Health & Wellbeing

As we grow older, we tend to chew our food less efficiently, and as a result, we lose out on many of the health benefits thorough chewing bestows.

Caring for your parents as they age can be an emotional time. It’s worth putting some thought into how you’ll cope with the experience.

Seniors get lumbered with a lot of myths, and a very common one is older people require less sleep.

In the second instalment of ‘I’m a Carboholic’, we’ll be discussing exactly what carbohydrates are, and why we all need them in our diet.

No one ‘deserves’ to slip into poor health, which is almost certainly what will happen if self-care isn’t given the priority it deserves.

It’s one of the most difficult decisions we are faced with as we grow older – whether or not we should retain our drivers licence.

With so many eating styles now in vogue, you could be forgiven for not being completely certain just what a vegan diet entails.

For an estimated 14% of adults, ultra-processed food is highly addictive. The symptoms of true addiction are much the same, regardless of what the addictive substance is.

The notion that laughter is good for the body has been around for thousands of years-certainly as far back as the Old Testament. Proverbs 17:22 says, "A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones."

Thanks to research, we now know there’s a sinister side to the simple, natural art of sitting. But how do you combat it?