In the last few months I have read some reports and articles in the press on the subject of diabetes – “The number of diabetes patients continues to rise” (Deutschlandfunk, 2024)“World Diabetes Day – A disease with increasing prevalence” (NDR, 2023). Demand for diabetes medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy was also high last year…
3 We’ve all experienced this moment: a little hunger strikes, nothing on hand… and we end up taking what we find, without thinking too much. Not for lack of will, just because we hadn’t planned anything. But what snacks to pack, especially when you don’t have time to prepare something complicated? Good news: there are…
Many empirical sciences, such as yoga, Qigong, Ayurveda or TCM, have been sharing their methods for greater peace, serenity and mindfulness for thousands of years. They pass these techniques on from generation to generation for a reason: because it works. My opinion agrees and at the same time many studies indicate that meditation and relaxation…
How long have you been sitting right now? When was the last time you moved? Sitting time is harmful – why interrupting is so important… Speicla Thanks
Like our skin, our digestive tract, from mouth to anus, is a barrier to our outside world. To put it simply, you can imagine that the entire digestive tract snakes through our body like a water hose – sometimes thicker, sometimes thinner. However, our hose is not permanently hermetically sealed, but occasionally allows things to…
Your chair says far more about your health than you would imagine. What does a healthy stool look like and which factors are relevant? There are several clues to assess the chair. First of all, the most obvious: the consistency. The scale ranges from to liquid until to firmly. Unfortunately, most of us have experienced…
Why holistic health begins in the mouth and why the gums need at least as much care as the teeth. Speicla Thanks
All processes in our body need energy. This energy is called adenosine triphosphate (ATP for short). Our cells ultimately produce ATP from the energy sources that we have consumed with food, that are stored or that we produce ourselves. Because that is the generally valid currency of our entire body. If ATP is so important,…
The term functional training At first it sounds a lot like competitive sport. Many people associate this with exercises with colorful ribbons, jumping exercises on boxes or unstable surfaces that are intended to promote balance. These forms of training can be part of functional training, but are not the basis. Functional – what does that…
Summer is over and it’s suddenly getting cooler: autumn is here. And so we are already well into the second half of the year. The days become shorter, there is less sunlight, the body becomes “slower” and calmer. At the same time, there are often a lot of deals at the end of the year…
