Tips & Tasters

This section of the site gives you a taste of the range of content available to you in our Members Area.

All proceeds raised through membership fees are put back into improving the site and adding more articles for members to enjoy. If you like what you see please tell your friends, family and colleagues about us.

Check out some of this months highlights below:

Apple Tree News

Download the latest edition of Apple Tree, our health and well-being newsletter (PDF format)

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Exercise Library

View pictures and videos of our Health and Fitness Advisors demonstrating some of the exercises we may recommend to you in our training sessions and classes.

Knowledge Centre
Our knowledge centre contains useful information grouped under two separate areas: Medical and Sports. Our medical area contains articles on some of the most common health related topics of the month. New articles for February include a spotlight on arthritis and diabetes. Articles are submitted by our advisory board, which includes a Doctor, Nutritionist, Personal Trainer, Chiropractor, Psychiatrist, and Holistic Therapist.

Our sports area contains articles and fact sheets on specific topics. We may have interviews with elite athletes on how they reached the top of their game or articles on how to start a new activity from scratch.

Recipes
We often get asked for some good recipes for losing weight and improving nutrition. We have drafted in one of the best health-concious cooks around to create recipes that you can enjoy guilt-free.

Nutrition
Here we offer access to over 60 tip sheets on a range of topics related to nutrition and weight control. Learn how to make sensible choices when dining out, shop to save money whilst improving your nutrition.

Entertainment

For some light relief: read quotes, view videos and take part in competitions:

"A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time, pills or stairs " - Joan Welsh

"I have to exercise in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing" - Marsha Doble

"If your dog is fat, you're not getting enough exercise" - (Author Unknown)

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but instead will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease" - Thomas Edison

Win a Lovely & Healthy Shop Voucher!

One lucky member picked at random will receive a voucher to spend in the Lovely & Healthy shop.

All you have to do is arrange these letters to make the name of a popular sport...

G I E N R O E I T E R N

To enter this months competition send an email with your answer, including your name and contact details to competition@lovelyandhealthy.co.uk and we'll pick a lucky winner at random. Please note that the closing date for this competition will be March 15th 2008.

Have these free tips and tasters enticed you enough to become a member?

Then why not subscribe to the members area today. it costs just £5.00 for a 12 month subscription. Remember - all proceeds will be put into improving the site and adding more articles for you to enjoy.