sunshine

If you’re anything like the average Brit, you want to maintain a regular health and wellness regimen, but your busy schedule and last minute commitments can sometimes send you off track. You know that you need to maintain a balanced diet to…

Vitamin D is the ‘sunshine vitamin’. It’s known by this nickname because we can get all of our vitamin D needs from exposure to the sun. While this is fine in hot countries, it’s not so great in perpetually drizzling places like the UK.…

Vitamin D is often referred to as the ‘Sunshine Vitamin’ because around 90 per cent of our vitamin D intake comes not from food or supplements but from the sun. However, this means that people who spend a lot of time indoors, those who…

Did you know that vitamin D is the most common vitamin deficiency in the world? It’s one of the most difficult for us to get as it’s not always in the first foods you reach for. But a lack of vitamin D can cause you some serious health…

We all know what calcium does, don't we? It's one of the minerals which is best understood and on saying the word I'm sure you all either think of milk or bones. Well, did you know that for all the calcium you've put into your diet to have…

To maintain a healthy and balanced diet we need a whole host of vitamins and minerals. Each one helps several of our bodily functions and a deficiency in any one area can cause damage across the board. It’s important to remember how…

Sunlight being dangerous is nothing new. We’ve all seen the adverts telling us to slap on the sun cream and face the consequences. Cancer of the skin is much more likely in people who are exposed to UV light for longer periods of time…

These winter months can really drain your emotional wellbeing. The days are shorter and the sun rarely shines, which can cause you to feel non-energetic, unmotivated or even hopeless. However, the winter doldrums may not be the singular…

The sun seems to make everyone happy. Whether it’s the association with a warmer environment, relaxing summer holidays or the thought of developing a sun tan, sunshine is popular wherever you go. Many people would like to live in a sunnier…

Recent changes to our lifestyles could explain why there has been an increase in the number of bone conditions in the Western world, experts indicate. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has pointed out how growth in rickets…