Just a generation ago the ‘m word’ was something that everyone whispered about, but now the menopause is no longer taboo and has become an important, highly visible women’s health…

Vitamin supplements won’t make you immortal (sorry!), but, giving your body more of what it needs can help you to stay healthy by keeping your immune system in tip top condition.

Iron can be a game changer when it comes to breaking through your plateau, but there are many other vitamins and minerals you can take to ensure all systems are at go. Lots of athletes swear by taking the B complex of vitamins, because they are essential in the function of metabolic pathways in the body.

Later nights, not eating your regular diet and drinking more alcohol can cause you to become rundown. If you find you’re suffering from things like fatigue, mouth ulcers and cold sores, that’s probably what’s going on. Cleaning up your diet, cutting down on the booze and trying to clock in the ‘holy grail’ eight hours of sleep a night, will get you back on track.

We have no better defence against viruses than a healthy immune system. Vitamins and supplements have been proven to help support our immunity and are a cheap and accessible way for us to protect ourselves. Our lifestyles also have a powerful effect on our immunity.

B12 is a hot topic at the moment, especially as some of those who usually get injections can’t during this covid lockdown.

B12 deficiency can have a big impact on our well being. The symptom it’s most famous for is fatigue, but deficiency can also manifest in many other ways…

The short story is, I was in America and these vitamin patches were recommended to me. I tried them and they were better than the oral vitamins I’d been taking. I carried on getting them shipped in from America when I got home, but that was a pain in the bum. I contacted the manufacturer about buying at trade and I’m now their distributor in the UK (and EU).

New Year = being bamboozled from every which way by what we SHOULD be eating. Veganism is hurling the most at me this year, it seems to have taken over the ‘on trend’ pedestal from Paleo. Chowing down on a grass fed steak for breakfast is so 2014, silken tofu is where it’s now at!