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Forget 5 a day we need 10 a day!
While eating the recommended five a day still helps reduce disease risk, the highest benefits are seen when people consume double that, researcher has found. Doubling our recommended intake could save 7.8 million lives a year globally.
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How to maximise recovery after a gruelling workout
Have you started 2018 with a new gym membership? If it's a yes then chances are your muscles are aching from all the lunges, squats, press ups and bench pressing you've been doing. This can not only interfere with daily life but can also stop you from getting the most out of your next workout or at worst put you off altogether. Find out how eating the right things after a workout can help speed up your recovery.
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Why Probiotics are a hot topic right now
Probiotics are already widely considered to an important part of a daily health regime as they offer fantastic support to the health of your digestion, immunity, brain health and emotional well being. As researchers continue to study probiotics, they uncover additional benefits to a healthy, balanced gut flora.
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Yes the Mediterranean diet can improve your health - especially your brain!
Recent research to come out of the University of Edinburgh has suggested that the traditional Mediterranean diet of foods such as fruit, vegetables, nuts, fish and wine could prevent neurological degeneration in later life.
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Eat oily fish to reduce heart disease risk
Coronary heart disease is responsible for more than 73,000 deaths a year in Britain, killing about one in six men and one in 10 women however new research has shown that ensuring oily fish is part of your diet could both slash the risk of heart disease by almost a fifth and reduce cholesterol levels. Find out more in this post.
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Vitamin deficiencies are now 'commonplace across all ages'
The official advice given by the government and NHS experts is that we should be able to get all our nutritional requirements from eating a healthy and balanced diet however new research has found vitamin deficiencies are common place across all ages.
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Vitamins for sufferers of Crohn's disease
Crohn's disease affects about 120,000 people in Britain. The damage the disease itself causes to the digestive tract as well as the damage done by surgery and medication used to treat it make it hard for the body to absorb nutrients.This means that sufferers should be aware of shortages in vitamins and minerals in their body and address it by dietary changes or supplementation.
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Vitamin D - a potential life saver?
Acute respiratory diseases such as pneumonia, bronchitis, and influenza are known to have higher death rates among older people due to their weakened immune system. While not a treatment, vitamin D is thought to help reinforce the first line of defence as we age to prevent respiratory infections.
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Just Vitamins Asks: What are the three chill pills that we've never heard of?
Video: Just Vitamins Asks… Registered Nutritionist Rhiannon Lambert What are the three chill pills that we've never heard of?
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