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Calcium/vitamin D: Calcium is clearly great for bone loss, and there is evidence that it can help reduce body fat — increasing dietary calcium can lead to significantly increased weight and fat loss and increase the percentage of fat loss around the trunk region. Vitamin intake affects weight and fat loss, too. The major function of vitamin D is to help maintain normal levels of calcium. This dynamic duo is important for achieving a lean body.

Valentine’s Day lovers have another reason to celebrate this year, as findings show that being in love and being loved helps to keep us healthy and are particularly good for our hearts.

Oranmore fitness facility Educogym is offering a new scientific approach to firing up your metabolism and burning off excess fat permanently.

A major Heart Health Awareness initiative organised by Croí will take place in Castlebar Library on Monday April 6 from 9.30am to 4pm.

Fat is necessary for life but unfortunately many of us consume the wrong types of fat. Our intake of different fats has changed markedly during the last century. We eat far more saturated fats and vegetable oils which contain omega-6 fatty acids, whereas our intake of fatty fish oils (omega-3) has decreased by 80 per cent during the last 80 years. We eat much less fish today, so most of us suffer from a deficiency of omega-3 fatty oils.

If winter has taken its toll on you and you feel weary and lack energy maybe you should consider getting a tonic to restore your lost vitality.

Are you anxious to shed some extra pounds but find it difficult to find a method which succeeds for you?

Ziaja’s (pronounced JiYa) cocoa butter range contains natural antioxidants and vitamin E. The antioxidants in cocoa butter mean that it can prevent some skin damage and give protection from free radicals. Vitamin E helps to soothe, hydrate, and balance the skin and also provides the skin with collagen which assists with wrinkles and other signs of ageing.

“Let food be thy medicine” — Hippocrates, c400BC

Popeye showed us just how powerful spinach really was and our mammies have been telling us for years to ‘eat our greens’. But why is this so – are green veggies all they’re cracked up to be?