Selected Guides

Your Everyday Guide

The basics of everyday health in one place: what widely used guidance says about sleep, movement, food and daily routines, explained in plain language with the sources listed.

  1. Move

    Finding Everyday Movement You Actually Enjoy

    A five-step way to work out which kinds of activity suit you, try them on a small scale and keep the ones you would do again.

    6 min read

  2. Eat Well

    What a Balanced Eating Pattern Can Look Like

    Three official food guides, drawn three ways, agree on more than they differ. What they share, and how it looks in ordinary meals.

    6 min read

  3. Everyday Wellbeing

    Making Time for Social Connection in Everyday Life

    What health bodies say about social ties, how to read that evidence, and a menu of ways to keep in touch sorted by the time you have.

    5 min read

  4. Move

    Planning a Walking Routine Around Your Day

    One illustrative week, followed day by day, shows how walks attach to journeys, breaks and errands you already have.

    6 min read

  5. Eat Well

    Understanding Fibre and Where to Find It

    What fibre is, the figures different bodies give and what they are for, which everyday foods supply it, and why increasing it gradually makes sense.

    5 min read

  6. Health Basics

    Finding Reliable Health Information Online

    Five questions to ask of any health page, post or app: who, what, when, where and why. With one search followed from start to finish.

    6 min read

  7. Move

    Understanding Exercise Intensity in Everyday Language

    Light, moderate and vigorous have fairly precise meanings. A table and the talk test show how to tell them apart without any equipment.

    6 min read

  8. Everyday Wellbeing

    Finding Enjoyable Ways to Spend Time Outdoors

    Four questions to work out what kind of outdoors suits you, ways round common obstacles, and ideas for home, the working day and the weekend.

    6 min read

  9. Sleep & Rest

    Understanding Sleep Advice Without Chasing Perfect Sleep

    Five familiar sleep rules set beside what public health guidance actually says, and a plainer test of whether your sleep is working.

    6 min read

  10. Eat Well

    Reading Food Labels Without Getting Lost in the Numbers

    Label formats differ by country. A five-step way to find the one or two figures that answer your question, in the UK, EU, US or Australia.

    6 min read

  11. Sleep & Rest

    Making Your Bedroom More Comfortable for Sleep

    A ten-minute night-time walk-through of light, sound, temperature and bedding, with low-cost fixes for shared and rented rooms.

    5 min read

  12. Eat Well

    Hydration Advice: Why Individual Needs Differ

    UK, European and US bodies publish different fluid figures because they measure different things. Why no single number fits, and what to watch instead.

    6 min read