How can mindfulness improve your fitness? There is a lot of talk at the moment about mindfulness and meditation. This week we look at it in relation to our workouts What is mindfulness? “The quality or state of being conscious or aware of something.” Or  “A mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique” Mindful exercise is about

Looking through generations of family photos, you may notice it’s not just facial features that seem to be inherited — in many families, body shape and weight seem to get handed down just as easily as hair colour or height. But if you’re from a family where steady weight gain seems the norm, that doesn’t mean there’s nothing you can do about it. Genes may play a part in terms of weight and obesity — particularly when it comes to abdominal fat — but they’re not the only factor

Pulses include beans, lentils and peas. They're a cheap, low-fat source of protein, fibre, vitamins and minerals, and count towards your recommended 5 daily portions of fruit and vegetables. A pulse is an edible seed that grows in a pod. Pulses include all beans, peas and lentils, such as: baked bean red, green, yellow and brown lentils chickpeas (garbanzo beans) garden peas black-eyed peas runner beans broad beans kidney beans, butter beans, haricots, cannellini beans, flage

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