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Banish New Year Diet Trends and Feel Your Best All Year Round with a Balanced Diet

words by Molly Chambers Like many others around the new year, I find myself in conversations about goals and plans. I have become particularly conscious of how many people say, with dread, that they are dieting for January. It is a known fact that one feels more awake and well when eating healthier. Therefore, I believe there is importance in maintaining a healthy and happy … Continue reading Banish New Year Diet Trends and Feel Your Best All Year Round with a Balanced Diet

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Literature

Our Favourite Books Related to Mental Health

By Laura Mae All The Bright Places- Jennifer Niven All The Bright Places is a heartwarming Young Adult novel about unlikely friendships, love, and dealing with individual hardships. The book is written in alternating points of view of the two main characters; Violet Markey, one of the most popular girls in school, and Theodore Finch, a social outcast. The two are paired together for a … Continue reading Our Favourite Books Related to Mental Health

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Features

‘The Thing I’m Most Looking Forward to Doing After I Get the Vaccine Is…’

Yesterday (Tuesday 18th May 2021) it was announced by the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board that everybody over the age of 18 can expect their letter of invitation to be vaccinated arriving by the end of this week; with the aim of all first-dose appointments taking place before May 30th. This incredible step is sure to be reassuring to many young adults across Wales, … Continue reading ‘The Thing I’m Most Looking Forward to Doing After I Get the Vaccine Is…’

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Features, Invisible Illnesses

Invisible Illnesses VII: Living with an Undiagnosed Autoimmune Disease

By Ella Lloyd Illustration by Amelia Field *TW ÔÇô Discussions of autoimmune diseases and undiagnosable illnesses* When I was 11, I caught glandular fever. I was off school for nearly 3 weeks and lost a lot of weight. IÔÇÖve never quite been right since. From around 15, I developed a host of unexplained symptoms- joint pain, excessive fatigue, chest pains, consistent anaemia, and weird blotchy … Continue reading Invisible Illnesses VII: Living with an Undiagnosed Autoimmune Disease

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Features

The Female Fitness Revolution

By Ella Rowe-Hall Today, female fitness seems to be becoming greatly prominent within society. More and more women are getting fit and playing sports, and celebrities and fitness fanatics seem to be continuously brandishing their own fitness journeys across our social media screens. But what is this so-called female fitness revolution, and why now? After the introduction of womenÔÇÖs birth control in 1961 and the … Continue reading The Female Fitness Revolution

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Kurbo: When Diet Culture Goes Too Far

WeÔÇÖve all heard of Weight Watchers. In diet culture, itÔÇÖs quite difficult to avoid WWÔÇÖs points system, the side-by-side pictures of women standing in their old jeans; and the endless cookbooks. Sometimes, these things work for people and they see results. Bear in mind, most people who partake in Weight Watchers are adults who have made their own decision about changing their diet.┬á This is … Continue reading Kurbo: When Diet Culture Goes Too Far

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Interview: Not Plant Based

By Ellie Philpotts and Georgia OÔÇÖBrien The shorter version of this is in the current and final print issue of Quench, also at┬áhttps://issuu.com/gairrhydd/docs/quench_163 (Pg 34-35) These days, you can barely open anything ÔÇô whether the Instagram app, a celeb magazine, or even your kitchen cupboard, without embarking on a stare-off with a health product of some kind. Of course, glossy publications have never known a … Continue reading Interview: Not Plant Based

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Food

A Beginner’s Guide to Protein

By Emily Murray ┬áWith the overwhelming array of supplements out there, itÔÇÖs hard to know where to start when it comes to protein. Different celebs are promoting different brands – which one do you choose? IÔÇÖve chosen to follow the fitness guru Joe Wicks, aka The Body Coach for his tips, advice and recipes from his 3 best selling Lean in 15 cookbooks to give … Continue reading A Beginner’s Guide to Protein

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Fashion

Wearable Tech

It’s 2016 and if anything is changing, it’s fashion. Georgina Crespi looks at the phenomenon of fashion technology and what it has to offer in the digital age. Imagine being able to charge your smartphone with your clothes? Well, in the future that might be a thing. Using flexible solar panels, two companies have started producing clothing and accessories that can charge devices. Start-up company … Continue reading Wearable Tech

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All-You-Can-Eat Buffet: Worth the Money?

Zenn Wong investigates the claims and risks of all-you-can-eat buffets. With the rise in popularity of vegetarianism, as well as a general increase in health-consciousness (see: trendy-yet-dubious juice cleanses and paleo diets, organic-all-natural-low-fat-no-artificial-additives-no-everything groceries, the inescapable cult of ÔÇÿcourgettiÔÇÖ ÔÇô faux spaghetti made from spiral-cut courgette) itÔÇÖs a small wonder that all-you-can-eat buffet restaurants still seem to be doing reasonably well, or even thriving in … Continue reading All-You-Can-Eat Buffet: Worth the Money?

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Food

Diet De-Busting

  With the wealth of information available regarding our health, we have developed an increasing consciousness of nutrition and the kinds of food we put into our bodies. Along with this comes a deluge of suggestions on what to eat and how to eat it, resulting in the rise of several fad diets, popular diets that are assumed to be ÔÇÿgood for youÔÇÖ. But are … Continue reading Diet De-Busting

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