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  • 10 Healing Holidays to Target Health Problems

    Whether you’re struggling with physical issues, such as sports injuries or poor posture, battling internal digestive, heart, or lung concerns, or even tackling emotional problems, such as insomnia or high levels of stress; address the issue head on with our 10 healing holidays to target health problems. Offering a tailor-made wellness programme to target your specific health needs, these healing holidays will leave you feeling back to the best version of yourself. 

  • 10 Things You Didn't Know About Your Health

    10 Things You Didn't Know About Your Health

    We are constantly being fed information from new studies about what is good and bad for our health. The facts can often contradict each other and be misleading, so instead we have compiled a list of simple, useful and lesser-known facts about our health. Here are our top 10:

  • 10 Things You Didn't Know About Your Health

    We are constantly being fed information from new studies about what is good and bad for our health. The facts can often contradict each other and be misleading, so instead we have compiled a list of simple, useful and lesser-known facts about our health. Here are our top 10:

  • 5 Easy Ways to Add Flavour Without Sacrificing Your Health

    by Brittnay Sharman

    Looking for ways to add flavour to your meals? It might seem difficult, but there are ways of packing tons of flavour into your food without piling in the calories, and they don’t have to be that difficult either!

  • 5 First Aid Lessons You Should Teach Your Child

    Whether you are on holidays with the kids or at home, accidents and injuries are an unfortunate fact of life. 

    Cuts, scratches, bruises, fevers and insect bites: children are so often in the wars that parents, by default, are expected to have and administer basic first aid knowledge. But parents -forever in caretaker mode - rarely think to share their first aid insights with their children. 

    In an emergency situation, the simplest first aid lessons can save lives. Basic first aid knowledge can be the deciding factor. 

    Share these five easy first aid lessons with your kids so that they can be heroes if tragedy should strike.

  • 5 Ways to Wake Up Healthy

    Ways to Wake Up Healthy

     

    We all have those days—when we feel tired the moment we wake up and unable to resist crawling back to bed. Sometimes we feel mentally foggy or irritable, it’s no surprise that we go through a lull in the middle of the day when even a smidgen of energy seems impossible. Getting a quick natural energy fix can be really easy by switching up your daily routine or escaping on a sleep retreat to banish lethargy and rediscover a good night’s sleep. Wherever you are in the world, start your day right as we share five healthy ways to energise your morning!

  • 6 Ways to Stay Healthy When You’re on the Road

    by Brittnay Sharman

    When you’re on the road, it can be hard to make healthy choices since you’re not in your normal environment and don’t have your normal routine. However, nothing ruins a vacation faster than getting sick or feeling run down, so be sure that you’re taking care of yourself while traveling. Fortunately, it’s easier than you think.

    Here are 6 ways to stay healthy when you’re on the road:

  • 8 Dream Winter Wellness Destinations for Healthy Couples

    Dream Winter Wellness Destinations for Healthy Couples

     

    Taking your significant other on a magnificent winter wellness escape can be a good way to rekindle your love, escape the stressful everyday-life, and simply have some well-deserved time for two. Here at Health and Fitness Travel, we take into consideration the many interests, different types of couples have. There are couples who are into fitness, couples who long for adventure, or who simply want to have a quiet and peaceful time with each other. So here are some suggestions for winter wellness destinations for healthy couples of all kinds, from the sporty and adventurous couple to the luxury-loving couple, we’ve got you covered:

  • 8 of the Best Wellness Retreats for Health-Conscious Men

    8 of the Best Wellness Retreats for Health-Conscious Men

    The 10th to the 16th of June marks . So whether you’re travelling alone, looking for some peace and quiet, or if you’ve got a fitness boot-camp in mind, we have you covered.

  • An Interview with Paul Joseph

    We talk to Paul Joseph, Co-founder of Health and Fitness Travel, about his inspirations, daily routines and the secret to success in the ever-growing wellness industry.

  • Beetroot Cream Soup by The Farm

    Beetroot Cream Soup Recipe

     

    Forget the classic tomato soup, The Farm at San Benito have created the perfect blend of vitamin-rich vegetables including flavoursome and vibrant beet juice to make this tasty Cream of Beetroot soup. The green blend of apples, onion and cabbage give the soup an earthy yet refreshing taste, until the sweet kick from the carrot and beet juice create the wholesome, creamy texture that will tantalise your taste buds.

  • Courgette Spaghetti with Pesto Sauce by Marbella Club

    The cuisine at Marbella Club focuses on nutritious, healthy meals that are perfectly light for a warm summer’s day on Spain’s south coast. This delicious ‘pasta’ dish does not contain any gluten or refined grains, thanks to the ‘courgetti’, making it suitable for those with a gluten intolerance or following a low carb diet. This completely vegan dish is bursting with nutrients, thanks to the raw courgettes, nuts, and plant-based parmesan alternative. This recipe is perfect for a fresh summer lunch and offers a great alternative to traditional pasta dishes.

  • Fight Against Type 2 Diabetes One Healthy Holiday at a Time

    Diabetes is the epidemic of the 21st century and the biggest challenge confronting Australia’s health system. Rapidly emerging as a leading cause of death among Australians, it is also one of the primary causes of heart attacks, strokes, amputations, kidney failure, depression, dementia and severe infections – all of which contribute to premature death. 

  • How a Holiday Can Boost Your Immune System

    There is no doubt that taking a break from dull weather can be the perfect relief from stress and anxiety. But looking a little closer, the real benefits of going abroad lie under the surface, in your immune system. Keeping your physical health in check is hugely important, and booking yourself a holiday could give your body a much-needed health kick by ensuring you eat well, drink well and exercise, alongside providing you with natural therapies and treatments to boost both your immunity and your mental wellbeing.

  • How Do You Get Your Chlorophyll

    Change Chai co-founder, Alistair Schuback shares the skinny on Chlorophyll, its sources and benefits for our health. Change Chai is the healthy coffee alternative - 100% organic, sugar-free matcha green tea chai.

  • How to Be Healthier In 4 Achievable Ways

    Regimes and commandments which must never be broken are all well and good in theory, but perhaps less achievable for many. Here, HelloFresh shares four simple ways to be healthier that are pretty achievable. Take them as you wish, find a place for them in your lifestyle, and not only will you feel healthier, but we reckon these steps for achieving wellness will have you feeling happier as well. 

  • How to Look After Your Heart

    Sarah Brewer

    by Dr. Sarah Brewer

    A Nutritionist and Doctor

    Your heart is an amazing organ. It contracts and relaxes around 70 times a minute – that's 100,800 times per day and over 2.76 billion times during an average lifespan. If you look after your heart, it can carry on beating significantly longer, but fail to pay attention to your diet and lifestyle – well, your heart may fail prematurely as a result. And although traditionally viewed as a male disease, heart attacks now kill three times more women than cancers of the breast, ovaries and cervix combined.

  • How to Start a Health and Fitness Journey

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    Embarking on a health and fitness journey is a common aspiration for many, but taking that first step can often feel daunting and overwhelming. We have created a simple and realistic guide to kickstart your health and fitness journey, covering essential aspects so that wherever you plan to go on your health and fitness holiday, you can begin your path towards wellness and sustain it in the long run.

  • Learning How to Manage Chronic Pain on a Retreat

    Chronic pain can disturb your life, restrict you from daily activities, and can be difficult to manage. It can also affect your mental health, making you anxious, frustrated, and depressed. Some of the most common chronic diseases are backache, nerve damage, arthritis, and migraines. Painkillers can temporarily mask the symptoms of pain, but they do not address the underlying problems that make them persistent. Treatment like surgeries, implants, steroid injections can have long-term side effects on the body. But there are natural treatments available, going on a wellness holiday may be a solution for you. Health and Fitness Travel offers a range of retreats to combat ongoing chronic illness. Each retreat uses a holistic approach that includes physiotherapy, Ayurveda therapy, Pilates, yoga, massage, acupuncture, hydrotherapy and more to treat the underlying problem from its root. You will not only learn how to manage the chronic pain but will be able to relax on the retreat, leaving you confident in addressing and managing chronic pain. Here are just a few of our bespoke retreats:

  • Life as a Fitness Instructor with Patrícia Inácio: Plus Her Top Health and Fitness Tips

    Patrícia, Spa Manager of EPIC SANA Algarvesince May 2017, joined the team as Fitness Instructor in 2013 and has helped build one of the leading resort fitness programs in Portugal. The resort offers a gamut of classes and workout programs, as well as Pilates and other activities in the resort’s green areas, while emphasizing the critical importance of diet, nutrition and lifestyle to attaining peak fitness.

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