Aromatherapy

Health and wellbeing has become a necessity in modern life, with more and more people choosing to join the gym and eat organic fresh foods. This comes possibly too late for some, who have lived on takeaway foods and bad diets for most of their lives. Food used to be at the forefront of everyone’s minds. During the war there was little in the way of food and money about, and all the food which did come into the shops had to be rationed. Many people who had big families to feed found it a struggle both to make ends meat and to feed their family. Advice was given out to people on how to make rationed go much further, in order to keep the family nourished. Healthy eating wasn’t an issue back then, as there was little in the way of fruit and veg, and what was in the shops certainly was not fresh. The only time people got fruit was at Christmas and this was usually as part of a Christmas box. Post war years saw people still struggling and celebrities were put on TV to help people cook. Fanny Cradock was a big hit back then, and many women swore by her food recipes and baking methods.

Things progressed and so did the way we ate, it was usual by the 1970’s that the women stayed at home and prepared a home cooked meal once per day for their family and man. The meal usually consisted of meat, potato and two vegetables. The meals were very basic, but they were healthy and provided all the nutrients that people require. The 1980’s saw the start of the frozen convenience food revolution, no longer did housewives have to spent hours over the stove cooking, instead they could simply boil up some meat in a bag and put it with some ready made mashed potato’s, things were becoming a lot more easy. Takeaways started to appear in most shopping precincts and peoples way of living life was beginning to change. By the beginning of the 1990’s most families had two cars and children were no longer seen on the streets playing, instead they could spend hours in front of a games console, playing for hours.

This was seen as a great way of living for a while, but a price for all this convenience was to come.  Obesity was on the rise and so was heart disease, people were no longer taking exercise and some people did not even know how to cook a meal, or operate a cooker.  Gyms started appearing all over England and people took a well earned work out at the Gym after work.  People were starting to eat more healthy too, with more people choosing to garden and grow their own fruit and vegetables.  Within the Gyms there are additional facilities which enable people to relax, some gyms offer saunas, steam rooms and aromatherapy spas.  Many women go for relaxing weekends with friends to aromatherapy spas, and are able to pick up dating tips whilst experiencing essential oils and massage.  It is amazing what you can learn by sitting in a sauna many people pick up dating tips for women whilst relaxing.