Quick Tip: Computer Protection Tips

January 1st, 2008
  • Take regular breaks from the screen, at least five minutes every half hour.

  • Switch the VDU off, rather than using the screensaver, when you are not using it.

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Less salt, more taste: the sensible use of salt in your diet

January 1st, 2008

Since the Food Standards Agency introduced its salt campaign in 2004, it has raised public awareness of salt in the diet and the consequences of an intake that exceeds the 6g per day recommendation. Consuming high levels of salt is known to cause fluid retention (bloating) and high blood pressure, which in turn can cause heart disease. But many people shy away from a low-salt diet because they think the taste of their food will suffer.

 

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Hypericum: A closer look at St John’s Wort

January 1st, 2008

St John’s wort (hypericum) is a short, yellow-flowering, wild-growing plant native to all parts of Britain and the majority of mainland Europe, western Asia and North Africa, growing prolifically in these areas. The name St. John probably refers to John the Baptist, whom tradition said was born on the summer solstice. It was claimed that the red spots visible on the underside of some of the herb’s leaves symbolised the blood of St. John, who was beheaded by Herod.

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