health

Why Living Green is Good for the Mind

Mental health is a crisis we all are facing, and everyone has their own way of handling the crisis. If you are suffering from depression, anxiety, or just want to boost your mind, going green may be the best solution. Here is why. When Going Green doesn’t Fix Everything Of course, severe depression and anxietyContinueContinue reading “Why Living Green is Good for the Mind”

#FarmerHealth – Meeting Anna Groom of AEG Nutrition

Regular readers of this blog will notice that mental and physical health, particularly within the farming community are becoming fairly frequent subjects on Thinking Country. To continue the theme I recently visited Anna Groom, who is an HCPC Registered Dietician and Sports Dietician from Suffolk. Alongside working for the NHS Anna runs AEG nutrition whichContinueContinue reading “#FarmerHealth – Meeting Anna Groom of AEG Nutrition”

Talking Health and Wellbeing with Liz Earle MBE

Farming can be the best job in the world. However, sometimes it can also be one of the most stressful, especially at the moment with all the uncertainty relating to Brexit. The long hours, financial pressure, dealing with the weather and other unforeseeable events can take its toll. The press have taken hold of thisContinueContinue reading “Talking Health and Wellbeing with Liz Earle MBE”

Mental Health Awareness Week, therapists and the need to support those in need

All this week people have been talking about mental health as part of ‘Mental Health Awareness Week’, a project that has been run by the Mental Health Foundation since 2001. This year’s theme is ‘stress: are we coping?’, looking at stress and how it is impacting on our lives. The #FarmerMentalHealth campaign that has beenContinueContinue reading “Mental Health Awareness Week, therapists and the need to support those in need”

Sea Buckthorn

Unless you know me personally you have probably never heard of sea buckthorn, although you may have seen it growing on the coast. It has a bright orange berry and silvery green coloured leaves and it is renowned for its health benefits. It is far more popular in Europe, as well as in Russia andContinueContinue reading “Sea Buckthorn”