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Inside<br />
77<br />
this fortnight...<br />
cover pic: ITV/Rex/Shutterstock<br />
Real life<br />
9 Animal Magic<br />
12 ‘Every child deserves a chance’<br />
16 Tuck-shop treats remembered<br />
20 The ice-cream van bringing a<br />
community together!<br />
23 Act FAST to save lives<br />
25 The plastic waste warriors<br />
31 Try beekeeping!<br />
Star chat<br />
10 Cover Sue Johnston<br />
14 Cover Yours chats to Colin Firth<br />
and Pierce Brosnan<br />
18 Where are they now?<br />
Magpie’s Jenny Hanley<br />
28 Nicola Walker on the new series<br />
of Unforgotten<br />
130 Life lessons with the<br />
legendary Gyles Brandreth<br />
Your best life now!<br />
34 Cover Ditch the diet – stay slim!<br />
36 Soak up the sun<br />
40 Cover Fashion: summer tops<br />
42 Superfood beauty<br />
45 Supplements tried and tested<br />
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60 Cover Take the worry test!<br />
62 Yours Retirement Services<br />
63 Caring for children and animals…<br />
65 We answer your questions<br />
67 Cover Reuse, recycle and cash in!<br />
68 Switch banks the easy way<br />
Nostalgia<br />
52 In foreign climes…<br />
54 Sewing with Mother!<br />
Leisure time<br />
77 Cover Heavenly herbs<br />
83 Cook with the Hairy Bikers<br />
85 Cover Summer holiday crafts<br />
93 48 hours in Tunbridge Wells<br />
94 The best breaks for foodies<br />
97 The Ventnor Fringe arts festival<br />
98 Yours Travel Club<br />
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49 Meeting Place<br />
57 Roy Hudd<br />
73 Friends of Yours<br />
102 Carers in touch<br />
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Like many of you I do try my best to be ‘green’. I<br />
recently bought a reusable water bottle instead of<br />
buying single-use plastic ones. Last week I went<br />
on a family holiday to Rome for a few days and was<br />
delighted to find that all over the city there are water<br />
fountains where you can fill your bottle with clean,<br />
cool water for free. Such a great idea (especially in the<br />
32°C heat!) and what a difference it would make if we<br />
could adopt something similar over here. Perhaps it’s<br />
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meet on page 25 could suggest as part of their battle<br />
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eal life<br />
Serena Watts explains why managing hives is the<br />
bee’s knees, giving her friendship, escapism and<br />
something to pass on to the next generation<br />
Try something new:<br />
Beekeeping<br />
By Katharine Wootton<br />
Dressed in her<br />
full beekeeper’s<br />
smock, wellies<br />
and gloves,<br />
Serena Watts<br />
carefully peels back the<br />
tops of her eight hives. She’s<br />
checking on the 50,000-<br />
plus bees that live in each<br />
one, making sure they have<br />
everything they need and<br />
extracting the sweet honey<br />
so she can fill jars to sell in<br />
the local shop.<br />
Since 2002, Serena has<br />
been a parent to several<br />
million bees. She came to<br />
the hobby after meeting<br />
another beekeeper who<br />
lived near the school where<br />
she worked. From there,<br />
she joined her local branch<br />
of the British Beekeepers<br />
Association (BBKA) who<br />
introduced her to lots of<br />
fellow beekeepers and<br />
helped get her started with<br />
beginners’ lessons and a<br />
second-hand kit.<br />
Serena says: “The<br />
association let me see how<br />
I would cope with a colony<br />
of bees flying around –<br />
not everyone knows how<br />
they’ll react to that.”<br />
As she got to know<br />
other nature lovers and<br />
learned from their<br />
years of experience,<br />
Serena started building up<br />
her own colonies as well<br />
as taking exams in basic<br />
beekeeping and general<br />
husbandry, which is<br />
like an A-level in the<br />
hive.<br />
Today she<br />
has eight hives<br />
that she keeps in<br />
various locations<br />
from farmer’s fields to<br />
the grounds of a National<br />
Trust property.<br />
“You can’t just set up a<br />
hive anywhere – you have to<br />
listen to the advice of other<br />
people. The largest number<br />
of hives I’ve ever managed<br />
at one time is 16, but you<br />
usually want at least two<br />
or three so the hives can<br />
support each other. If there’s<br />
a disaster in one, you can do<br />
a bit of jiggery pokery from<br />
the other hive to sort it out.<br />
“You have to visit<br />
your bees when you have<br />
enough time to sort them<br />
out properly. You need to<br />
dedicate at least an hour and<br />
a half a week in the summer<br />
months to them and about<br />
an hour a month in winter.”<br />
As well as keeping her<br />
own bees, Serena is also<br />
passionate about nurturing<br />
the next generation of<br />
young beekeepers to<br />
support British nature for<br />
the future and so helps<br />
youngsters involved in the<br />
International Meeting of<br />
Young Beekeepers. As a<br />
primary school teacher, she’s<br />
also in the process of trying<br />
to get beekeeping classes at<br />
her school.<br />
“What makes beekeeping<br />
such fun is that all hives are<br />
different! You have to work<br />
with the individual bees in<br />
your colony and sometimes<br />
Did you know? In any hive there are<br />
three types of honey bee: a queen, thousands of<br />
female worker bees and, in the summer,<br />
hundreds of male drones. The drones<br />
do no work and in the autumn they<br />
are evicted by the workers and die!<br />
Serena gets a buzz from passing<br />
on her skills to others and would<br />
would love to run beekeeping<br />
classes at her school<br />
what you read in a book<br />
won’t necessarily work for<br />
your specific hive. You can<br />
ask three beekeepers the<br />
same question and get three<br />
different answers but that’s<br />
what makes it so exciting.<br />
“I’ve made a network of<br />
firm friends through this<br />
and I find going into the hive<br />
is wonderfully calming, it’s<br />
escapism. You don’t find<br />
yourself thinking about<br />
what you’re having for tea or<br />
anything else!”<br />
n To find out more, contact the<br />
British Beekeeping Association<br />
on 0247 669 6679 or visit<br />
www.bbka.org.uk to find your<br />
nearest branch<br />
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pics: PATRICK BOYD PHOTOGRAPHY, MASTERFILE
As Walkers Crisps turns 70 this<br />
year, it got us thinking about the<br />
savouries and sweets we couldn’t<br />
resist at the school tuck shop<br />
Sugary sweets and<br />
chocolates – the perfect<br />
breaktime pick-me-up!<br />
Sweet<br />
mem<br />
ries<br />
By Katharine Wootton<br />
As soon as<br />
we heard the<br />
sound of the<br />
school bell<br />
for playtime,<br />
we knew exactly where<br />
we would be heading. The<br />
school tuck shop was an<br />
institution of our childhoods<br />
– the place we could stuff<br />
our faces with rubbish out of<br />
sight of our parents, giving<br />
ourselves a massive sugar<br />
rush just in time to sit down<br />
for double maths.<br />
And with Walkers Crisps<br />
– a staple of any reputable<br />
tuck shop fare – celebrating<br />
its landmark 70th birthday<br />
this year, we’ve got the<br />
perfect excuse to go back,<br />
change-purse in hand, for<br />
one more visit to the school<br />
tuck shop of yesteryear to<br />
see what other favourites<br />
we can remember from<br />
those days.<br />
The tuck shop was an<br />
opportunity to encourage<br />
enterprise in school as<br />
pupils, either the goodytwo-shoes<br />
or the naughty<br />
children who’d been forced<br />
to do it as a kind of penance,<br />
ran the stall on a rota.<br />
The idea, we think, was<br />
that it would teach those<br />
who ran it how to sell and<br />
handle money, but in later<br />
years we can’t help but<br />
wonder if it was really just<br />
an excuse for the teachers to<br />
have a well-deserved cuppa<br />
in peace and quiet.<br />
With no grown-ups<br />
around, many school<br />
tuck shops witnessed<br />
embezzlement of the<br />
highest order, as few tuckshop<br />
stallholders could<br />
resist the temptation of a<br />
mouthful of flying saucers<br />
during a quiet moment…<br />
Money, too,<br />
sometimes<br />
vanished as fast as the<br />
sweet and savoury items,<br />
while we’re quite sure<br />
we were twizzled out of<br />
a fair few shillings thanks<br />
to a tuck-shop stallholder<br />
who hadn’t quite got his<br />
arithmetic right.<br />
Nevertheless, the tuck<br />
shop was a hub where we<br />
made friends – and gobbled<br />
down more additives than<br />
we’ve probably ever done<br />
since. While it’s good that<br />
today’s school tuck shops<br />
are far healthier, we do still<br />
love reminiscing about<br />
all those tasty treats on<br />
which we wasted our<br />
pocket money aged 11.<br />
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news nostalgia<br />
Did you know?<br />
’Tuck shop’ is thought<br />
to come from the phrase<br />
“to tuck into a meal”<br />
and is closely related to<br />
the Australian English<br />
word “tucker” meaning<br />
food. The phrase first<br />
appeared in 1857 in<br />
the novel Tom Brown’s<br />
School Days<br />
Sweets for my sweet!<br />
Depending on which school you went to, some tuck shops had a sweetie<br />
section to rival Woollies’ pick ‘n’ mix counter; there was just so much<br />
choice. If you wanted a back-of-your throat sugar wake-up, Sherbet<br />
Fountains or dip dabs were the order of the day, while Opal Fruits could<br />
keep us chewing away for hours. We may as well have booked the dentist’s<br />
appointment right then and there when we handed over our pennies for<br />
chewy Black Jack or Fruit Salad – both stalwarts of the much-loved mix-up<br />
bag, as were cola cubes (below), gummy bears, Rowntree’s fruit gems and<br />
Parma Violets (even if they did taste of washing-up liquid!).<br />
Seventies children will of course remember the space<br />
obsession that invaded everything of that decade,<br />
including our school tuck shop, meaning we spent<br />
many of our school days with a flying saucer<br />
permanently stuck to our tongues.<br />
And who could forget Spangles, that happy,<br />
fruity, post-war creation that came in fun<br />
stripy packaging and nearly shut down<br />
school learning altogether when it launched<br />
a mystery Spangles flavour, over which<br />
we still have an ongoing bet that it<br />
was actually<br />
grapefruit!<br />
Chocolate delights<br />
If you reached break absolutely<br />
starving, there was nothing for it<br />
– you had to have a Mars bar, or a<br />
Wagon Wheel the size of your head,<br />
packed with pillowy marshmallow<br />
and with enough calories to feed the<br />
entire class. Marathon bars (which<br />
later became Snickers in 1990)<br />
were also bestsellers as were the<br />
long-lived Rolo, KitKat and Fry’s<br />
Chocolate Cream.<br />
Savoury, salty<br />
and scrummy!<br />
Sometimes we just didn’t<br />
fancy the sweet stuff at<br />
which point a rummage<br />
through the crisp and<br />
savoury section seemed<br />
a good substitute.<br />
Crisps-wise there were all the<br />
Walkers classics which of course led<br />
to the argument of the playground<br />
– ready salted or salt and vinegar? If<br />
you liked the latter, Chipsticks were<br />
another big favourite, especially<br />
when you got to the end and gulped<br />
back up all the sharp, salty dust left<br />
at the bottom so it made your eyes<br />
water. Others were more of a fan of<br />
the likes of Salt ‘n’ Shake with the<br />
excitement of adding your own salt!<br />
All Stars, Piglets, Monster Munch<br />
and Golden Wonder were the other<br />
big-hitters if you went to school<br />
in the Seventies. And if you didn’t<br />
much like crisps, there were<br />
always TUC biscuits or Jacob’s<br />
Cheeselets, both of which were<br />
terrifyingly addictive.<br />
n What are your memories of your<br />
school tuck shop? Let us know at<br />
the address on page 3<br />
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PICs: ALAMY STOCK PHOTO, S&G AND BARRATTS/EMPICS ARCHIVE
take a trip<br />
Best breaks for<br />
food lovers<br />
See the sights, soak up<br />
the culture and tantalise<br />
your tastebuds with a<br />
gourmet getaway<br />
By Gabrielle Albert<br />
PICs: alamy stock photo, shutterstock. *SOURCE: BOOKING.COM<br />
Peckish in Porto<br />
Warm weather, sandy beaches and idyllic<br />
scenery make Portugal a perfect holiday<br />
destination. But if food is top of your<br />
agenda, you’ll want to visit the northern<br />
city of Porto. With fresh fish from the<br />
Atlantic, meats and produce from nearby<br />
farms and the Douro vineyards just a<br />
few miles away, its restaurants<br />
are guaranteed to serve the finest<br />
local ingredients.<br />
The city’s most famous dish is<br />
Francesinha – a hearty open sandwich<br />
with layers of smoked garlic sausage,<br />
roast steak or pork, ham, melted cheese<br />
and a spicy tomato sauce made with beer.<br />
But if this all sounds a bit too rich for you,<br />
Porto is also awash with superb seafood,<br />
so you can try everything from simple<br />
sardines and traditional Portuguese salt<br />
cod to grilled octopus and lobster.<br />
n Sample some of the finest regional<br />
food and wine on a tasting tour in the<br />
picturesque Douro Valley. From £86.<br />
Call +351 224 041 536 or visit<br />
www.meridian4people.pt<br />
Picture perfect –<br />
the Portuguese<br />
city of Porto<br />
Tempting tapas<br />
If you’re a real foodie, then a visit to San<br />
Sebastian in Spain’s Basque country is a<br />
must. This city boasts more Michelin stars<br />
per square metre than almost anywhere else<br />
in the world. Its most iconic dishes include<br />
cod fried in olive oil (bacalao pil pil), goose<br />
barnacles (percebes) and hake and cod<br />
cheeks (kokotxas).<br />
Be sure to sample the famous pintxos –<br />
delicious Basque-style tapas found in bars<br />
throughout the city which is<br />
made up of small pieces of<br />
bread, topped with ham,<br />
prawns, anchovies,<br />
cheese, chorizo or<br />
wild mushroom<br />
croquettes.<br />
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Bon appétit!<br />
Not only is the French city of<br />
Lyon strikingly picturesque,<br />
it’s definitely the place to be if<br />
you love fragrant cheeses and<br />
delicious deli meats. And, in<br />
true French style, it has enough<br />
patisseries and chocolatiers to<br />
satisfy any sweet tooth.<br />
A trip here wouldn’t be<br />
complete without a meal at one<br />
of its many bouchons. These<br />
simple family restaurants focus<br />
on traditional dishes, such as<br />
quenelle (creamed fish mixed<br />
with breadcrumbs), Rosette de<br />
Lyon (cured sausage), coq au<br />
vin (a braised chicken dish)<br />
and pistachio sausage (served<br />
with mashed potatoes and a<br />
cream sauce).<br />
Walk it all off with a trip to<br />
the market, Les<br />
Halles de Lyon<br />
Paul Bocuse,<br />
which is a<br />
food lovers’<br />
paradise,<br />
More than 61 per cent<br />
of travellers choose a<br />
holiday destination for<br />
its great food or drink*<br />
That’s amore…<br />
The city of Bologna, capital of Italy’s Emilia-Romagna<br />
region, will capture your heart, soul and tastebuds. The<br />
Bolognese take their food tradition very seriously. In fact,<br />
the city is known as ‘La Grassa’ meaning ‘The Fat One’,<br />
and for good reason! Wherever you go, there’s always<br />
an abundance of tortellini, the moreish mortadella<br />
(a cooked cured pork sausage), Parmesan and real<br />
ragu. You’ll also find a variety of cured meats, such as<br />
prosciutto di Parma and culatello in surrounding markets.<br />
You won’t find too many expensive restaurants here – the<br />
culture is very much about eating local food together in<br />
an informal setting.<br />
n Get an authentic Bologna culinary experience<br />
with a Food Valley Tour and prepare your own<br />
four-course meal under the guidance of a chef.<br />
Prices from £172. Call +39 0521798 515 or visit<br />
www.foodvalleytravel.com<br />
and make a beeline for the Mère<br />
Richard stall, where you can<br />
get your hands on the region’s<br />
best Saint-Marcellin cheese<br />
and have it vacuum-packed<br />
to take home.<br />
Find British food<br />
at its best in<br />
Ludlow<br />
Dane-licious<br />
take a trip<br />
With 13 Michelin-star restaurants, it’s no wonder that<br />
Copenhagen is famed as one of Europe’s gourmet<br />
capitals. But you needn’t spend a fortune to enjoy a<br />
delicious meal here. A huge part of the Danish diet<br />
consists of the inexpensive and popular smørrebrød –<br />
a delicious open-faced sandwich with buttered rye<br />
bread and a choice of meat, fish or veggie toppings.<br />
If you want a hearty meal, try the stegt flæsk. This<br />
national dish of fried pork belly, potato and white<br />
sauce has been around for centuries and can be<br />
ordered in almost any restaurant.<br />
Fancy something sweet? Denmark’s pastry scene is<br />
at its most vibrant in Copenhagen and the city is home<br />
to lots of bakeries serving up traditional treats.<br />
n Learn how to make authentic Danish rye bread,<br />
sourdough buns and pastries at a cooking class with<br />
local bakers. Prices from £94. Call +45 3112 0639 or<br />
visit www.cphcookingclass.com<br />
Scrumptious Shropshire<br />
You needn’t venture abroad – you can enjoy great<br />
food in the UK. The ancient market town of Ludlow<br />
offers something to suit all tastes and budgets. But<br />
don’t let its quaint charm deceive you – it takes its<br />
food very seriously. Walk down the High Street and<br />
you’ll pass farm shops, traditional butchers and<br />
artisan bakeries – each boasting quality, locally<br />
sourced produce that rivals anywhere<br />
else in the country. Visit one of its many<br />
bistros and gastropubs and you’ll<br />
find lots of takes on British classics.<br />
The town likes to celebrate its<br />
culinary prowess and holds a local<br />
produce market on the second and<br />
fourth Thursday of every month. In<br />
September, crowds flock to the annual<br />
Ludlow Food Festival, with plenty of<br />
delicious food and drink to try!
There’s nothing<br />
quite like a<br />
good dose of<br />
sunshine to<br />
Soak up<br />
lift your mood<br />
and make you<br />
Sun<br />
feel better – and that feelgood<br />
factor isn’t just in<br />
The<br />
your mind, the sun really<br />
does have the power to<br />
improve your health and<br />
wellbeing. While it’s still<br />
important to protect your<br />
skin from UV rays, studies<br />
show that a sensible<br />
amount of sunshine every<br />
day could help to boost<br />
your immunity.<br />
Uplifting light<br />
Throw open your curtains<br />
and let the morning sunlight<br />
flood in for the ultimate mood<br />
boost. “Sunlight increases your<br />
serotonin levels which, in turn,<br />
may make you happier,” says<br />
Dr Ross Perry, sun expert and<br />
medical director of Cosmedics<br />
UK. “Serotonin is your body’s<br />
natural happy hormone,<br />
an important chemical and<br />
neurotransmitter that is<br />
believed to help regulate<br />
your mood, behaviour,<br />
appetite, digestion, sleep<br />
and memory.”<br />
An early-morning sunshine<br />
hit could also give your energy<br />
levels a boost by regulating<br />
Did you<br />
know?<br />
The sun can help to<br />
warm your muscles and<br />
ease stiffness, reducing<br />
the pain caused by<br />
inflammatory conditions<br />
such as arthritis.<br />
another hormone in your body<br />
called melatonin. “Melatonin<br />
is produced in the pineal gland<br />
of your brain. It’s responsible<br />
for regulating your sleep<br />
cycles,” says Dr Perry. “Studies<br />
have suggested that without<br />
daily exposure to sunlight,<br />
we don’t produce optimal<br />
levels of melatonin, which<br />
could make us feel sluggish<br />
and tired. During the summer<br />
when you’re exposed to the<br />
sun and see more daylight,<br />
you probably notice that you<br />
need less sleep but feel just as<br />
lively. That’s all down to the<br />
sun revving up your<br />
melatonin levels.”<br />
Am I deficient?<br />
By Rebecca Speechley<br />
Used sensibly, the sun can be<br />
the ultimate health booster<br />
– here’s how to get all the<br />
benefits from those rays.<br />
Did you<br />
know?<br />
Getting enough Vitamin<br />
D circulating in your<br />
bloodstream could help<br />
to boost your memory<br />
and reduce your risk<br />
of dementia.<br />
You’re more likely to have low Vitamin D levels in the winter when the<br />
sun isn’t strong enough in the UK to top you up. The most common<br />
symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency are general tiredness, aches and<br />
pains and not feeling right. Your GP can give you a blood test to<br />
check your Vitamin D levels. While a dose of sunshine can<br />
help, if your levels are very low you will need to take a<br />
supplement to redress the balance. Speak to your GP for advice.
keeping healthy<br />
A stronger, healthier you<br />
While you’re soaking up<br />
extra energy and a brighter<br />
outlook, your skin is also<br />
using the sun’s UVB rays<br />
to manufacture Vitamin D,<br />
which brings with it all sorts<br />
of health benefits.<br />
Vitamin D deficiency is<br />
actually quite common in<br />
the UK, with one in five of us<br />
not getting enough.<br />
It’s essential for<br />
absorbing calcium, keeping<br />
your bones healthy, and<br />
for protecting you against<br />
health problems later in life,<br />
such as osteoporosis, Type 2<br />
diabetes, multiple sclerosis<br />
and some common cancers<br />
such as breast, prostate and<br />
pancreatic cancer.<br />
“Sun exposure is the<br />
best way to maintain your<br />
Vitamin D levels,” says Dr<br />
Perry. “When the UVB rays<br />
hit your skin, they cause<br />
a chemical reaction that<br />
turns certain cholesterols<br />
in your body into a form of<br />
Vitamin D that your body<br />
can use.”<br />
As well as protecting your<br />
long-term health, topping<br />
up your Vitamin D levels<br />
could help you to keep your<br />
waist trim. Scientists from<br />
the Netherlands found that<br />
people with low Vitamin<br />
D levels are more likely to<br />
be overweight and store<br />
their extra fat around<br />
their middle than people<br />
who get enough of the<br />
vitamin. The experts are<br />
still investigating exactly<br />
how the sunshine vitamin<br />
is linked to weight gain, but<br />
they think that low levels<br />
could affect your insulin<br />
receptors and your blood<br />
sugar balance, which in turn<br />
could bump you up a dress<br />
size or two.<br />
“You don’t need much<br />
sun to get the benefits,” says<br />
Dr Perry. “Just 20 minutes of<br />
sun on your arms and legs<br />
two to three times a week<br />
could be enough to top up<br />
your Vitamin D levels.”<br />
In the winter, the sun in<br />
the UK isn’t strong enough,<br />
so Public Health England<br />
recommends that everyone<br />
should take a 10mcg<br />
Vitamin D supplement.<br />
Staying safe<br />
You don’t need to get<br />
sunburnt, or even have a<br />
tan, to get a health boost<br />
from the sun. In fact,<br />
both are best avoided.<br />
“There is no such thing<br />
as a healthy sun tan,”<br />
says Dr Perry. “A tan is a<br />
response to DNA damage,<br />
whether you get it on<br />
the beach, on a sunbed,<br />
or through incidental<br />
exposure. Tans are caused<br />
by harmful ultraviolet<br />
(UV) radiation from the<br />
sun, and if you have<br />
one, you’ve sustained<br />
skin cell damage. Such<br />
damage is instrumental<br />
in the development of<br />
skin cancer, and it also<br />
accelerates skin ageing<br />
so you’ll have more lines,<br />
wrinkles and age spots.”<br />
Remember, you only<br />
need to be in the sun for<br />
20 minutes a few times<br />
a week to make enough<br />
Vitamin D, after that it’s<br />
important to protect your<br />
skin from UV rays. “Seek<br />
a high SPF sunscreen<br />
(with a SPF of at least 30)<br />
and look for a 5-star UVA<br />
rating, which indicates<br />
maximum protection<br />
against ageing UV rays.”<br />
Make sure you<br />
apply it regularly,<br />
at least every<br />
few hours, and<br />
liberally – most<br />
of us don’t use<br />
enough sun<br />
cream to protect<br />
our skin.<br />
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Care Collagen Beauty<br />
Formula, £23.95/90 caps<br />
Collagen gives structure and<br />
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and wrinkles form. This<br />
supplement also contains<br />
skin-healthy nutrients such<br />
as Vitamin C, B2 and B3,<br />
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Our tester said...<br />
“My skin feels a lot softer<br />
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overall. The capsules are<br />
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3 Best pill-free<br />
choice<br />
LQ Liquid Health Skin, Hair<br />
& Nails, £29.99/10 x 50ml<br />
Beauty<br />
Alongside a healthy, balanced diet,<br />
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fragile nails and even wrinkles.<br />
Here’s our top five…<br />
look good<br />
Supplements<br />
on test<br />
By Beauty Editor, Michelle Nightingale<br />
2 Best for<br />
hair growth…<br />
Hairburst Chewable Hair<br />
Vitamins, £19.99/60<br />
gummies (30-day supply)<br />
If you’re seeking healthier<br />
locks and faster hair growth<br />
this supplement is for you.<br />
It contains biotin, selenium,<br />
zinc, Vitamin B12 and<br />
pantothenic acid – all key<br />
ingredients for boosting hair<br />
health and reducing thinning.<br />
Our tester said “These<br />
chewable pastilles taste just<br />
like sweets! After just a few<br />
weeks my hair looks in better<br />
condition and appears thicker.”<br />
Best allrounder…<br />
5<br />
Perfectil Platinum,<br />
£40.35/60 tabs<br />
(30-day supply)<br />
Containing high levels of<br />
marine collagen, hyaluronic<br />
acid, biotin and resveratrol,<br />
this highly concentrated<br />
supplement works on hair,<br />
skin and nails. The liquid<br />
formula is also ideal for those<br />
who struggle to swallow pills.<br />
Our tester said… “My skin<br />
looks fresher and plumper.<br />
A bit costly, but I still saw good<br />
results when taking them every<br />
other day. I liked<br />
the taste too!”<br />
Best<br />
for budget…<br />
Nurture Hair & Nail<br />
Strengthener, £10.95/90 caps<br />
(45-day supply)<br />
Contains very high levels of biotin<br />
(Vitamin B7) which can help improve nail<br />
thickness and strength.<br />
Our tester said... “After<br />
just a few weeks, my nails are<br />
smoother and glossier and<br />
have a natural shine.”<br />
Stockists:<br />
Care Collagen<br />
available from<br />
Tesco 0800<br />
323 4040;<br />
Hairburst and<br />
LQ Liquid Health<br />
available from<br />
Boots 0345 070<br />
8090; Nurture<br />
0800 072<br />
9510; Perfectil<br />
available from<br />
Boots<br />
Although costly, this<br />
supplement has very high<br />
levels of nutrients and is<br />
a complete formula, so<br />
there’s no need to take a<br />
multivitamin, too.<br />
Our tester said...<br />
“I saw results pretty quickly –<br />
particularly in the condition<br />
of my nails and hair. My skin<br />
looks clearer, brighter and I<br />
look less tired! I like that it’s a<br />
general multivitamin too, but<br />
the tablets are huge.”<br />
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