Mental health

  • The Anatomy of Fasting

    The Anatomy of Fasting

    Dr Munazzah Chou, Farnham Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern that alternates between fasting and eating and can involve fasting for a set number of hours each day or eating one meal a couple of days a week. Centuries before intermittent fasting was feted for its multitude of health benefits, including longevity, heart health and

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  • A Peaceful Mind

    Dr Sarah Waseem, London As we enter a new year, many of us set targets to improve our health. Usually this takes the form of signing up to gyms, weight loss programmes or giving up unhealthy eating habits; few of us however consider how we could improve our mental health. Perhaps that’s understandable, given how

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  • School and Well-being

    Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot At my school in West London there was a uniform policy of skirts, blouses and blazers. Trousers were not allowed at all until after I left when the great number of girls from the Indian sub-continent led to a change so trousers and in fact a traditional shalwar kameez in standard navy

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