Health Articles

Do you throw caution to the wind during the Christmas break, eating and drinking everything that’s on offer with wild abandon? If you do, well you won’t be alone, most people spend between 20% to 40% more at Christmas on extra food and alcohol 2 and there’s very little left by the time January rolls round! But what about the post-Christmas fall out?

Feeling under-par after the excesses of the festive season? It’s very likely your skin is showing just what you’ve been up to. All that rich food and alcohol takes its toll on your digestive system, which usually means, constipation, weight gain, dark circles under the eyes, and a few too many pimples. These are all clear indicators that it’s time to re-balance your diet, pack in the skin healthy nutrients and get back on track. When better than the beginning of a new year to start afresh....

Smoking is known as one of the main causes of lung cancer and the most common cause of cancer death in men and women globally.1 In addition to this, recent news reports are claiming that illnesses related to smoking are on the increase and that even smoking just 1-4 cigarettes a day significantly increases your risk of dying from heart disease and lung cancer. 2 Worryingly, international surveys show that cigarette smoking is on the up in younger people between the ages of 15-29.8 In fact,...

Vitamin C Day is on April 4th every year and has been created to celebrate all the myriad ways in which vitamin C works to support whole body health.  Although immune support is the backbone of vitamin C’s well-deserved reputation, what many people don’t realise is that it has an enormous range of other amazing health benefits which can be utilised all year round not just when winter arrives. Here’s a run-down of all the great things vitamin C could do for you....

May is stress awareness month, which has been held every year since 1992 with the intention of spreading awareness on the causes and impacts of chronic and acute stress. Learning what stress is and how to manage or better still, prevent it is the goal of this important calendar event. We all deal with stress in different ways, what one person finds stressful, another finds challenging or even invigorating. The trick is to find coping mechanisms that allow you to manage stress so that it...

In a 12-week study conducted by Princeton Consumer Research, 15 healthy female subjects usedAltrient Vitamin C supplements to assess its impact on hair health. The study employed variousevaluation methods, including Clinical Assessment, the Brush Friction Count Method (BFCM), andSelf-Perception Questionnaires (SPQ) both at the beginning of the study and after 12 weeks ofuse. The aim was to make claims related to the supplement's clinical effectiveness, improvementin hair growth, and enhanced...

The beauty of being in your 40s is that you have the wisdom not to care a jot about what other people think, but you still feel young enough to pull off the latest fashion trends and have enough energy and motivation to realize your dreams. What’s more, career shifts or changing family dynamics could mean you’re in the enviable position of having more time on your hands to focus on your health.

Summer is well and truly in full swing, but so too it seems is Covid. This nasty virus has taken everyone by surprise and resurfaced in the midst of summer. Although it's not as dangerous as it once was, it still packs a punch and can leave you feeling pretty lousy for some time. A plan of action that nips it in the bud and stops the symptoms from escalating is the ideal solution, so here’s what you can do:

Just when you think you’ve got your head around the joys of menopause, hair loss comes along and adds to the endless list of depressing symptoms that make you feel like you’ll never be the same again. Managing hot flushes, night sweats, and mood swings is challenging enough without the added concern of hair loss. Although not all women experience hair loss at menopause, around 50% of postmenopausal women in their 50s do notice reduced hair growth and density.1 Despite this, changes in hair...

If you’ve reached the age of 51 - the average age for menopause, you may already be experiencing a variety of symptoms. From perimenopause through to menopause, as many as 80% of women will suffer one or more of the hallmarks of this transitional period.1 The range of symptoms can be quite surprising and includes hot flushes, night sweats, joint pain, loss of skin tone, bloating, urinary issues, weight gain, hair loss, anxiety, irritability, mood swings, sleep disturbances, depression, and...