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Top ten reasons to have dairy in the New Year
7:00am Saturday 27th December 2008
It’s the start of a new year, and, if you’re like most people, you’re probably intending to re-shape your life and yourself! Whatever your plans are for the New Year, it’s likely they include the words ‘diet’ and ‘exercise’. So if you do plan to cut back on a few things, here are 10 reasons why having, or keeping, dairy in your diet should be on the top of your New Year’s resolutions list!
Comments (0)Get fit with some clever kit
7:00am Saturday 27th December 2008
Soon the Christmas feeding frenzy will be over and you'll be left looking at your trainers with a sense of dread.
Give yourself a safe and healthy Christmas
7:00am Saturday 20th December 2008
We may look forward to the gifts at Christmas, but there are a lot of health hurdles which can lay us low before the big day. We chart the 12 pains of the festive season and find ways to avoid them.
Video campaign tackles shocking complacency
7:00am Saturday 20th December 2008
On Tuesday 9 December, Asthma UK is launching an online video campaign called Asthma: A Matter of Life and Breath, to highlight the life-threatening impact of asthma attacks, raise vital funds for asthma research and services and counter the complacency of online videos that mock people having asthma attacks, seen on websites such as You Tube.* A series of five unique videos have been commissioned, four of which feature adults and children speaking in their own words about living with severe, uncontrollable asthma, and one video which highlights the tragic loss of a life to asthma at the young age of 23.
Spot Meningitis Symptoms – Life saving information by SMS
7:00am Saturday 20th December 2008
Leading national charity Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF) is launching the country’s first text message service for meningitis symptoms.
A painful race against time
7:00am Saturday 13th December 2008
Five-year-old Edward Ackroyd is looking forward to Christmas, but his future is not so certain. He suffers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) which will slowly lead to him being wheelchair bound from the age of 10 and may not live beyond his teens. His mother Heidi reveals the family's battle to raise awareness of the disease and raise funds for research.
Stress proofing your Christmas
7:00am Saturday 13th December 2008
With Christmas just around the corner, the festive fun can often be overshadowed by stress. The pressures of Christmas shopping, time, money, and social demands can often lead to anxiety, sleep disturbances, headaches, loss of appetite and even poor concentration, all of which are symptoms of stress. Over time, stress can contribute towards heart disease, stroke and cancer so it's important that you take steps to manage it.
Dairy and calcium benefit military bones
7:00am Saturday 13th December 2008
Military recruits who consume more milk have higher bone mineral density, and calcium and vitamin D supplements may reduce stress fractures, according to a recent review published in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise.
Do you really need that Christmas drink?
7:00am Saturday 6th December 2008
The festive season means the drinks will be free-flowing at parties across the nation - with even the most sensible drinkers casting caution to the wind. But what are those festive tipples doing to your health?
Childhood dairy intake may improve teenage bone health
7:00am Saturday 6th December 2008
Teenagers who had a high dairy intake in childhood have a higher bone mineral content, according to a study published in the November issue of the Journal of Pediatrics.
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