Thermal waters – bathing vs body creams?!

Thermal Water in Balneario de Archena Spain

For a lot of people wallowing in the bath is pure relaxation. Lying in the thermal water, with your eyes closed, feeling the comforting warmth of the water, breathing deeply and letting go… and women in particular seem to enjoy the added benefits of wonderful rosy, velvety skin. Thermal baths promise not only that, but […]

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A yummie healthy smoothie recipe to get your 5 a day!

Healthy Smoothie recipe, SIS Spa in Spain

Healthy Smoothie. It is not a new recommendation that we should all be eating 5 portions of fruit & veg a day but sometimes it just seems so hard to fit them in, on the school run, running to the office, meetings… do you think you get your 5 on an average day? With the […]

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ANDALUSIA, region of contrasts….

Seville, easter in Andalusia

Flamenco, music, gypsies, tapas – Andalusia, the sun-baked southernmost region of Spain, embodies much of what the world thinks of as Spanish. Andalusia is the least as well as most surprising part of the country: it lives up to the stereotype that long confused all of Spain with the Andalusian version, yet at the same time, […]

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HOW TO BEAT THE WINTER BLUES

In the middle of the winter with low temperatures, grey skies and short days, many people find themselves feeling sad. If you’re feeling like nothing but a very full, very strong pot of coffee will get you out of bed, join the club. The “winter blues” are characterized by the mild depression, lack of motivation, […]

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The importance of pulses and the macrobiotic diet

2016 was declared International Year of Pulses by the United Nations in order to promote the consumption of them and increase the worldwide awareness about their nutritional benefits. What are pulses and why are they important? Pulses are part of the legume family (plants whose fruit is enclosed in a pod) but the term “pulse” […]

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10 steps to get active, healthy and FIT!

In order to get active, healthy, and lose weight, you need to be moving in some way every single day. You know this. But easier said than done, right? You probably also have a full schedule with lots of obligations and with no idea how to fit exercise in. Maybe you’ve tried before to exercise […]

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How to make your own Vitamin C Supplements

Health Benefits of Orange Peels

Most of the Vitamin C supplements you can buy are genetically modified as manufacturers tend to use genetically modified corn as one of the ingredients. Unfortunately a lot of the commercial vitamin C supplements do not contain natural vitamin C and are instead made from ascorbic acid which is a synthetic  chemical derived from glucose.  […]

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Keep Your Immune System Strong this Fall

Immune System

Fall is here, and along with the benefits of cozy movie nights, magically falling leaves, pumpkin soup and hot chocolate comes something much more insidious: rain and gloomy weather…. Transitioning from summer into fall can be tricky, particularly if you have a somewhat weak immune system. A cold is easily caught! No time to spare […]

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HEALTHY NUTRITION TIPS

healthy nutrition tips

We live influenced by a fast lifestyle. Workload, family, household chores and stress, do not allow us to eat healthily. And many times we don’t even know how harmful some foods are for our body. We get carried away by the fast food, ready meals and we deceive ourselves with light products, unaware that there […]

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Breakfast; the most important meal of the day!

Breakfast at Sha Wellness Clinic

So we all know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but do we always make time to have it? At our recent visit to SHA Wellness Clinic, we had a fabulous breakfast that really set us up for the day: Here are a couple of the recipes from our breakfast: Porridge […]

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