Work Pressure and Health: Recognising When It's Too Much
Some degree of work pressure is normal, motivating, and associated with engagement and performance. The challenge is recognising when healthy challenge — whi...
Vanda's Kitchen Journal: Healthy Food, Nutrition & Well-Being
Welcome to the Vanda’s Kitchen Journal — your space for trusted insights on healthy eating, nutrition, and well-being. From allergen-free catering and food choices that boost energy to gut health, digestion, and balanced living, we explore how what you eat shapes how you feel. Discover practical tips, expert perspectives, and real stories from inside London’s nut free, halal and gluten free friendly kitchen near St Paul's Cathedral.
Building Resilience: Mental Strategies for Tough Times
Resilience is not the absence of difficulty. It's not a fixed personality trait some people have and others lack. It's not the ability to appear unaffected b...
Exercise and Mental Health: Why Movement Is Medicine
If exercise could be put in a pill, it would be the most prescribed and most effective pharmaceutical in history. The evidence for its mental health benefits...
Sleep and Nutrition: How What You Eat Affects How You Sleep
Sleep hygiene — dark rooms, consistent bedtimes, no screens — receives most of the attention in sleep improvement advice. But what you eat and when you eat i...
Stress Eating at Work: How to Break the Cycle
The vending machine run at 3pm. The biscuit tin during a difficult call. The sugary coffee when a deadline looms. Stress eating at work is so normalised that...
The Connection Between Nutrition and Depression: What the Science Says
The relationship between diet and depression has moved from fringe theory to established science over the past decade. Large population studies, randomised c...
The Health Benefits of Laughter: More Than Just Fun
The science behind laughter and health is more compelling than most people realise. In a world where health advice often feels contradictory and overwhelming...
Exercise and Sleep: How They Work Together For Better Health
The science behind the exercise-sleep relationship is more compelling than most people realise. In a world where health advice often feels contradictory and ...
The Benefits of Reading: Why Books Are Good for Your Brain
The science behind reading is more compelling than most people realise. In a world where health advice often feels contradictory and overwhelming, the eviden...
The Benefits of Gardening: Getting Your Hands Dirty for Health
The science behind gardening is more compelling than most people realise. In a world where health advice often feels contradictory and overwhelming, the evid...
Men's Mental Health: Breaking the Stigma
The science behind men's mental health is more compelling than most people realise. In a world where health advice often feels contradictory and overwhelming...
Benefits of Cold Weather Exercise: Why Winter Training Is Worth It
The science behind cold weather exercise is more compelling than most people realise. In a world where health advice often feels contradictory and overwhelmi...