You have more control over your chocolate cravings, moods and immunity than you think. Nurturing a healthy flora is essential.

Fermented foods such as kimchi and kefir are on the up – the worldwide market is expected to top £30 billion by 2022. An internet search gives the impression that they can cure almost everything, from improving your mental health and gut health to boosting your immune system and reducing your risk of heart disease.

Not only is plain yoghurt a probiotic food (one that is crammed with good bacteria known to aid digestion and prevent inflammation), it also has specific benefits for the waist.

I read the article below, brought to my attention by one of my gorgeous clients, with great interest. I would definitely agree with Dr Philippa Kaye – do not ignore pain and definitely numbness or discomfort in your pelvis region during or after cycling is not right.

The importance of the invisible exercise: Looking after your Pelvic Floor muscles. How do you train your pelvic floor muscles (PFM) and transversus abdominis (TA) effectively?

How healthy is your heart? After decades of declining rates of heart attacks, experts from the University of Oxford warned this week that they were on the rise again in England, fuelled partly by obesity and unhealthy lifestyle habits.

Stress can be debilitating and very harmful to our health and wellbeing. A fantastic in depth article follows with many expert top tips and explanations. In my opinion, sleep is at the top of the tree.

Living Through the Menopause: from HRT to poor memory, your questions answered. Specialist Dr Louise Newson gives her expert advice.

Many of us experience low-grade mood swings from autumn onwards as days get shorter and darker, says Dr Sarita Robinson, deputy head of the school of psychology at the University of Central Lancashire.

On average a man’s maximum attainable heart rate declines by about one beat a minute each year after the age of 30. About 90g of muscle is lost each year from the age of 40, meaning that a man in his seventies who does no exercise typically has a third less muscle than a 25-year-old.

A new pioneering approach looks to help cancer patients prepare for and respond to treatment by offering them a combination of exercise, nutrition and psychological support.

As Covid-19 swept the world, so did misinformation about how to treat it. But sometimes misinformation can develop even around ideas that have some truth to them – and that can be the most difficult kind to tackle.

There’s one thing in life that is certain. You will age. Nothing stays the same for long and sometimes it can feel hard to keep up as you get older. The same goes for health and fitness. How do you adapt as your body changes?

Strengthen your willpower with exercise and meditation. Reducing alcohol intake, hunger, stress and poor- quality sleep will also help. Willpower is the ability to do what matters most, even when it’s difficult or when some part of us doesn’t want to.

The importance of regular physical activity has never been more evident, and yet the pandemic has forced us to become more sedentary than at any other time in the past 50 years.

One of the most common issues women notice with perimenopause is the addition of some extra centimetres around the waist. It can be very frustrating to gain weight despite eating and exercising in much the same way as you had before.

High Blood pressure has no obvious signs or symptoms. The only way to find out if you have the condition is to have a blood pressure check.

“We all know that even a single night of disrupted sleep can affect mood and alertness. “Try not to catch up on sleep by having a lie-in or napping in the day, as that disturbs your body clock,” she says.

Make is easy for yourself: Start small. Make it manageable and something that you look forward to rather than a chore that your procrastinate about. You don’t need to spend hours outside to make a difference. Start with 10 minutes. Choose a time of day that works best for your commitments.

A diet that lacks plant foods and is low in fibre might interfere with the way we digest and use calories, says Tim Spector, Professor of genetic epidemiology at KCL. “It’s been shown that people with a less diverse micro-biome [a lower range of gut bacteria] have higher levels of body fat,” he says.