On Wednesday 10th March it’s National Non-Smoking day. Around 9.5 million people in the UK smoke and last year one in 12 women smokers decided to kick the habit on National Non-Smoking Day. Why should you quit? We have some very good reasons why quitting could be the best beauty treatment ever. We’ve also rounded up a top five ways to help you kick the habit. Smoking dulls your skin. It also ages skin and adds wrinkles. It increases your...More

As if we needed any more reasons to soak up the sun! The latest edition of Nature Immunology recently published an article stating that vitamin D, commonly obtained from sun exposure, helps our bodies to fight disease and infection. According to scientists at the University of Copenhagen, vitamin D - which can also be obtained through certain foods - is essential in the activation of our immune defences. Lack of this vitamin means that the ...More

He’s the UK’s record holder for 400m, at 44.36 seconds, and in a few weeks Iwan Thomas will run his second London Marathon. We caught up with the sprinter at the launch of K-Swiss Running – a new collection of running shoes out in April – for some insider tips on running and training. With just weeks to go, what does your marathon training consist of now? I always go to the gym three times a week and I do one run and some hills. I’ve also ...More

There’s less than two weeks to go until Sport Relief weekend kicks off and the biggest event is on Sunday 21st March when thousands of people will take part in the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile – and you can join too! There are three distances to choose from – one, three or six miles – whatever challenge you fancy. And all sorts of people will be participating from little kids and mums and dads, to super sprinters and runners looking to beat t...More