Ayrshire Insights

Safety of UK Skincare Ingredients At Ayrshire Skincare, our mission is to create products that promote both happiness and health for our customers. However, we are deeply concerned about the diminishing natural world around us, and the erosion of trust [...]

Virgin olive oil protects brain health through the gut micro-organisms of the stomach An Italian study has revealed that consuming virgin olive oil, as opposed to refined olive oil, improves bacterial diversity and helps preserve brain function in older people. [...]

Vitamin D may slow Cellular Aging In a recent study by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers followed over 1,000 adults for four years to determine whether vitamin D or omega-3 supplementation could slow telomere shortening (the protective caps [...]

Your Body. Your Edge. Your Game. Run Harder. Recover Smarter. Shine Brighter. Why Women Footballers Choose Clean, Natural Muscle Ease Lotion Today’s women’s game is faster, fiercer and more demanding than ever. To keep performing at their peak, players need [...]

Skin health reflects how your body is feeling too. We have all heard of the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” and to be honest, it’s one thing that we all do in the Essence of Egypt [...]

Can you Think your Skin Better? Would you believe that rather than spending fortunes on expensive skin-care products, women (and men) can actually improve their own skin condition by simply using their mind? Impossible? Well, it’s not as hard to [...]

Our minds can make us sick, but they can make us well, just the same. When I was considering what to write about in this week’s newsletter, I began to think about myself and my own cancer journey. When you’re [...]

Is your Sunscreen safe? Now that we are in mid-summer, and the temperatures are going off the scale, we thought it would be appropriate to write an article about the properties of sunscreen, and if in fact they are safe [...]

A little bit of magic, to keep your body safe and healthy. Intrigued? If you're over 60 and feeling like your balance just isn't what it used to be, you're not alone. Maybe you're catching yourself grabbing onto furniture more [...]

The longer the telomeres, the longer we live. Is it as simple as that? Jeanne Calment was one of the longest living women on record. When she was 85, she took up the sport of fencing. She was still riding [...]

Intermittent Fasting (Autophagy) + Extending our telomeres. Are these the keys to a long and healthy life? Autophagy (intermittent fasting) is our focus today. (We will write about Telomeres on Tuesday, coming). In this informative article, I will explain how [...]

After work today, my knees were on fire. I don’t make any excuse, because at 76 years of age my knees are worn out - and yet I keep trying to do what I did as a young man! Over [...]

10 Ways to Avoid Vision Loss & Keep Your Eyesight Sharp The internet is full of disinformation. Stuff written by people who should know better than to write as if what they say is fact. Thankfully, within all of the [...]

The benefits of being Out In Nature The physical and psychological benefits of 20-30 minutes among trees or in a natural environment is good for your health. Why is this?  After a short time of 5-15 minutes, the body starts [...]

“Help me,” cries your body. “I’m dehydrated. Can’t you see it?” Some weeks ago, I was sitting in the departure lounge at London Heathrow Airport before heading back up to Glasgow. The flight was delayed and we had time to [...]

If you live from the heart, it's good for the heart When I was growing up, I had a belief that people with compassion and kindness in their hearts could change the world. I learned it from watching my mom [...]