Vital Health Zone

09/07/2025

The TGA is recommending changes to some sunscreen products as some of the ingredients are endocrine disruptors, which are implicated in cancers when they are used long term.

Those problematic ingredients are:

- homosalate
- oxybenzone
- benzophenone

These are either prohibited or very limited in sunscreens and other cosmetics in Europe.

Europe has higher standards for problematic chemicals in our food, cleaning products, body care, cosmetics etc.

Check your sunscreens.

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/some-will-need-to-be-reformulated-what-the-tgas-latest-review-means-for-sunscreens-in-australia/accc077oi

Australia's medicines watchdog has begun a public consultation after finding some sunscreens may need reformulating to lower levels of three ingredients.

21/06/2025

Did you know the space between your eyebrows is known as the "glabella"?

Something to remember for trivia.

15/05/2025

Find out how many calories a day you need to reach your goal weight. Or maybe you want to maintain your weight. Or gain weight? Whatever you want to do, this tool has it all 😊

https://www.vitalhealthzone.com/lifestyle/calculators/calorie-calculator/

15/04/2025

Updated website is now live. Finally!!!

Check it out and let me know your feedback (if you have any):

https://www.vitalhealthzone.com

I'll be adding more recipes and content to it every week.

Let me know what else you'd like to see on my website. I welcome any and all your feedback 😊 ❤️

Nutrition is all about the types of food we eat, how much we eat and the quality of it. Healthy eating is fundamental to good health and well-being. Healthy eating means eating in moderation and incorporating fruit and vegetables of every colour to your meals every day... Vital Health Zone

31/03/2025

Low carb keto meal, when you don't want to eat a lot but you do want to have something really healthy and filling. The only carbs in this are very low GI vegetables.

- beef rissole (lots of herbs)
- green capsicum
- heirloom tomatoes
- avocado
- balsamic vinegar dressing

Delicious, healthy, filling and tasty 😋

What's your go-to low-carb, keto meal?

30/03/2025

Low carb meal, when you don't want to eat a lot but you do want to have something really healthy. The only carbs in this are very low GI vegetables.

- beef rissole (lots of herbs)
- green capsicum
- heirloom tomatoes
- avocado
- balsamic vinegar dressing

Delicious and tasty 😋

What's your go-to low carb meal?

03/02/2025

One in 20 adults in the UK either smoke, v**e or do both.⁠
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This is a huge rise from 2016, when it was 1 in 30.⁠
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More people are going to get sick. ⁠
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/smoke-v**e-both-numbers-health-b2684886.html⁠
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29/01/2025

Dapagliflozin (a specific diabetes drug) plus calorie restriction was tested in a multicentre, double blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial, to determine if it puts people in remission of type 2 diabetes. Longitudinal cohort study.

Yes it does.

Basically this means if you have diabetes and take this medication and also follow a moderately calorie restricted diet, ie you choose fresh unprocessed foods more often, then you can reverse your diabetes.



https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9659664/

09/11/2024

A Mediterranean diet can ease symptoms of stress and anxiety

Consuming more nuts, fruit and legumes and fewer sugary drinks/foods may help people aged over 60 feel less anxious and stressed.

Research from the Uni of South Australia and Uni Sunshine Coast.



https://unisa.edu.au/media-centre/Releases/2024/a-mediterranean-diet-can-ease-symptoms-of-stress-and-anxiety/

07/11/2024

‘Wake-up call’: What’s behind Australia's worst-ever flu season?

Australia has recorded a more than 20% increase in confirmed influenza cases this year, amid reminders the illness is "not just a bad cold".

Make sure to take vitamin C, zinc and black ederberry if you're sick, plus high UMF Manuka honey 🍯

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australias-worst-ever-flu-season/xfabmeldr

06/11/2024

The Mediterranean diet may slow brain aging.

People who follow the Green Mediterranean diet (Green-Med), which incorporates more plant-based foods and into the traditional Mediterranean diet, showed the most ideal brain structure and function in areas considered more vulnerable to age-related atrophy.

https://healthimaging.com/topics/medical-imaging/neuroimaging/mediterranean-diet-may-slow-brain-aging-mri-study-shows

27/09/2024

Watch this beautiful healing reel by Kay Hutchinson Aiki Healing and heal your heart.

This is high vibration healing by Kay Hutchinson, a woman with a gentle, lovely soul.

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