Bolster Your Immunity and Resilience with Nutritional Supplements
Bolster your immunity A question raised often in the COVID-19 pandemic is what role nutrition and food supplements fulfil in supporting the immune system. Can what an individual puts into their mouth really alter the chances of contracting COVID, or reduce the likely impact of the disease should they become infected? The empirical evidence, as with all things COVID, [...]
The case for staying active during the COVID-19 pandemic
The case for physical exercise and improved immunity According to this article in the US National Library of Medicine, "in April 17th 2020, the number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 worldwide was over 2.2-million with more than 154,000 deaths. Government shielding orders have restricted the movement of people around the globe in an attempt to minimize the spread and [...]
Supporting your resilience & immunity to COVID-19
From Dr Sabine Donnai, Chief Executive of Viavi Supporting the immune system is not possible through isolated individual actions. A combination of behaviours to support the immune system and an absence of behaviours that depress the immune system should be the key strategy for individuals at this time. Nutritional Support to fight COVID-19 Our standard dietary principles still apply during [...]
Exercise with cancer
One of the questions we are frequently asked in both our London medical centre and our Oxford Health Gym is ‘Am I okay to exercise with cancer?’. Our response is always unequivocal – ‘It’s not just okay, it’s essential!’. Exercise and cancer care A recent study by MacMillan Cancer support found only a fifth of patients who have been [...]
The role of physical activity in managing your health
“If exercise could be packaged in a pill, it would be the single most widely prescribed and beneficial medicine in the nation.” - Robert Butler, National Institute on Aging Physical Activity and your health It has never been clearer that participation in physical activity is an essential means through which an individual can directly impact their current and future health [...]
Exercise and Cancer Care
How exercise can be a key component of cancer care after diagnosis There has never been a clearer understanding of the role an unhealthy lifestyle plays in the development of chronic disease and in particular cancer. A lifestyle incorporating low movement levels, poor nutrition, smoking, high psychological stress and excessive body fat will increase [...]
New Viavi:be member referral scheme now launched
New Viavi:be member referral scheme now launched. 2 weeks free trial membership for family or friends and a £50 benefit for our members. Viavi:be values the support of our members and is committed to helping them get great results. Now, until the end of 2018, members have the chance to let a friend or relative [...]
Viavi:be launches Europe’s first specialist lifestyle medicine service at Oxford
Viavi:be launches Europe’s first specialist lifestyle medicine service at Oxford. Viavi:be launches Europe’s first specialist lifestyle medicine service at its Centre in Summertown, Oxford on 29th May. Lifestyle medicine is an emerging clinical discipline which seeks to prevent, manage and even reverse chronic or lifestyle related disease. Leveraging the deep expertise [...]
Consultations with specialist clinical practitioners
Consultations with specialist clinical practitioners. Consultations with specialist clinical practitioners are now available at Viavi:be. Consultations are now available at Viavi:be with specialist functional medicine doctors to help address and better manage on-going lifestyle related and chronic health problems, or to provide deeper lifestyle insights and advice to optimise your health. The [...]
Viavi:be launches specialist employee wellbeing services
Viavi:be launches specialist employee wellbeing services. To support the launch, free breakfast or lunchtime talks for employees in their offices are being offered to help demonstrate the Viavi:be expertise. Viavi:be has launched a range of specialist employee wellbeing services in Oxford, some of the most advanced services of their kind in the UK. And [...]