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Recipes to try

March 26, 2018

Healthy meals for one

When you've got an evening in by yourself, it can be difficult to know what to cook. Food is rarely sold in single portions, and cooking small quantities of some meals can be fiddly. There's no point measuring out a quarter of an onion or 100g of mince, so it can be tempting to overeat. Then there's the allure of ready meals. When you're eating on your own, sometimes going through the process of cooking doesn't seem worth it. It's tempting to either take something home that you can blast i...
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Latest on dacadoo challenges

March 22, 2018

This year, step up your health and wellbeing

How? A series of challenges that inspire participants to step towards healthier nutrition, improve fitness thanks to friendly competition… With the fun and easy to use dacadoo app, participants can actively manage their health and wellbeing in an easy and fun way. How does it work? Have a look at the dacadooo challenges here, join a challenge that you like and log healthy behaviors with the dacadoo app. Your Health Score will benefit from exercise, good nutrition, and healthy behavi...
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Sleeping better

March 19, 2018

Is lack of sleep affecting your work?

Some days, it seems like you can't get anything done at work. You spend all your time at your desk with your head in your hands, trying to finish a job you started hours ago. This is incredibly disheartening, while also usually meaning you have to catch up later in the month. However, if this sounds familiar, it doesn't mean you're bad at your job. Everyone has days of low productivity, and often the culprit is not your ability, but your health. Plenty of things can affect your performance...
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Managing stress

March 19, 2018

Is happiness the key to good health?

While diet, exercise and good lifestyle habits all contribute to your overall wellbeing, there is one thing that can have a surprisingly large impact: your happiness. It might seem unusual, but current research suggests that happier people live longer, and are healthier overall. A review of over 150 studies into the subject - published in the journal 'Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being' - found that overall, there is practically no doubt about it: happiness influences our health. Be...
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Exercise tips

February 28, 2018

How to boost your workout with the latest tech

We live in a world of incredible technology. Twenty years ago, top-of-the-line computers would be much less impressive than the phone you carry around in your pocket, for example. We can contact anyone around the world in an instant thanks to the internet, and new breakthroughs are being made all the time. So what does this have to do with your health? Well, like most areas of our lives, technology can make your workouts a lot easier. You probably already use your smartphone for listening ...
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Managing weight

February 21, 2018

How to kill your cravings and save your diet

One of the hardest things to deal with when you're dieting is that craving feeling, where you just have to have a bar of chocolate or bag of crisps. Unfortunately, it seems the things we crave are always unhealthy snacks; if you find yourself desperate for a nice stick of celery or an apple, consider yourself lucky! The truth is that foods high in sugar, fat or both can produce something of an addictive effect in us when we consume them. This means we end up craving them, particularly at t...
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Food tips, myths and facts

February 19, 2018

What carbs should I be eating?

The Atkins Diet introduced many of us to the idea that carbohydrates = bad. However, while this method of losing weight has become less popular over the years, people seem not to have forgiven carbs, believing them to be the main cause of weight gain and cutting them out wherever possible. As maligned as they are, carbohydrates as a whole are not bad for you; quite the opposite. They are one of the three nutritional building blocks alongside protein and fat, and it's recommended that they ...
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Improving wellbeing

February 16, 2018

Ways Meditation Helps You Stay Happier and Healthier

Most people complain about the stress their job or their responsibilities at a home cause. It is becoming one of the major causes of illnesses and other problems. When you are stressed, your physical body also reacts negatively. This is why you should not underestimate this issue. If you are going to consult experts in wellness, they would say that aside from eating the right food like those that contain grass-fed protein and getting enough sleep, meditation can also be a great help in mai...
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Improving wellbeing

February 16, 2018

Fatigue: What’s causing it and how do you stop it?

Does this sound familiar: no matter how much sleep you seem to get, throughout the day you still find yourself yawning and lacking energy? According to the Royal College of Physicians, there's a good chance that you do; one in ten people deal with this kind of prolonged fatigue. It's so common it has its own acronym: TATT, which stands for "tired all the time". So if it's not caused by a lack of sleep, then why are you so exhausted? And more importantly, how can you prevent it? There ar...
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dacadoo updates

February 9, 2018

dacadoo releases version 1.1 of dacadoo GO

dacadoo GO version 1.1 Last Tuesday, dacadoo released its newest version of the dacadoo GO walking game app (version 1.1). The walking game can be downloaded in the respective app stores (Apple AppStore, Google Play). Version 1.1 contains multiple new features and improvements which are highlighted more in detail below: Facebook and Twitter support for login and playing with friends Players can use their existing Facebook and Twitter accounts to log into dacadoo GO. Content sharing Pla...
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