Be Well Magazine

More and more we are seeing young women in their teens and 20s with ovarian cysts or even full blown PCOS. While the cause of PCOS is unconfirmed, there does appear to be connections with family history, insulin resistance and lifestyle or…

Sleep is crucial to our wellbeing and, the older we get, the more so. Sleep is when our body can repair its self, when our brain can lay down new neural pathways, when we store and sort our memories, when we rejuvenate…

Your guide to an at-home spring cleanse. Spring is full of transformations and often symbolises a time of love, joy and renewal. Just as we like to declutter our homes in Spring and clear out accumulated waste, we can do the same…

If a pill could be made that could do the same for cancer as exercise it would be called a miracle drug. EXERCISE CAN HELP PREVENT CANCER We all know that not smoking is important in the prevention of cancer. Exercise also…

When we hear the term mental illness, we are used to thinking of depression, anxiety and other disorders, as the illness. But increasing areas of study are understanding that these symptoms may actually be indicators that something else is occurring within the…

Your thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland located in your throat. Because it has a role in metabolism, it can have far-reaching symptoms involving temperature control, energy output and hunger. Your pituitary makes a hormone called thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and this…

April is IBS Awareness Month. You probably won’t come across any marches for Irritable Bowel Syndrome this month, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a widespread issue. In fact, IBS is the most common disorder of the digestive tract, affecting approximately 1…