Healthy living

Fish is one of the healthiest foods and can’t be missing from a balanced diet. The nutritional benefits of fish are unique: it is rich in vitamins D and B2, calcium, phosphorus, zinc, iron, magnesium, and potassium. But the star nutrient of fish are omega-3 fatty acids, since they protect heart health. In addition, fish keep your bones healthy, activates the immune system, prevents inflammation, and helps control cholesterol levels. That’s why specialists recommend eating fish at least twice a week.

From the early stages of life, music helps us communicate, express feelings and emotions; but also, it helps us to relax and feel good, even in the womb.

This is because the rhythm and tonality of music influence the limbic areas of the brain connected to emotions. In addition, music reduces the cortisol that the body produces to maintain alertness in situations of stress or anxiety. That's why music helps us to relax when we're stressed.

The healing power of music is such that more and more health professionals are including music therapy among their services.

Regular exercise is important for keeping your body functioning at its best and it is crucial for good physical and mental health. We can all exercise in some way, regardless of age, so there is no excuse to avoid sport. All you have to do is to adapt the type of exercise to your needs.

What are the benefits of physical activity?

Cooking together as a family has many benefits that go beyond learning healthy lifestyle habits from childhood: it helps to strengthen the relationship with your partner and children, and to discover the skills that each member of the family has.

This is because cooking with family, friends or for yourself makes you exercise many skills, such as planning meals, making the shopping list, and socializing, since you must share different tasks with more people.

If during the coming weeks, you see more beards than usual around you, then it’s surely due to the “Movember” celebrations in November, a global initiative launched by the Movember Foundation to raise awareness on the importance of male health.

Movember is a portmanteau of the words moustache and November, and it calls all men to grow their beards for this month as a sign of support for initiatives to raise awareness and prevent prostate cancer and other diseases that affect men.

Having an active, healthy immune system is key in avoiding certain illnesses, such as colds and other respiratory diseases. A good diet and healthy lifestyle habits are key in maintaining properly-functioning immunity.

One of our allies in protecting our immune system is antioxidants. Their function is clear: to prevent the oxidation of the molecules that are exposed to free radicals. In other words, they slow down the deterioration of our organs, tissues and skin. And, of course, they keep the immune system healthy.