Mini factsheet: Immune system
Your immune system protects you round-the-clock but what you eat can have a considerable effect. You can make it sharper by eating well and looking after yourself – or you can overload and weaken it.
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Your immune system protects you round-the-clock but what you eat can have a considerable effect. You can make it sharper by eating well and looking after yourself – or you can overload and weaken it.
Achieving a healthy weight isn’t about being thin, it’s about having a healthy body that works well and isn’t held back by inflammation, achy joints, high blood pressure or high blood sugar.
Fish is marketed as a health food that may help protect heart health. However, some experts warn against eating both farmed and wild-caught fish and shellfish.
In the UK, one in 14 people over the age of 65 has dementia and it increases to one in six in people over 80. However, 40 per cent of cases could be prevented or delayed and evidence shows a healthy diet can help.
If you have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) you can still eat many plant foods and the right ones can help.
Thinking of raising your family vegan? Don’t know where to start with first foods, baby led weaning and beyond? Look no further than The Vegan New Parents’ Guide from leading vegan charity, Viva!
This door dropper leaflet highlights how you can slash your risk of developing severe covid by going vegan.
Breast is best but not always possible – fed is best! Soya and other plant-based formulas are a safe and nutritious alternative to cow’s milk formulas.
Scientists have been warning us for years that the next pandemic could come from a factory farm. Let’s end factory farming before it ends us!
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