After a decade away, last week, Girls Aloud finally announced their reunion. The tour, known as the Girls Aloud Show will see the biggest-selling girl group of the 21st century play 15 dates across the UK and Ireland next May and June 2024.
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, like (which work by stimulating the release of insulin to lower blood sugar, thereby reducing hunger), means we’re now far more aware of the impact our blood sugar levels can have on our weight – as well as our overall physical and mental health – than before.Health professionals have long been warning about the impact rollercoaster blood sugar levels can have on our bodies and minds, but these messages are being heard more widely thanks to the exposure the subject is getting on social media.
Just take the French biochemist Jessie Inchauspé, also known as on Instagram, as an example .
She has an audience of 2.9 million hanging on her every sugar-savvy word.We asked the experts for a rundown of the key things to know about blood sugar, and how to balance it for maximum health benefits.“Blood sugar is, in simple terms, the amount of glucose circulating in our blood,” says Henrietta Norton, the co-founder of Wild Nutrition.
“The glucose is generated from the food we eat, or from stored forms of glucose (called glycogen).
Glucose is essential for fueling our cells and is most crucial for our brains.” It’s vital to have a healthy supply of it in the blood stream.Healthy blood sugar levels provide our cells with the energy they need to do their respective jobs.
But when they fluctuate a lot, and there is excess insulin in the body on a daily basis, this can contribute to all manner of issues, like “fatigue, brain fog, mood swings, anxiety, depression, impaired immunity, , PCOS, menstrual abnormalities and more," says nutritional therapist Rhian Stephenson.Insulin resistance occurs when the body’s cells no longer respond to insulin (the hormone that instructs cells to take in sugar and convert it to energy) in the same way
After a decade away, last week, Girls Aloud finally announced their reunion. The tour, known as the Girls Aloud Show will see the biggest-selling girl group of the 21st century play 15 dates across the UK and Ireland next May and June 2024.
Villagers have teamed up with vocalist Lisa Hannigan for a cover of the Christmas classic ‘The Little Drummer Boy’ – check it out below.The serene cover of the festive track comes after the Irish indie folk band announced their largest-ever headline show to date at Dublin’s Trinity College on June 29, 2024.Speaking about the song choice in a press release, Villagers’ frontman Conor O’Brien said: “Since I was a little boy this song by Katherine Kennicott Davis has captured my imagination more than any other Christmas carol. Such a dream to perform it alongside the incomparable voice of Lisa Hannigan.”Composed in 1941 by Katherine Kennicott Davis, ‘The Little Drummer Boy’ – originally known as ‘Carol Of The Drum’ – has become a holiday staple.
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Air have announced a 2024 UK and European tour that will see the French duo perform their debut album ‘Moon Safari’ in its entirety for the first time.Having celebrated its 25th anniversary earlier this year, Air will tour their ‘One Night Only’ experience for ‘Moon Safari’ in February and March, which will include a show at London’s Coliseum.The tour – which will be the first time ever the duo have performed the 1998 album live – will kick off at Anitgel at Victoria Hall in Geneva, Switzerland, continuing on to Milan, Vienna, Belgium, Berlin, Paris and Amsterdam, before concluding in London.Pre-sale starts this Thursday (November 16) at 10am local time, while general sale goes live Friday (November 17) at 10am local time. You can buy tickets for the London show here, and all remaining dates here.“We were a duo doing some electronic thing, dreaming of selling 10,000 copies and being recognised by other musicians as cool,” said Jean-Benoît Dunckel of the record in a press statement.
Like many of us, Kate Middleton and Prince William have adorable nicknames for their children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis - and no matter how high you are in the Royal Family, having multiple names and titles is the norm. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, like any other loving parents, have special pet names for their kids, with another separate set of names for day to day use, such as at school.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Paramount+ has signed a partnership with Microsoft for the streaming service to be available on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S across several international markets. Under the deal, Paramount+ will roll out on Xbox consoles in Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latin America (including Brazil), Switzerland and the U.K.
Stephen Sanchez has shared details of 2024 UK and European tour – find out how to buy tickets below.The Nashville singer-songwriter’s ‘The Troubadour Takes Europe Tour’ will take in shows at Bristol’s SWX, London’s KOKO and Manchester’s New Century Hall between February 12 and 14 before other stops in major European cities.Tickets go on general sale at this Friday (November 10) at 9am GMT here. A fan pre-sale is already open for select dates.The news follows the release of Sanchez’s debut album ‘Angel Face’.
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