Savages for me was a confusing mess of a movie. Don’t confuse it with the 2007 movie The Savages. Too many people in Savages and not enough meaty stories to [...]
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The 3×3 Essentials in the Complementary Health Business
Complementary health is first and foremost a business. Many make the mistake of treating this profession as a passion for which they get paid. It must instead be a profession for which you have passion. The difference is small but critical and it often draws the difference between success and failure. This article shows the [...]
Complementary Therapy is Dead
Are you ready for the big change? The “Complementary therapy” label is about to die and with it many of itspractitioners. This is actually good news because the label is about to die only to make room for a bigger, fresher and more official one; “Therapy” or “Treatment”. I guess that you may be asking yourself what this [...]
Stress Management, Obesity and Hypertension and How They All Relate
Watch a video by Adam Shaw about: Stress Management, Obesity and Hypertension and How They All Relate. In 19 years as a health and well-being professional there has been one common link in all illness. In this video I explain… – the link between stress, hypertension and obesity – how stress works and its effect on [...]
Birth Control – a Guy’s Matter?
Some people might argue that certain things should not be interfered with and others may say that it is irresponsible not to control it. In our modern society, raising children has become increasingly difficult and is an increasingly huge responsibility, possibly more than ever before. Things have changed in the last hundred years and families [...]
The Extraordinary DNA of a 115-year Old Woman
Don’t we all wish to live long and healthily without any diseases such as dementia, diabetes or a weak heart? Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, a Dutch woman who passed away in 2005 at the age of 115, lived through three centuries without any health problems and was told to be “as fit as a 60-year old woman” [...]
Eight Energy Boosters
Psychology, physiology and physical fitness affect our moods, wellbeing and the way others perceive us. In modern day life the majority of us live in the fast lane constantly striving for bigger and better. This stimulates our body to release adrenalin putting our systems in a “fight or flight” response throughout the day, however such [...]
Functional Training
Functional training involves exercises which mainly focus on the strengthening of abdominal muscles and back muscles. As core strength increases so does balance and efficiency which reduces injuries. Functional training involves primal movement patterns and multi-planar ranges of motion. These are movements that children do naturally. This improves coordination by re-training the muscles to work together in [...]
How to Lose Weight Without Going on a Diet or to a Gym
The idea of being able to lose weight without going on a diet or to a gym may appear like an elaborate claim. However, having been overweight myself during my former years, navigating myself out of it and witnessing the struggles of hundreds of people with weight issues, I have discovered certain things in my [...]
Healthy Exercising
Recently we reported on ways to improve your diet and many of our readers have asked us to write some reviews about exercising. This week, our health correspondent Dr. Sebastian Müller (Ph.D.) is reporting on healthy ways to exercise, drawing from his own experience as a high performance rower over several years. Know your limit [...]
Coping with IBS – Visceral Osteopathy
This week, City Connect has interviewed Dr. Sebastian Müller (Ph.D.) about Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue – something that plagues many people in our society these days in one form or another. He has been collating information from the literature and from health experts and has interesting suggestions, which might be able to help [...]
The Radiance Technique® Training at Salus Wellness
Salus Wellness, Cambridge is the only clinic locally to teach the profound, effective healing technique: The Radiance Technique®. Originally called reiki but renamed The Radiance Technique® it is the pure, complete, system of authentic reiki with seven degrees and twelve attunement processes. It also has separate and specific teaching attunements. The essence of us all is transcendence, the still, silent, [...]
Ways to a Better Shave
Men often complain about women taking too long in the bathroom when they are getting ready, but the same can be said about men, when they take ages to get ready, groomed and go through their carefully selected shaving ritual. Have you ever suffered from razor bumps and come out of the bathroom all embarrassed? [...]
Sleep Sharpens Your Memory
A good night’s sleep is important for many reasons and researches have found another good reason why it is so important to rest calmly during the night. Your memory sharpens during sleep, when your brain puts all the information you acquired during the day in order. This phenomenon has been investigated for years now and [...]
Should We Expect Less This Christmas?
There was a recent report done about the number of chocolates that you would be getting in a tin of Roses™ chocolates for Christmas this year, which showed that on average, there would be two less chocolates per tin in the year of 2011. Of course, the price has not dropped and consumers are suggesting [...]
The Relationship Between Snoring and Insomnia
You lay there night after night with your pillow wrapped around your head, listening to yet another night filled with the loud bed-rattling sound coming from the person laying next to you. You know that you are going to have yet another sleepless night. So you reach over and nudge your significant other to get [...]
Can Homeopathy Help With Thyroid Issues?
What is the role of the thyroid Thyroid is one of the body’s most important glands. Thyroid dysfunctions are some of the most frequent clinical conditions seen by health practitioners. Our thyroid primarily influences our metabolic process, which means how we create and process energy at an organic and cellular level. It is also the [...]
8 Ways to Get to the Bottom of Cellulite
How many times do you look in the mirror and pick up on those dimply thighs and that wobbly bottom? Don’t you just hate it and wish it was not there? There has always been a debate whether or not cellulite exists but if you suffer from the orange peel effect on your bottom, thighs [...]
Give Acne a Break
Many of us will have had problems with acne before to varying extents at different stages of our life. It is never pretty and can be a nuisance for us as it itches, can lower our self-esteem and it looks unhealthy. But how can we reduce it? Acne can arise from many different factors and [...]
How Can I Raise My Energy Levels?
Thank you for your question on how to raise your energy levels and whether it could be supplemented by diet. As a Life Coach I am not a nutritionist but it seems quite evident from what you’re talking about that your decreased energy levels and decreased immunity may be based on iron deficiency. I would [...]
Sugars in Fruit
Many of us who are trying to lose body fat still continue to eat fruit. Whilst fruit has large amounts of vitamins and minerals, it also contains high amounts if sugar, some more than others, and so can hamper your fat loss results considerably. When we eat sugar (sucrose) it is broken down into glucose [...]
How Do I Get Over My Miscarriage?
Thank you for your question and I am very sorry for your loss. You do not say in which trimester you were in however whenever it happened this situation is traumatic for any couple. I am very pleased to hear on a physiological level that your doctors have given you the OK to try again [...]
How to Avoid Cellulite
We are all familiar with the term cellulite which has been around since the 20’s, also known as orange peel and cottage cheese skin. We find it often on the thighs and glute areas, mostly in women after puberty, and for many it is the bane of their lives. The dimpling effect occurs when herniation [...]
Live Young and Prosper: The Dauer Way
The global average life expectancy during the early twentieth century was 31 years; today it stands at 67.2 years. The “Big Three”: food, health and hygiene are being hailed as miracle life longevity factors; however improving overall quality of life is far more complex than simply extending it. Without actually slowing down the pace at [...]
ACL Reconstructive Surgery – Knee Destructive?
Damage of the anterior cruciate ligament in the knee is one of the most common serious injuries in young athletes and, reflecting individual activity, is habitually treated surgically. ACL reconstruction, the gold standard, requires the harvesting of a hamstring or patella tendon graft, which is used as scaffold for new ACL growth. Cadaveric ligament harvesting [...]
Holistic Treatment of Haemorrhoids
What are haemorrhoids? Haemorrhoids, also known as “piles” are the result of swelling and protrusion of a group of veins, called the “venous plexus”, which are located in and around the rectum. In summary, these are simply varicose (swollen) veins, located internally or externally to the anus. They can be painless, but sometimes, especially after [...]
Green Tea Versus Coffee
This week, Dr. Sebastian Müller (Ph.D.) compares the two popular hot beverages Coffee and Green Tea, and discusses their benefits and pitfalls. Antioxidants A scientific term, that is now frequently discussed in popular literature, is the term of antioxidants. Many articles have mentioned that antioxidants can be found in berries, beverages and now even antioxidant food supplements [...]
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Private Members Club – The Do’s and Dont’s for Your Night Out
There is a price to pay for partying in exclusive surroundings, but that price is not always monetary. It is more the case that you are out and about on [...]
Style
Maxi Dresses for Maximum Impact
The maxi dress has been adorning the red carpet and the high street for a long time now however we have taken it upon ourselves to highlight a few of [...]
Relationships
When the Honeymoon Period is Over
At what point is it that we notice that our relationship has slipped from sexy to slippers? You and your man have been dating for a few months, maybe even a year. Everything is new [...]
