As tempting as it may be to snuggle up warm with a blanket on the sofa, it is also important to stay active and fit during the autumn and winter months. The corona virus makes it even more important to keep your resistance as good as possible. By working on your fitness, you will have...
The days are shorter and the temperature is dropping. It really is winter now! At this time of year, we tend to eat more. Besides being cold, the supermarket is also full of delicious Christmas wreaths, oliebollen and pastry bars. In short, winter is full of temptations to good food. The downside...
Housework – something that has to be done every day and isn’t always much fun. From vacuuming to cleaning the bathroom, and from ironing to washing up. It’s something you simply can’t get out of. However, doing the housework does have its advantages. As well as keeping your home clean, it also keeps you active. You’ve got it…
Now that winter is almost upon us, what sort of food and meals spring to mind? Surely not a fresh salad or a delicious cold pasta salad, but rather a stamppot or a hachee. As soon as King Winter is just around the corner, we start craving different food. As well as the stamppots we’re all familiar with, there are oven bakes, stews and…
Every year, the number of people in the Netherlands with a chronic condition increases. As many as 9.9 million people in the Netherlands had one or more chronic conditions in 2019. This number corresponds to 58 per cent of the Dutch population! The most common chronic conditions are osteoarthritis and chronic neck and back pain. But also chronic cardiovascular diseases,...
Does this sound familiar? A sore back because you’ve been carrying things around for too long or haven’t been lying comfortably? Back pain is a common problem that can have many different causes. It’s easy to blame external factors, but did you know that there may be a link between mental and…
