Women,Fitness and Freedom

It is interesting that there is such a gap, in the UK at least, between regular exercise participation for men and women. Girls tend to stop being active in their teenage years with then continues into adulthood. In fact, according to...

No Smoke without Fire

It’s time to defog the facts about shisha. With the ever rising popularity of shisha amongst the Asian youth, it seems one can’t turn a corner without running into a new Hookah haunt. With swanky shisha bars and lounges...

Easy ways to improve your diet

How's your weight? Are you miffed with your muffin-top, beleaguered by your batwings and gutted with your, er, gut? Most people could go a long way to improving their diet and we Asians are no different. Indeed you could...

Longest Fasts Of Ramadan

Many Muslims will not eat or drink from sunrise to sunset, which this year, will last up to 19 hours in the UK. Fasting begins before sunrise with a meal known as Suhoor, and ends at sunset with a meal...

Brummies Bhangra Baazar

A Christmas themed bhangra event to raise funds for DKMS UK and raise awareness of blood stem cell donation is taking place in Birmingham. The event, which is being organized by a group of volunteers (led by local man...

Benefits of quitting smoking

Around 100,000 people die from smoking every year in the United Kingdom and is one of the nation’s biggest causes of death. Did you know each cigarette has approximately 4,000 chemicals, many of which are toxic? Ammonia, tar, carbon...

Get active outdoors this autumn with Rosie Naseer

All of my adult life I’ve been an avid hill walker and lover of the countryside of the British Isles. Sadly, big shopping centres seem to attract more visitors than our green and pleasant land. I want to change...

Ideal Recipe Plan For Ramadan

21:30 (pre-workout meal): High protein, high carb, medium fat Total 0% yoghurt, diced dates, blueberries, teaspoon of peanut butter and manuka honey. Instant oats, whey and spirulina shake. Ensure you drink at least 1 litre of water with 0.5-1.5g of sea salt with...

Warm Up Your House This Winter With These 4 Tips!

Winter is officially here so to keep out the cold, we’ve provided a few suggestions to help keep your house feeling warn and without spending too much money.  Make use of the sun during the day by keeping your curtains...

Urban fitness: what’s stopping you?

If you work for a largish organisation, you may have joined in a 10,000 steps challenge recently. How did it go? Please let me know. If you are anything like me, you were probably super keen at the start...