All Entries in the "Health" Category
Do you lecture or lead when it comes to your health?
Don’t you really get annoyed with the friend who insists you should eat more of this or to train in more of that, if you really want to look good. We’re not sure about you, but advice that we have not requested is not welcome around these parts. In fact we prefer to observe someone [...]
Press play and chiiillllllllll!
Who needs a massage, we be good in 8 minutes flat!
So my cute dress doesn’t fit and now I can’t sleep!
Ladies, there are many reasons as to why one should keep thine waistline in check. So we don’t have figures for the UK, but the number of people being referred for sleep problems in Scotland has risen by 25%. No coincidence that obesity levels are on the rise too. See, excess weight around the neck [...]
Wow, Denmark have gone crazy with a ‘fat’ tax…
Oh oh, now fatty foods are being taxed in Denmark in an attempt to reduce the intake of fatty foods at a rate of 16 kroner (£1.82) per kilo. It caused chaos when supermarket shelves were cleaned out as shoppers panic-bought their fatty goods to beat the tax. The new tax will be levied on [...]
But muscle weighs more than fat doesn’t it?
No sweety, muscle does not weigh more than fat. A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat, it’s just that it’s quite likely, if you’re resistance training, that you are burning fat and increasing muscle. So if you’re all like, oh no, the scales aren’t really shifting but my clothes are [...]
The only way to be smokin’ hot beach style!!
Put out that trash honey!
It should never be smoke-o’clock, but early morning sucks the most!
Y’know how our ed-in-chief always gets up on her high horse about bad early morning habits, well turns out ol’ girl might have a point! A study published in the journal ‘Cancer’ of 7,610 smokers, showed that smoking in the first 30 minutes after waking nearly doubled the risk of lung cancer! This is independent [...]
Holy Crap! Teenage pregnancy is contagious!!
*Panic breathing!!!* Jeez is this the immaculate conception gone crazy?!! Breathe..breathe… OK, so according to researchers in Norway, teenage pregnancy is contagious between sisters. This is mainly the case in areas of social and economic deprivation and poor education. The study of 42,000 teenage girls suggested that the closer the sisters were in age, the [...]
Houston We Have a Problem Here! Childhood Obesity!!
Woot, the government are taking drastic action to tackle childhood obesity, advising parents on how many hours they should be spending moving about!! The government recommendations, due to be issued by Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer for England, suggests that parents should ensure that toddlers are taking a minimum of three hours physical activity [...]
Floss for Fertility
New research from Australia has shown that flossing can increase your chances of conceiving as it is said that poor oral health is bad for fertility. What the hell have my gnashers got to do with having a baby? Well peridontal disease (which has already been linked to heart disease, type 2 diabetes, miscarriage and poor [...]
Now that is properly pukka!
Did that title mean anything to you? Are you down with cockney rhyming slang…up the apple and pears, on the dog and bone, gone a bit Pete Tong and so on and so forth!! If not here’s a quick translation: apple and pears = stairs on the dog and bone = on the phone gone [...]
Working out in the heat!!! Just in case it gets hot up in here!!
Woot the weather is heating up again (well it did kinda, last weekend) makes a girl wanna get outside and get all fit! ‘Cept we don’t want you to forget the rules re working out in the heat!! 1. Get your sunscreen swerve on, we do not even need to tell you about how dumb [...]
Government Intervention and Weight Loss Programmes…whaddya reckon?
Phew this one is a toughy!! A new report has suggested that the government should continue to encourage people to go on weight loss programmes, but there are concerns that such programmes are merely a quick fix and don’t address the problems of obesity. Over the last 10 years, the government has formed partnerships with [...]
We still sweatin’ like back in the day…
Professors at Loughborough university have created a body map of sweating patterns, mmm nice!! We could think of slightly more exciting projects with young fit males but one is unsure of the prospect of getting the research published! Anyway the results showed unexpectedly high levels of sweating on the central and lower back, particularly in the [...]
Reducing Obesity
Maybe it starts here…
Are your joints a little achy sugar plum?
What’s your medicine? A hot bath? Some tight man giving you a rub down honey? Just working through the pain? Well we have tried and tested new PHYTODOL an all natural joint care spray to help sooth yo’ achy ass! Sure a rub down from a hotty would be preferred but hotties tend not to [...]
Yeotown – The Perfect Getaway…
Escape and de-stress!
Foods that advertise that they are cholesterol lowering aren’t all they are cracked up to be…
Sheila Doggrell, a Queensland biomedical writer and pharmacologist, says that claims made by many margarines and spreads in their ability to reduce cholesterol levels in consumers by up to 15% is inaccurate. We gotta tell ya, margarine has never had the best reputation when it comes to trans fats etc. and whilst companies have worked [...]
Green Spaces = Happy Faces
Must get me to a park!!
An open letter to commuters carrying germs
Dear Germ Infestation, It has come to my attention that you think it ok to spread your germs with fellow travellers during our commute. Namely via sneezing without covering your mouth, or indeed covering your mouth during aforementioned sneeze and then grasping onto a handle of sorts, that I may too have to hold on [...]
