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Skin emotions: Why how we feel about our skin really matters

Jul 01 2025
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As busy mums juggling work, family, and the daily whirlwind of life, taking time to care for our skin often falls to the bottom of the list. But how we feel about our skin can have a surprisingly powerful impact on our emotional wellbeing and confidence. Skin isn’t just our outer shell – it’s the body’s largest organ, making up around 8% of our body weight. And yet, many of us don’t give it the attention it deserves, basically we don’t listen to our skin emotions. When we neglect our skin, we may begin to feel disconnected from it, which in turn affects how we feel about ourselves. After all, there’s a strong emotional link between skin health and mental health.

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Tips for managing muscle and joint pain 

Oct 22 2023
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Throughout our lives, muscle and joint pain are common experiences that many of us will face. But what can we do to prevent and alleviate this discomfort? Attending a recent informative event has shed light on effective strategies that can simplify our lives. One crucial step is acknowledging and addressing muscle pain. Incorporating regular movement into our daily routines is also key. 

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How healthy is your skin? New daily skincare routine research findings revealed

Jun 17 2023
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When it comes to our health, we often focus on maintaining a healthy body through nutritious food, diets, and exercise. However, we often overlook an important aspect of our well-being: our skin’s hydration levels. Do you have a daily skincare routine? Skin hydration plays a vital role in the appearance and feel of our skin, and it also helps slow down the signs of ageing.

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Men in the bedroom: a new revolutionary cure for Erectile Dysfunction

Apr 18 2023
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Nowadays it’s still common for Erectile dysfunction (ED) to be still considered a taboo behind closed doors. To better understand the reasoning behind this, it’s important to be clear about the meaning of it. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the European Association of Urologyis define ED as “Erectile Dysfunction is the persistent inability to attain and maintain an erection sufficient to permit satisfactory sexual performance.”

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Health report: the importance of Amino acids

Jul 23 2022

Amino acids, a term used often but rarely understood! Not many of us know what amino acids are and about their input in our health system. It’s shocking, but research by NHCO Nutrition suggests that 62% of us, are unaware of what they actually are!

Amino acids are e protein-borne molecules are essential for a number of bodily functions, including digestion, hormone health, metabolism and brain health. They can be found in the proteins we eat, such as meat, dairy, eggs and fish but often they are not enough and a way to help our health system is by using supplements which often contains histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan and valine. There are essential amino acids our body needs to stay healthy, for a balanced diet and for when we do any type of sport.

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