The “Anti-Osteoporosis” Dessert: Super Rhub
The RTM’s Super Rhub is a tasty calcium-packed twist on the classic dessert of rhubarb and custard that could also help prevent osteoporosis
The Power of Cucumbers
Cucumbers: the humble multi-purpose super food claimed to stop hangovers, improve the look of cellulite and wrinkles – and even help cure cancer
An Apple a Day Could Well Keep the Doctor Away
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” We probably all know the proverb – but is it true? Actually, there appears to be a lot of wisdom in those words
The RTM Food Combining Guide to Better Health and Weight Loss
Kate reveals how a food combining suggestion to help cure indigestion became a life-long system for keeping slim, preventing colds and ‘flu, and boosting energy
Tip of the Day: Stretch your brain for a few minutes every day to reverse mental ageing, such as Sudoku, crosswords, learn five words in Spanish or the steps to a new dance
Boost your brain: spend a few minutes every day learning something new to help reverse mental ageing and keep your grey matter healthy
Tip of the Day: Look after your hearing – twiddle your earphones until you hear the music you’re playing at its loudest – then turn the volume down
Can you hear me? Check the volume level of your music and ensure safe use of headphones to protect your hearing into old age
The 5:2 or Fast Diet: Stewart’s Story
A fifty-year-old journalist talks about his experiences and the life changing results after a year spent following the Fast Diet
Tip of New Year’s Day: Buy a pedometer and spend 2014 on foot: take the stairs instead of lifts, walk up escalators, and get off one stop earlier on journeys home
Want to get fit this New Year but can’t afford a gym pass? Buy a pedometer and spend 2014 on foot
Tip of the Day: When you get up, drink a large glass of water mixed with a scoop of Andrew’s Liver Salts to flush out any toxins and reduce the acid level in the stomach
A scoop of Andrew’s Liver Salts every day acts as a great antacid for a stressed stomach
Tip of the Day: Reduce your salt intake by a tiny amount every day or two until you don’t use any, your taste buds don’t miss it and your heart loves you
Reducing salt intake the slow and easy way to help keep your heart healthy
Tip of the Day: If you can’t do without sugar in your hot drinks, use a teaspoonful of natural honey instead
Use natural honey as a hot drink sweetener instead of sugar
Dementia: The Use-It-or-Lose-It Brain
Kate explores ideas on how to prevent what one charity claims is “fast becoming the biggest health and social care challenge of this generation” – dementia
Great-Aunt Lilian’s Guide to Beautiful Hands
Kate reveals how her great-aunt’s job in a bicycle factory inspired a low-cost treatment that makes dry hands look and feel better, younger and pain-free
The C-Diet (or “The no-C guide to beat the C word”)
Kate discovers how a lady in her sixties devised a “C” word diet to help lower her cholesterol, lose weight – and spend more time on the dance floor