Winter wellness starts with sleep
Sleeping on it is the overlooked key to achieving exercise goals. As the colder months settle in across Aotearoa, ExerciseNZ is encouraging Kiwis to take stock of their winter wellness – with a special focus on a crucial yet often overlooked pillar of health: sleep. Just three consecutive nights of restricted sleep (about 4.25 hours […]
How to regain FODMAP-food freedom: Fodwise
Garlic and onions: the flavour-enhancing favourites that can restrict food freedom. Anyone who struggles with FODMAP-triggering foods such as garlic and onions knows how restrictive food intolerances can be. Mixing socialising and meals becomes a real challenge. Bailey Kinvig understood that challenge all too well. It wasn’t until he contracted gastroenteritis and glandular fever that […]
Figuring out fertility
A Kiwi fertility coach reveals the missing piece in infertility. One in four New Zealanders experience infertility during their lifetime, and in vitro fertilisation (IVF) success rates average just 30% per cycle. This leaves couples emotionally and financially drained, and still without answers. To coincide with World Infertility Month this June, New Zealand-based fertility energetics […]
Escape the vape
The jury is back on vaping – it’s not good news. A major international study has confirmed what health experts in New Zealand have long warned: vaping is not a harmless habit. Published in the Nicotine and Tobacco Research Journal, the groundbreaking study tracked over 250,000 people and found a strong link between vaping and […]
Flu fighters: St Albans Pharmacy
Don’t let the flu virus get you this season. Here in New Zealand, the flu season typically runs from May to October. The colder months bring the usual onslaught of sniffles and sneezes, but for some people, the flu can be deadly. If you’re looking to get more protection from severe illness, St Albans Pharmacy […]
The many styles of yoga in Christchurch
Breathe in, bliss out, balance or burn – whatever you need, there’s a yoga style to suit, writes Tamara Pitelen. From hot, steamy studios to serene slow flow and gravity-defying aerial yoga, Ōtautahi thriving wellness scene offers yoga for every body and mind. Here’s a few of the styles and where you can find them. […]
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