Know Your Numbers – Cholesterol
Research has shown that 6 out of every 10 adults in the UK have a raised cholesterol. The only way to know if you have a raised cholesterol is to…
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Research has shown that 6 out of every 10 adults in the UK have a raised cholesterol. The only way to know if you have a raised cholesterol is to…
There are two main types of fat in our diet, saturated and unsaturated. Cholesterol builds up in the walls of the blood vessels if you eat too much saturated fat,…
Around 30% of the UK population have high blood pressure, many may not know they have it as often it presents with no symptoms. When your blood pressure is too…
5 Tips for Lowering Blood Pressure Having an unhealthy lifestyle can raise your blood pressure over time. Suffering with high blood pressure, increases your risk of having a stroke or…
Know Your Numbers – Diabetes It is expected that by 2030 approximately 4.6 million people in England with have diabetes (both diagnosed and undiagnosed). Monitoring your weight and knowing how…
Surprising Health Benefits of Walking Walking is a great but under-appreciated form of exercise. It is not only is it good for your general health, its easy on the joints,…
What is Prehabilitation? And could it help you? People usually seek osteopathic help when they are injured or in pain, however Prehabilitation is a form of physical or corrective exercise…
FIT4 issue 1 Welcome to issue 1 of FIT4, your quarterly Lloyd’s Community fitness, health and wellbeing newsletter brought to you by the Lloyd’s Wellbeing Centre. Each issue will bring…
Can acupuncture help you lose weight? Acupuncture is a wonderful, flexible form of medicine that can help support all sorts of conditions from musculoskeletal disorders and insomnia, to anxiety and…
Breast Cancer doesn’t discriminate Breast Cancer can affect any one of us, irrelevant of age, status, race or gender. Breast cancer occurs mainly in women, however, it is a health…