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There’s no denying it, January blues are well and truly upon us. Those dark and dreary nights alongside the sudden drop in temperature might seriously be impacting the way we feel. However, there is evidence to suggest that eating healthily during these times can help us feel more positive, remove that brain fog and help

We are proud to partner with Tempo Time Credits in supporting the fantastic and essential work of volunteers. They’re trusted by over 750 recognition partners, who accept Tempo Time Credits to enable volunteering at this scale to continue. To empower the community to support volunteers through 2021 and beyond, they’ve recently adapted their work so

Everyone Health, the company that operates the Healthy You service, recognises and values the contribution that foster carers make to society and especially the lives of children in care. We understand that foster carers who do other work in addition to fostering, need some flexibility in their working arrangements in order to meet the needs

Trillions of microorganisms thrive within our gastrointestinal tract, and these are collectively known as the gut microbiome. These bacterial species are crucial to our survival, and we wouldn’t be without them. A symbiotic relationship between our own cells are theirs ensures overall health is maintained, but what can we do to help this relationship, or

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is an expanding global health problem, closely linked to the epidemic of obesity. Historically speaking, diabetes is mentioned in Egyptian texts (1500 BC) way back in antiquity, describing the condition as ‘passing too much urine’. During the same period, Hindu medical texts discussed madhumeha or ‘honey urine’. By 250 BC the

If you have managed to achieve your SMART goal consistently, you should start to notice some of the benefits of reducing your alcohol content, such as less hangovers, losing weight or saving more money. Now you can focus on maintaining the behaviour to help it become a habit. To do this, firstly, keep checking in

At this point you will be starting your goal, and therefore performing the behaviour change itself. It is at this point when your helpers and hindrances to success will appear, so keep your goal and reasons behind it in mind, as well as your action plan for dealing with any barriers. It is also this

So you’ve now decided you want to change your drinking behaviour, GREAT! Now you need to prepare to make that change. This is an especially important stage as it is building your behaviour change support system.  Maintaining your mindset Firstly, make sure you’re maintaining that mindset we established in the first post so keep the

Mindset This October Healthy You are supporting Macmillan’s Sober October campaign and we thought it would be a great opportunity to talk about behaviours around alcohol consumption and reduction. Please keep reading to hear from one of Healthy You’s Alcohol Health Trainer Philippa! Welcome to a four-part series on how to successfully change your behaviour