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  • How to keep your nails strong and healthy

    How to keep your nails strong and healthy

    One aspect of your health and hygiene that you definitely shouldn’t overlook is your nail health. Healthy nails are smooth without pits or grooves. They are free of spots or discolouration. As we age, we may develop harmless vertical ridges or white lines or spots due to injury. Some conditions should be taken more seriously.…

  • Home improvements you can benefit from as you age

    Home improvements you can benefit from as you age

    Taking steps to look after your home and make the relevant improvements that will benefit your life in the future is so important. These days, there are loads of great things that you can do to help you make positive changes that will enhance your home and make it better in the future. You need…

  • How to live with osteoarthritis

    How to live with osteoarthritis

    It is likely that we all know someone with osteoarthritis. As we get older our bodies suffer from wear and tear. After seventy years you would expect a door hinge to become stiff and worn. Something similar happens to our joints. The cartilage between the bones of a joint becomes stiffer and thinner meaning that…

  • How to enhance your body’s natural detoxification system.

    How to enhance your body’s natural detoxification system.

    Detoxification is a popular buzzword. Often advertisers imply that you should use special products to rid your body of toxins. In this context toxins usually include pollutants, heavy metals and processed food. Actually your body already has a sophisticated way of eliminating toxins which involves the liver, kidneys, digestive system and lungs. This does not…

  • Tips to help maintain good cognitive health

    Tips to help maintain good cognitive health

    We have all heard the term use it or lose it. Like most older people I have been bombarded with advice: to learn another language, to do jigsaws and crosswords, to take up Zumba or Pilates. But does it work? Can we really help to prevent dementia or at least delay the symptoms? I spent…

  • How to make healthy more affordable

    How to make healthy more affordable

    It is not always easy or cheap to live a healthy life. When people say that healthy eating is easy enough to do, it’s not always the case for those who are living in poverty. Your health should never have a price tag on it and yet it does. The insurance you pay, the appointment…

  • How to enjoy a walking holiday

    How to enjoy a walking holiday

    For many of us a daily walk became a way of life during lockdown and something we want to enjoy away from home as well as on our doorstep. I completed the Ring of Kerry in Ireland and the Romantic Road in Germany as virtual challenges during lockdown but I was eager to actually begin…