Soza Health blog containing educational articles to explain the influencers of your health and wellness.
As we get older it gets harder to remember things. Even the sharpest of minds can start to experience cognitive decline. However, there are many dietary modifications that you can adopt that have been shown to improve the brain function. Consumption of blueberries and strawberries has been shown to reduce brain ageing by up to […]
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The kidneys assist the body in maintaining good hydration and electrolyte levels. They also remove excess acids and waste products from the blood, which are then excreted in urine. Maintaining good kidney health is important to prevent water retention, high blood pressure and acidosis in the body. Kidney health can be maintained and improved in a
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Stress is often associated with an increased activation of the “fight or flight” processes in the body. These processes should switch on to enable us to conquer stress in the short term, but then switch off again once a stress has passed, helping us to return to a restful relaxed state again. Modern life is
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Your lung muscles increase the volume inside your chest as you breathe, so that air is forced into your lungs and oxygen moves from the air into your blood. The more powerful your lung muscles are, the more efficient your respiratory system is at extracting oxygen and removing carbon dioxide. Oxygen is a
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Actually no. Coffee is fantastic! 2-5 cups per day can help you in many ways: Coffee is high in antioxidants. Antioxidants help boost the immune system, improve the arterial function and help the stress response. Coffee boosts exercise performance. In endurance events, you can go for longer at a higher intensity before getting tired if
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Performing strenuous exercise (tennis, squash, lifting weights, spinning etc) causes small tears and micro damage to your muscles. Over the subsequent hours and days your body works to repair this damage. The repair process results in your muscles becoming stronger. This repair process can be accompanied by muscle soreness. Here are three dietary suggestions for
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How much fibre do you eat every day? Most people are not eating enough. Average fibre consumption is around 15g per day, but the ideal diet contains over 100g per day and anything below 32g is considered deficient. So why is fibre important? Fibre is a prebiotic, meaning it feeds the helpful bacteria in your
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Did you know the worldwide prevalence of diabetes is increasing? In 2014 The number of adults living with diabetes was 422 million. That is 8.5% of the global population! Diet and lifestyle changes, such as cutting down on sugar, eating more beans and supplementing your diet with vinegar, can massively help to reduce
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Written by Patricia Patterson-Vanegas Alcohol is the third largest risk factor for ill health in the European Union and Europe has the highest unit per person intake of alcohol in the world*. Medical research has established that binge drinking and long-term drinking negatively affect most organs including the cardio-vascular system, the brain, liver and pancreas.
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