Feeling under the weather? Your pyjamas could be to blame

If so, you're not alone... a study of 2,500 young people found that the majority regularly wait over a fortnight before washing their nightwear.

Women argued that they swap between different pyjamas during the week and then end up forgetting how long they'd worn them for, while 78 per cent of men said the main reason for their lack of frequent washing was because someone else did their laundry.

According to the Huffington Post, most responders depended on smell to figure out if their clothes needed cleaning, with 50 per cent of men and 41 per cent of women saying that if their pyjamas didn't smell bad they wouldn't bother changing them.

However, there can be serious health implications if you leave it too long as a build-up of bacteria can cause acne and staphylococcus bacteria on the skin can lead to infection if it gets into cuts and bruises.

E Coli bacteria, which is found in the bowel, can also cause infections such as cystitis if they get into the urinary tract.

Experts recommend that you keep your pyjamas washed weekly to keep them clean and prevent infection.

These are the 5 best weight loss tricks for the office

For many of us, the stress of everyday life begins in the morning and breakfast is regularly canceled. By lunch, one snack after the other is stuffed in, so that the stomach growls not unpleasant during the meeting. The foundation for uncontrolled food cravings is thus laid. You want to break out of this vicious circle? Then take our 5 weight loss tricks for the office to heart.

Nobody has to choke a breakfast. There are people who can not eat in the morning. But to skip breakfast despite hunger is not a good idea. Because if after eating breakfast suddenly the nasty cravings, every snack is right. No matter if full or not. Breakfast is important for those who are hungry in the morning - everyone else is welcome to give up, but should still stock up on the first meal with wholesome food. A good alternative to breakfast is also a healthy smoothie.

You love chocolate and can not resist sweet sin? Then it does not even try. The absolute renunciation brings nothing at all. Sooner or later it grabs you and you take the next best opportunity to the absolute chocolate excess. In this case, it is best to use dark chocolate. Make sure that the cocoa content is at least 70%.

Not every office has the opportunity to eat healthily. And the canteen is not always the best choice. If you want to eat a balanced diet, it's best to cook your own meal for lunch. At least you know what's inside. In the best case, healthy ingredients without flavor enhancers and additives. Of course, cooking is a bit more time-consuming than getting something out of the canteen. But the saying "you are what you eat " is really something to it.

Each of us has stress in the job. But that's no reason to just enjoy lunch next to the computer or even miss it. We all need a break, no one can work continuously. Those who take their short break for lunch and consciously enjoy their meal, do a lot for their body and general well-being.

Caffeine curbs the appetite and can actually help you lose weight. Latte coffee with sugar is not meant by that. When the cravings come, it is possible to enjoy a cup of coffee without a guilty conscience. Why coffee can help you lose weight is also because we feel caffeine-fitter, which gives us more appetite for exercise. So, have a quick drink and then a little jogging round the office. Why not?

Energy, envy, balance ... Seasonal strategies to re-harmonize your bod

We are in the fifth season. Not that of Game of Thrones , but that of the Chinese calendar. And this is, at the gates of winter, an eighteen-day interval that, for the Jon Snow of holistic medicine, begins on October 20 and ends on November 6, and corresponds to a change of strategic state. An area of turbulence between what is more and what is not yet, particularly conducive to push our energy meters to the zenith. It is during this window of fire that our ability to face the great return of winter is measured.

Our first ally? Our immunity. During this fifth season, we therefore more than ever interest to adopt immunostimulatory lifestyle rules. This is the art of approaches that like prevention better than cure ( Chinese medicine , acupuncture , herbal medicine , yoga , meditation...). Another key to counter chills and viral attacks: a perfect return to the balance of our intestinal flora.

It is more than ever the moment to have a heart in your stomach: "The six to eight meters of our intestine contain from 70% to 85% of the immune cells in our body," says Dr. Didier Chos, president of the European Institute of Dietetics and Micronutrition. And this tube concentrates nearly 100 to 200 million neurons, produces 95% of serotonin, neurotransmitter anti-gloom and anti-insomnia. But like any competition machine, this second brain is fragile. It can be harmed by our diet, antibiotics, stress ...

Dr. Nadia Volf insists: "Against the hazards of winter - from gastro to flu, through ENT infections, blows and blues - our first line of defense is our intestines . So we pamper him. With fermented dairy products, no preservatives, green juices, alkalisants, and a cure of probiotics. These alone can reduce the risk of infectious episodes by 25%. Among the proven strains: Lactobacillus casei, Helveticus and Gasseri, and Bifidobacterium longum.

We want answers: dog owner’s anguish over pet’s eye injury

A DISTRAUGHT woman is demanding answers after her pet returned from dog daycare with her eye hanging from the socket.
Lesley Elder has launched a desperate appeal for information and wants to find out what happened to her beloved Winnie who has had to undergo surgery to remove her eye.

The dog carer says shih tzu Winnie was mauled by a mystery runner’s staffie-cross dog on Sunday evening at Canford Heath before she dropped her home.
However the vet has told Lesley the injury to the six-year-old dog’s eye was not consistent with an attack.

Certain breeds of dog with shorter faces or bulging eyes are susceptible to their eyes popping out under trauma, known as ocular proptosis.
And now Lesley is desperate to know how her dog’s eye came to fall out and if it was caused by an aggressive dog, she wants to warn the public.
The 49-year-old mum-of-two said: “My heart is broken. They are my life saviours.
The pair rushed Winnie to an emergency vets where she stayed overnight to have her right eye removed at a cost of more than £800.
Lesley said: “We just want to raise awareness and find out exactly what happened to her.
“When you pay for a dog carer, you put your trust into them and don’t expect this sort of thing to happen. I feel totally distraught.”

Trees provide life and beauty for generations

Trees are the backdrop of our lives.

Like the soundtrack to a movie, they set the tone for so much that we do — often without us realizing how important a role they play.

We climb them in our childhood. We walk and camp among them as teens, nestled in their quiet sanctity. As we grow older, they provide shade from the elements and shelter from storms.

For many creatures, they provide homes.

Even the Bible reminds people of the intimate connection we share: "For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit."

Without asking for much in return except perhaps a little care and nurturing, trees provide so much. The changing colors of their leaves help us to mark and celebrate seasons. They clean our air, absorbing and filtering pollution while creating oxygen — an acre of mature trees can produce enough oxygen in a year for about 18 people. They beautify communities and bear fruit for people and wildlife.

What you might not know is that trees can also conserve energy — their shade can naturally cool towns and cities — and studies have shown they can reduce crime and violence because of their calming effect.

Why, then, have we started treating trees as disposable?

Take a look around, or pay attention during a ride and consider the damage we are doing to what should be a cherished possession.

Not all of the blame rests on people; trees are susceptible to insects, illness and fire. Yet most of the devastation has been at our own hands, much of the time in the name of "progress."

The 2015 study "Mapping tree density at a global scale"in the journal Nature revealed there are roughly 3.04 trillion trees on earth. While that was more than previously thought, it is estimated that number reflects a 46 percent decline since man started cutting them down.

Although about 5 billion trees are planted each year, that hardly makes up for the 15 billion cut down each year.

Arbor Day, which is today, reminds people to think about the role trees have in our lives and also promotes tree care and planting.

It's an important message not just today, but every day.

As Whit Bronaugh reminds us in "North American Forests in the Age of Man," "we have learned to value trees not just for their products as wood, paper and fuel, but for their aesthetic and ecosystem-service values as living and life-giving forests. Now, unlike most of our ancestors, we know that there are no more frontiers. There is only a future with the forests we have and the consequences of the decisions we make."