The Surprising Benefits of Sleep Masks

When it's hard to switch off, achieving a restful night's sleep can be more of a challenge. Enter the sleep mask: an unassuming accessory with profound effects on both sleep quality and cognitive abilities. Embracing Darkness for...

Lactoferrin Can Bind Microplastics in Humans

Kiran Krishnan is a microbiologist who is passionate about capabilities of microbial ecosystems and for our health and wellbeing. He has a special interest in probiotics and prebiotics to modulate the immune system and believes...

Summer Sleep Hacks From An Expert

The holidays are here, but how can you embrace the heat, relax your routine and optimise your sleep? Summer sleep is often a travel paradox: more time and opportunity for rest, but unfamiliar hot bedrooms, different sounds...

Why Do I Get Sick More Than Others?

Whether or not you take a concoction of vitamins each morning and gobble all of your greens, everyone gets ill from time to time. Regardless of the time of year, nasty viruses and bacteria find their way...

The Benefits of Plants for Health & Happiness

This World Wellbeing Week we at Leapfrog are talking about the benefits of bringing the outside in. Even the least green-fingered of us likes to open a bunch of flowers or a plant and busy ourselves...

A Toolkit for Tackling Test Anxiety

Summer has begun: the evenings are lighter and flowers are in full bloom. However, for many children and young people May, June and July usher in a time of year that can be daunting and stressful: exam...

How A Hypnotherapist Deals With Anxiety

This Mental Health Awareness Week (15th-23rd May 2023) the theme is anxiety. How to recognise an anxious episode? Anxiety commonly involves tension, panic or nervousness, tearfulness or trouble sleeping, but it can also result in an increase in heart...

Lactoferrin: The Ultimate Immune Booster

We at Leapfrog are passionate about the multiple health benefits of Lactoferrin and are often to be found standing on our soap boxes (or sitting for an Insta Live) extolling its virtues. If you're looking...

Hay Fever: The Cause And Cure

Hay fever affects 1 in 4 adults in the UK (1 in 10 children) and research shows that numbers are rising. Throw into the mix  some potent pollen, and it seems we’re especially vulnerable to the...