women’s health

Do You Drink Enough Water?

Do you drink enough water? The chances are you don’t.

We each need 8 to 10 glasses of water every day depending on body mass, how much exercise we do and what climate we live in. But even so, most of us struggle to get enough water into our bodies.

Water is essential to get our bodies to work. Our bodies are made up of about 70% water. Our brains are made up of even more – around 77 %.

We can live for weeks without food but without water, we can only live a few days.

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Essential Medicines to Pack for Your Holiday

Before travelling abroad it is easy to get caught up in deciding which bikini to pack or if you’ve got the right shades to match your sandals, but it is essential to consider your medical kit too. You never know what you could need when on holiday, or if what you need will be readily available.

Holiday Beach

 

Here are a few things to make sure you keep with you when travelling abroad to ensure you are able to get out of any troublesome situations.

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Dig Out Your Walking Boots – It’s National Walking Month

Let’s get walking! That’s the message this month, also known as National Walking Month!

And what a month to get walking! According to the met office, May boasts an average of 185.9 hours of sunshine and an breezy average temperature of 14.7 degrees in the UK. With recent temperatures already busting that average this is certainly the perfect month to give your legs a gentle work out.

We love this opportunity get fit and save ourselves some pennies. Even more motivating are the statistics included in a report last year. The report suggested that if people in England did the recommended 150 minutes exercising per week, we could be saving 37000 lives every year, preventing 6700 cases of breast cancer and reducing cases of type 2 diabetes by 300000.

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