Entries by Selene

Let The Sunshine In: How To Stay Happy This Winter

As winter draws closer and the nights start getting longer, it’s hard to avoid feelings of gloom at saying goodbye to the sunshine. That the sun can lift our mood is common knowledge, but with yet another washout summer behind… 0 Shares |

Why You Need To Eat More Turmeric

Most of us know turmeric as just a vivid orange spice, something we might add to curries for an extra flavour boost, or use to colour rice a magnificent yellow. But there is far more to this humble plant than… 0 Shares |

How Crime Can Damage Your Health – And What You Can Do About It

It’s a given that crime can adversely affect your health. Violent crimes such as assaults can obviously directly affect an individual’s physical health – but what about the ‘invisible,’ mental effects of crime? Crime and the subsequent fear of it… 0 Shares |

How to Stay Healthy While Travelling the World: A Vegetarian Survival Guide

For backpackers, long-term travelers, or anyone who travels widely for work, sampling new local cuisines is one of the things to look forward to most. Who wouldn’t be enthusiastic about to trying traditional tacos in Mexico, sampling steaming-hot street food… 0 Shares |

Four Ways That the French Lifestyle is Healthier

It’s long been accepted that the French are healthier than the Americans – just look at the food, for one thing. While admittedly the French diet is packed with breads, cheese and wine, the quantities of the foods consumed are… 0 Shares |

The Spread of Study Drugs: Just How Scared Should We Be?

The idea that young people may experiment with drugs while at college is not new. For many students, college is the first time they are unleashed from the constraints of home life and can let loose away from inquisitive parents.… 0 Shares |

How can pets be part of a sustainable future?

Although it’s impossible to know exactly how many dogs and cats there are in the world, estimates put the value at around 525 million dogs and 600 million cats. That’s around one dog or cat for every seven people. This… 0 Shares |

How to Care for Your Loved Ones in Their Twilight Years

Despite the fact that many older people still exude grace and panache during their later years, there will come a time when help is needed. Aging can be an overwhelmingly scary thing for anyone to go through, yet even the… 0 Shares |

Five Weird Ways to Boost Your Health

Keeping fit and healthy has never been so popular! Each day more and more of us start a diet or a detox, promise to drop our unwholesome habits or begin dedicated exercise regimes. But staying healthy, happy and fit doesn’t… 0 Shares |

Why More Indoor Plants Will Actually Change Your Life

Plants and humans have evolved together in a beautiful symbiotic relationship — albeit one that we are now abusing. Whether we’re using them for food, shelter, medicine, or simply to breathe, without plants we just wouldn’t exist. But do we… 0 Shares |