Built on over 30 years of wellness guru Liz Earle’s award-winning advice, experience and research, Liz Earle Wellbeing is essential reading for mid-life women, bursting with fresh ideas to eat well, look good and feel great. Our much-loved bi-monthly magazine covers everything from menopause to mindfulness, fitness to gut health. You’ll find each issue packed with delicious seasonal recipes, evidence-based expert guidance and simple ways to bring out the very best in you. Wellbeing wisdom you can trust is at the heart of all we do.
Inside the March/April 2022 issue:
- Plant power: vibrant veggie dinners to brighten your table - Minimise jowls and shore up your jawline with expert advice from tweakments guru Alice Hart-Davis - Our go-to Pilates pose for easing tight shoulders - Soothe stress and anxiety in minutes with help from your vagus nerve - Eco stays: Go green with an escape closer to home - PLUS win an all-inclusive week at No1 Bootcamp in Norfolk (worth over £1,390)
Hello & welcome to our fresh, new, gorgeously green edition!
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HEALTH & BEAUTY • Feelgood tips, advice and the latest research for a happy, healthy body and mind.
The HEALTH & BEAUTY edit • We’re sharing the very best of health and beauty to help us look and feel great throughout spring and beyond.
Super spring greens • These bundles of green goodness are the perfect antidote to stodgy winter food, and are packed with health and wellbeing benefits.
BACKSTAGE BEAUTY with Hannah Martin • Our columnist Hannah Martin is a leading makeup artist, helping supermodels, royalty and Liz Earle Wellbeing readers look even more fabulous. Here, she shares tried-and-tested tips for keeping our makeup in place all day.
SHOP SMART mascara • Do you prefer long, lifted lashes or dark, inky volume? We decode the beauty jargon to help you find a mascara that works for you.
Tweakments with Alice Hart-Davis • Jowls are a natural part of the ageing process and most of us will develop them in later life, says tweakments expert Alice Hart-Davis. Here, she spills the secrets to shoring up a sagging jawline.
Azelaic acid • This must-have acid contributes to a clear and even complexion, and is safe to use on all skin types.
Azelaic acid benefits
Food for thought • Eating well is about so much more than balancing calories. Here, chartered psychologist Kimberley Wilson shows that what we put on our plates can transform how we feel and behave for the better.
The mind-body connection
WHAT YOU CAN DO • While we wait for more evidence, the overall picture so far suggests there are some sensible tweaks you can make to your nutrition to give yourself the best chance of sustained good mood.
MOVE of the month Seated shave • ‘If you’re experiencing tight shoulders or neck tension, this is the very best way to open things up and find relief,’ says Pilates expert Nathalie Clough (lifebody.io). ‘You can use either a resistance band or a small dumbbell.’
YOU’VE GOT NERVE! • The vagus nerve is the key to our parasympathetic nervous system, helping to soothe stress and fight inflammation. We take a closer look at how we can harness its powers for a calmer, healthier life.
Vagus nerve stimulation
Try it yourself • Surgically implanting a vagus nerve stimulator isn’t the only way we can encourage vagus nerve activity. Evidence...