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Today is World Osteoporosis Day which is a campaign that aims to put a spotlight on the condition and wants to raise awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment for osteoporosis. There is no known cure, but there are treatments to help improve bone density or to slow or stop bone loss from continuing to occur. Osteoporosis is very common, with more than 200,000 cases per year in the UK alone. Bone density is also affected during menopause when estrogen drops meaning fractures are more common as women age. 

In today’s blog, we will be rounding up some of the very best ways you can build strong and healthy bones.

This month (October) is Menopause Awareness Month and the 18th is World Menopause Day. The purpose of this month and day is to raise widespread awareness and educate women and professionals on support and treatment options to help improve the health and wellbeing of women across the planet.

Menopause symptoms can be severe and have a big detrimental impact on those affected. Education is the key for women to know what to expect and know where and how to get support if and when they need it.

Did you know that we as humans are actually designed to squat when we poop? Our ancestors did it and so do most of the World’s population today.

I bet you remember the shock the first time you saw a hole in the floor when abroad. They know the importance of squatting and how this makes it easier and healthier on your body to pass stools.

The 5th to the 11th of September marks migraine awareness week

A migraine is not just a bad headache, it is a painful and long-term health condition which causes symptoms throughout the whole body. Other symptoms of migraines include nausea, being sick, sensitivity to light and sound. Migraines are common, but affect more women than men (around 1 in 15 men vs 1 in 5 women). Migraines are extremely debilitating and often stop those suffering from working, going to school or university or socialising.

'I never was one for sport and hated PE in school. I didn’t discover running until 5 years ago at the age of 34 when a friend suggested I try the ‘Couch to 5k’. I was looking for a way to shift a few festive pounds without handing over all my hard-earned cash to an expensive gym. I’d never heard of Couch to 5k and to be honest the thought of running wasn’t very appealing. What was appealing though was the fact that it was free and I would only have to dedicate 30 mins three times a week to this awful activity. I started the plan with more doubts than expectations and no one was more surprised than me as the weeks crept by and I was still going, feeling more and more invincible with each run!'