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If, on the other hand, you consider yourself to be a reasonably healthy adult, but you would like to lose a little bit of weight, or you sometimes feel overloaded and anxious about how much you have to do, or worry that your relationships with family, friends or colleagues are not as happy as you’d like them to be, this is the book for you. It’s here to help make simple the everyday decisions we often face. The book is based on sound medical research, advice from the most reliable experts, common sense and my own personal experience as someone who has worked for thirty years – many of them fulltime – while looking after my family. And as a writer and editor on quality newspapers and magazines specializing in lifestyle, parenting and health I’ve been lucky enough to work with leading experts in the field. This book aims to share the toptotoe knowledge I have built up over that time, from what neuroscience is telling us about how our brains work to why flat shoes aren’t necessarily good for our feet. The book’s easytodigest format runs through over 120 choices that can have an impact on our health and wellbeing from first thing in the morning to last thing at night. Shower or bath? Do a piece of work or delegate to a colleague? Go for a run or a swim? Wine or gin and tonic? Pizza or pasta? Argue with your partner or bite your tongue? But we are drowning in healthyliving advice already, I hear you say. We are indeed bombarded regularly with advice from health professionals, the food, drink and fitness industries, relationship gurus and so on, but the advice can be very confusing and seems to change from one minute to the next. That’s partly because medical research evolves all the time, and while no one would want to be prescribed drugs or undergo medical procedures that have not been rigorously tested, the words ‘studies show’ can raise a lot of questions: who paid for the study – a drugcompany with vested interests?
[...]... online or in-store? Pay by cash or credit card? Treat yourself or someone else? Get Active M ultitask or do one thing at a time? M ultitask or do one thing at a time? Clean the windows or the car? Vacuum the floor or mow the lawn? All your exercise now or break it up? Run on the flat or uphill? Run barefoot or in trainers? Arnica or an ice pack? Sports/energy or juice drink? Regret or let it go? Babies... row or bite your tongue? The End of the Day Soap and water or cleanser when washing your face? Bath at night or in the morning? Food diary or list of good things? Have sex or go to sleep? Insomnia: stay in bed or get up? Treat Yourself Sleep late or get up? Cooked breakfast or continental? Sunday roast or bread and cheese? Ice cream or an ice pop? Shopping Buy something or do something? Shop online or. .. or let it go? Babies and Young Children Homemade or ready-made baby food? Leave babies to cry or comfort them? Baby in bed or in a cot? Use a straw or sip drinks? M ilkshake or ice cream? One sport or lots? Teenagers Alcohol or soft drinks for teenagers? Computer/TV in the bedroom or living room? Teenagers: sleep late or get up? And Finally … Say yes or no? Guideline Daily Amounts (GDAs) The Lowdown... feet The book’s easy-to-digest format runs through over 120 choices that can have an impact on our health and wellbeing from first thing in the morning to last thing at night Shower or bath? Do a piece of work or delegate to a colleague? Go for a run or a swim? Wine or gin and tonic? Pizza or pasta? Argue with your partner or bite your tongue? But we are drowning in healthy-living advice already, I... 2011 study by British doctors, for example, disagreed with this, a more recent one in June 2011 in the US said that waist measurement is a more reliable indicator of obesityrelated problems like heart disease and diabetes: anything above 80cm (31.5 inches) for women and 94cm (37 inches) for men increases the risk Not sure where your waist is? Find the top of your hip bone and the bottom of your ribs... best to use them by day or at night? Both types do the same job, and your age, skin type and the environment in which you spend most of your time will dictate which works best for you Bear in mind that night creams tend to be heavier and may clog your pores – unhelpful if you’re prone to spots, but if you like using them and feel they work, there’s no reason not to Beware the mantra: Your skin repairs... clothes, you’ve run out of milk and a child’s lost its homework – well, the stress mounts A simple routine will set you up for whatever lies ahead The decisions you make in your morning bathroom routine will perhaps be dictated by time constraints, with you or other members of the family queuing up to use the facilities The good news is that most of the decisions you have to make here are pretty quick and... for more than ten, we might use more water than we would in a bath (which, depending on the size of your bath, uses about eighty litres) Keen greens can surf the Internet for shower timers and collapsible buckets to collect waste water for the garden or to wash the dog, in order to keep shower time as efficient as possible Not such good news for lovers of a long, relaxing soak in the bath, so if that. .. really is your preference see Last Thing on page here for tips on how to get the most out of one There are so many ways of dealing with hairy legs, armpits and bikini lines, all with various pros and cons, that it’s hard to say which is right or wrong For the short-term solution razors are quick and convenient for legs and underarms, but you probably wouldn’t want to use them on your bikini line or face... found that the children of working mothers spent more time watching TV than those of stay-at-home mothers No surprise there, as anyone who struggles to juggle work and family commitments would probably agree But ask any child-psychology expert or well-organized parent how they get themselves to work and the kids to school on time, and the ‘one-eyed babysitter’ will not be the answer It’s a team effort, . for damages. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: 97 8-1 -8 431 7-8 7 7-4 in EPub format ISBN: 97 8-1 -8 431 7-8 7 6-7 in Mobipocket format ISBN: 97 8-1 -8 431 7-5 5 8-2 . Food Organic or non-organic? Low-fat or light? Use by or best before? Frozen or chilled? Dinner Time Eat early or late? Eat together or separately? Raw or cooked? Broccoli or spinach? Tomatoes or statins? Sunflower. yourself or for everyone? What to Eat and Drink Latte or cappuccino? Scone or muffin? Fruit juice or smoothie? Smoothie or fruit? Orange or kiwi? Peanuts or nuts and raisins? Can of diet drink or bar