If you are unlucky enough to have been re-visited by pimples – in the form of adult hormonal breakouts – now could be a good time to stay away from dairy products.   Why?   Dairy products stimulate the body to produce a variety of hormones, including insulin and insulin-like growth factor, that can exacerbate an acne re-visitation.   There has been a lot of research available... 

As we grow older we seem to require less sleep; although it doesn’t always feel that way, especially when the alarm goes off! We also may not sleep as well as we did when we were younger and there are a variety of reasons for this …   ❏ You may have a health condition making it difficult to sleep. For example, severe arthritis, chronic pain, or sleep apnoea. Visit your doctor or, even... 

As you age, you will probably find you will gain weight and that it doesn’t respond to the weight-loss efforts you may have used when you were younger. This aggravating phenomenon occurs primarily because your metabolism starts slowing down and you need fewer calories each day to maintain the energy balance. In terms of your metabolism, your fifties are very different to your forties and weight... 

It is a sad but inescapable fact that many ladies “of a certain age” will gain weight around the start of menopause. Some unfortunates start the change in body shape in peri-menopause; they are in their early to mid-forties when it happens. This change in shape is caused by shifting hormones. Oestrogen and Progesterone begin a slow slide down the slippery slope to about 20% of their earlier...