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When it comes to health and wellbeing, optimising our brain power is often high on the list. Whether that looks like improving our cognitive performance or protecting our mental wellbeing, understanding how the food we eat impacts the functioning of our brain is vital. Following a healthy diet is the best strategy for long-term health. However, research has also shown that certain nutrients can help to keep our brain in peak working condition.

Our gut and digestive tract help our body to digest the food we eat and ensure that beneficial nutrients are absorbed for energy production. And it doesn’t end there – thanks to the gut microbiome, our gut produces compounds that help regulate hormones, metabolism, and our immune system. A healthy gut can create a barrier against harmful bacteria, as well as producing antimicrobial proteins and reducing the duration of illness.

Connecting with nature and fresh air is a fantastic way to get movement into your day, as well as creating a host of other health benefits which can really add to our overall wellbeing. Often, exercise can be framed as solely a way to sculpt our body, or to ‘make up’ for something we feel we should not have eaten. However, there is much more to movement than this hard, punitive approach. Join us this month as we explore the fun in physical activity!

There are plenty of ways to appreciate fresh seasonal vegetables and all they have to offer. Selecting foods, particularly vegetables that naturally grow at the time of year that you are in means you are maximising freshness and taste, and it also is one of the best ways to support the environment and be more sustainable. This article aims to inform you of the benefits of fresh seasonal veg and how you can begin incorporating them into your cooking!

There can be a lot of pressure at this time of year to ‘get back on track’, with restrictive diet plans available everywhere you look. We believe that getting the basics right can go such a long way towards us feeling happy, healthy and like we are functioning at our best, with no need to drastically overhaul how we eat in a way that is difficult and ultimately unsustainable. Join us this month to talk about how to bring a sense of contentment and balance into our diets.

Everybody needs support at some point in their lives and it’s great to be surrounded by people who can offer you help from time to time. On the other side, it is very easy to become dependent on everyone around you for help in all aspects of your life and that’s why it is important to learn the art of self-sufficiency. Developing self-sufficiency attributes to our overall wellness and taking charge of our own lives can help to build the confidence needed to stand on our own two feet.