Having recently celebrated another successful circumnavigation around the sun (that’s yogi speak for becoming a year older) I am increasingly aware of the looming threat of that old lady disease, osteoporosis. In the UK it is estimated that one in two women and one in five men aged over 50 will have an osteoporotic fracture in […]
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What is it? Why do we want more? Everyone seems to be talking about collagen right now. From celebrities to scientists, collagen has been having a moment for a while. And there’s no denying, it is a vital part of our biology. Collagen is the most abundant natural protein in our bodies, making up around
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I know this is a strong claim, but hear me out. Perhaps it should come with a caveat: best banana bread ever for midlife women! I baked this banana bread for my recent afternoon Thrive Mini Retreat and it went down a storm, with several attendees asking for the recipe. It was good, but what
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This morning, as the sun rises on the summer solstice, it marks the climax of the year when the sun is in its highest and longest embrace with the sky. Let us bask in the glorious warmth and endless light of midsummer, leaning into love for nature all around and its bright, clear and essential
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Consider your feet. Each one has 26 bones, 33 joints and more than one hundred muscles, tendons and ligaments. That’s a lot of moving parts. Are yours all in working order? I know mine aren’t. Years ago I suffered from a painful condition known as Morton’s Neuroma which still occasionally recurs (I now suspect it was
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