BBC Countryfile Magazine

MOVE, THINK, EAT Your 2021 wellness plan

Here we are at the beginning of the year. After a crazy and challenging 2020, we’re wondering where 2021 will lead us. But whatever has gone before, a shiny new year offers the possibility of a fresh start.

It is tempting to hibernate in the winter, hiding away until the weather improves. But I’d like to suggest an alternative approach, one that harnesses nature and the outdoors, to see you through the winter months and set you up for a healthier spring and summer. Because if 2020 taught us anything, it was that there is real, lasting benefit to getting outside, moving more and looking after our health, for both our mental and physical wellbeing.

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There’s a host of evidence on the benefits of regular exercise in both preventing disease and supporting recovery from illness. But where do you start? It can be easier said than done to get the suggested 30 minutes of exercise, five times

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