Getting the right nutrition from your diet helps to keep your body performing at its best. Take a look at our top tips for maintaining a healthy diet. The importance of healthy eating for adults and the elderly Good nutrition is important, no matter your age. Eating well gives you energy and can help you […]
Did you know that nearly 40% of people report waking up during the middle of the night at least a few times each week? While it may seem like a normal part of your night, there are steps you can take to get a more restful night of sleep. Here are a few things to
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Choking in the under-5s is more common than many of us realise. Each day around 40 under-5s are rushed to hospital after choking on something or swallowing something dangerous (The Child Accident Prevention Trust). Would you recognise the signs of choking or know what to do to help? My child choked on a grape aged
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The Coronavirus COVID19 pandemic has shaken the entire world. Within the space of months everything has changed. Something as important as looking after your eyes and vision has become less straightforward and increases the exposure to risk to yourself and the optometrist. Thankfully, with careful planning, proper personal protective equipment (PPE) and the latest examination
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We are now enjoying what is often referred to as an ‘Indian Summer’. This is the period just after the height of Summer and before Autumn and the cooler weather set in. Summer has peaked and fruit and veg are bountiful. This is a time for harvesting and preparing for the colder and darker months
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Keeping Your Family Safe From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Carbon Monoxide is an extremely dangerous gas which is responsible for many deaths in the UK each year. It is an odourless, colourless, and poisonous substance which is impossible to detect without a carbon monoxide alarm. Carbon monoxide is emitted whenever natural gas, oil, wood, kerosene, or
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Depending on whether you are working or running around the house cleaning, our daily routines have changed dramatically. My Personal Training classes, like many people’s work, have all changed to Zoom or FaceTime. I am not moving around as much as I used to. Usually I am demonstrating and then walking around a client checking
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It is now clear that, as a community, we are going to change the way we live for the next few weeks/months. We need various things organising, a local hardship fund, street-level contacts for elderly and disabled neighbours, to ensure supplies. Protocols agreed for visiting/dropping deliveries for such people. Many people want to do something,
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The coronavirus is spreading and it will undoubtedly begin to affect business and the way we carry on. The guidance set out below is current and it may alter based on government guidance. However, I would draw the following to your attention. Despite Boris Johnson’s announcement concerning SSP it is still unclear how his statement
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So, let me start with a definition of Alexithymia and where it first came from to describe an emotional/mental health condition. Note I say condition, as it is not seen as a specific diagnosis of a disorder. It is not a widely known term in the world of emotional/mental health. It can be seen as a “generalised deficit of interoception”
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