Healthy Living

I’m the kind of GP who believes in moderation. I tell my patients often that a glass of red wine, a piece of chocolate cake, a cheese plate is all OK – just not all the time.

As the new year is well underway, many of us are likely starting to wonder how we can be bigger and better in 2021 (whilst also crossing all fingers and toes that it’s a very different year to 2020). We write lists filled with all sorts of goals; the pantry will finally be rearranged in the new year with everything beautifully labelled, commitments are made to lose weight/exercise more/party less – often the lists are ignored (let’s be honest!) and by the 31st of January we realise that, yet again, we set the expectations too high and none of them were ever going to be met.