutrition, Mental HealthRead MoreWrite a Comment
How To Know If Your Dog Has a Behaviour Problem 01 May 2022When it comes to understanding dog behaviour, the most effective approach is to think from our dog’s perspective, instead of our own. Often, we expect dogs to be ‘well behaved’, however good behaviour to us may be quite different from our dog’s point of view. Category:Pet Health, Behaviour and TrainingRead MoreWrite a Comment
Fight the Flu this Winter29 April 2022After the past few years, you would be forgiven for thinking that COVID-19 is the only virus that exists. But our little friend influenza, which seems to have been on a little hiatus for the past two years, it is back with a vengeance. And our fear this is that it might team up with COVID and result in the ultimate power couple – “flurona”. The good news, it is pretty simple to protect yourself by simply having your annual flu jab. Want to know more? Let’s cover the basics – who, what, when and why of the annual influenza vaccination.Category:General MedicalRead MoreWrite a Comment
Power Plants - The Incredible Health Benefits of Houseplants21 April 2022Adding greenery to your pad is such a potent health fix, even NASA is getting in on the game. Category:Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy LivingRead MoreWrite a Comment