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Curbing your sugar addiction can be the first step on your path to weight loss. After-dinner cakes and tea-time sweets should be treated as special treats and not daily necessities. The refined sugars found in sweets can lead to an imbalance in your blood sugar levels and thus fatigue. Sugary treats raise your blood sugar levels but don’t sustain them resulting in a vicious cycle of cravings and weight gain. (more…)

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Whether you’re a singer, actor, teacher or just the girl next door, taking care of your voice is important. You use your voice to connect and communicate with people around you every day. Losing your voice is not something that many of us think about, but it can happen. When we’re sick or simply tired. It can make life a little challenging. However, there are some actions you can take that will help you maintain and protect your voice. (more…)

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Monday blues are not caused solely by the belief that the weekend was far too short or the prospect of another miserable day at the office. Sometimes, even after getting to bed fairly early, you feel tired and sluggish. There are many reasons for this lack of energy and, in turn, there are many ways to deal with it. One of the first things to evaluate would be your diet. Together with regular exercise and enough quality sleep, you should consider incorporating energy-boosting foods into your diet. (more…)

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If you are gearing up for exams or simply a busy period at work then you will find it necessary to feed your brain with the right foods. You can increase your mental agility and improve your memory and your mood by changing your diet. As the brain is an exceptionally busy organ it requires food to sustain its energy levels. While foods high in fat may cause heart disease, science is proving that they also lead to depression and low mental health. (more…)

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If you want to stock up on superfoods that fight high cholesterol, heart disease and many other diseases, look no further than your supermarket’s display of autumn veggies. Berries (including blue berries and goji berries) have had a lot of very good press recently, but you’ll find a whole lot of goodness in foods you eat every day like sweet potato and the onion, too. (more…)

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Do you struggle to wake up in the morning, or suffer from afternoon energy lows? You’re not alone. Fatigue is one of the most common medical complaints, but also one of the hardest to treat. While nothing beats a healthy diet, regular exercise and plenty of sleep for combating fatigue, there are natural energy boosters out there you can try if you need an extra pick-me-up to get you through the day. (more…)

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Despite the advice of many nutritionists, you may still be wondering whether or not you need a multivitamin to supplement your diet. Growing concerns about the quality of the food we eat, combined with many people not having the best diet possible, point towards multivit – or even two – a day being a very good investment in your health. While severe vitamin deficiencies are quite rare in the developed world, here are five very good reasons for taking vitamin supplements. (more…)

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Nutritionists like Patrick Holford have long been touting the benefits of vitamins for combating a range of diseases, and science is now starting to back up these claims. Cancer treatment, and prevention, starts with a healthy diet, preferably made up of organic produce. Many nutrition specialists recommend taking a daily multivitamin, and here are the top vitamins you should be looking out for in your diet, and in your supplement. (more…)

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There are so many nutritional supplements on pharmacy shelves out there today, it’s difficult to distinguish between what we really need and what is, in actual fact, just a waste of money. It’s true that we don’t get all the vitamins and minerals we need from the food we eat (especially on a diet of kebabs and fish and chips), but which vitamins and minerals do we actually need to take? (more…)