Much of the weight gained during pregnancy isn’t from the baby itself. Rather, it’s from extra fluid that your body creates to cushion and nurture the baby. All this extra fluid can lead to swelling, one of the most common side effects of pregnancy. Swelling can happen at any time of your pregnancy, but it […]
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Although every healthy human brain is able to perceive music, musician’s brains are more finely attuned to these tasks. Earlier this month, artist and academic, Dr Pauline Amos performed live, in Crossrail Place Roof Garden, Canary Wharf, creating a multi-sensory experience of theatre, painting and sound, in collaboration with the British period instrument Orchestra of […]
Sadie Frost, actress, author, fashion designer, producer, busy mum, talks about how a digital app with a human face has helped her find equilibrium in her life. ‘I like to think that I take pretty good care of my health and wellbeing but I’m also juggling jobs as a working mother and my life can […]
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Your wellbeing has far more to do with what you make of your compelling possibility than how you make do with your genetic blueprint. Whilst still a relatively new science, epigenetics featured on the front cover of Time magazine as far back as January 2010. Epigenetics is a new area of scientific study which investigates […]
Everybody knows that elevated dopamine is the reason we experience pleasure, right? […]
When it comes to health-boosting properties, cocoa content is key. Therefore, the darker you eat your chocolate, the better. Bittersweet chocolate contains up to 75 per cent of cocoa solids. However, some people may find this too bitter to eat on its own. Dark chocolate, which contains around 70 per cent cocoa solids, is tasty […]
In our clinics, the majority of injuries we see are caused by prolonged static inactivity, not acute trauma, often caused by people sitting at their desks for hours at a time without moving. Studies show that two thirds of office workers now even eat lunch at their desks, and nearly a quarter of us work […]
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As a half-Asian woman married to a French man, I appreciate how different countries and cultures have different attitudes to being a woman and in particular, the focus and extent to which we look after our bodies after having a baby. We focus so much on giving birth and too often forget the changes our […]
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Studies have shown that dieting does have an effect on psychological wellbeing. Famous early studies in the 20th century on men who were deprived of food for periods of months on low-calorie regimes did find that they became more fixated on food for example. Professor Peter Rogers from the University of Bristol is an expert […]
As millions of us return to work after the long summer break, health and wellbeing experts offer their tips how to ensure that you start as you mean to go on. Move the mirror. Michael Hanna, Feng Shui master practitioner. Chinese people swear by the power of Feng Shui, which is the art of putting things in their […]