A personal message from our Co-Founder Dr Lucy
18th September 2021
1 in 6 healthy adults will receive a genetic screening result that shows that they are at high risk of disease. I was not expecting to be one of those people.
Optimising Recovery From Exercise – Capitalise on your rest days
From when we are small children, we are told about the importance of exercise. Whether it be that we need to go outside and play during break time or that as we age, we need to do cardiovascular exercise to maintain heart health and that resistance training will help muscle tone.
Wearables and Apps-How to Track Your Body
Using wearables and apps on your phone can be helpful to monitor the body’s response to stress or training throughout the day. Although blood and salivary tests are available and genuinely more accurate in measuring stress responses through cortisol levels, these are not practical on a daily basis.
Your Microbiome…much more than just some friendly bacteria
The microbiome is big news in the health world. The study of those friendly bacteria in our gut has made enormous advancements and has changed the way we understand our immune system and our health.
The pill, patch or ring? What are my contraceptive options?
Most people are familiar with the contraceptive pill or ‘the pill’ as it is better known however there are many other forms of contraception available and more and more people are now availing of these options.