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HEALTH NOTES: How anxious Sadie Frost gets a lift... by pumping iron

Published: 16:10 EST, 29 August 2015 | Updated: 18:38 EST, 29 August 2015

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Sadie Frost has a new weapon in her ongoing battle against panic attacks: weight-lifting

She was a wild-child but is now a health guru – and Sadie Frost has a new weapon in her ongoing battle against panic attacks: weight-lifting.

Despite advocating gentler methods such as breathing exercises and yoga in her recent book Nourish: Mind, Body & Soul, she has found the benefits of a more vigorous approach lately.

‘I always make time for exercise as I still suffer from anxiety attacks,’ says Sadie, who is mother of actor Jude Law’s three children Rafferty, 18, Iris, 14, and Rudy, 12, and Finlay, 24, her son with Spandau Ballet star Gary Kemp.

‘I’ve had them all my life, and they have continued since I had post-natal depression.

‘I still do meditation and yoga but I have recently started weight training again, which I find is a fantastic release.

'I do 100 squats while lifting a bar bell and it’s full-on. Of course, it’s also very good for toning your arms, legs and bottom.’

The actress and producer, 47, who has been promoting her new film Buttercup Bill, made by her own company, Blond To Black Pictures, says she has a laid-back approach to her body and ageing, though.

‘I have the odd grey hair but it doesn’t worry me,’ she adds. ‘Of course I am ageing but I am happy with myself and I try to look after myself as much as possible.

'I am not saying that I wouldn’t try Botox but I haven’t yet and I am quite happy doing what I am doing.’

If you are one of the one per cent of the population suffering night eating syndrome (NES) – yes, it is a condition – then help is at hand

Light therapy eases midnight munchies

If you are one of the one per cent of the population suffering night eating syndrome (NES) – yes, it is a condition – then help is at hand.

Light therapy with the type of bright electric lamps used to treat the depression-type illness seasonal affective disorder have been found to reduce NES sufferers’ urge to binge eat after dark.

Those with NES, which is linked to body clock disturbances, are said to consume 25 per cent or more of daily calorie intake after the evening meal and may also suffer from middle-of-the-night awakenings for food.

Previously, sufferers could be offered antidepressants. One study suggested that 28 per of people seeking gastric bypass surgery had NES.

In a trial, patients had 13 days of light therapy – one hour each morning. Significant reductions were found in night eating symptoms, mood, and sleep disturbance after the therapy.

Beware deafness by hand-dryer

Hand-dryers are a potential cause of hearing damage – as they can be almost as loud as a jackhammer. Some units create noise levels up to 91 decibels, just short of a jackhammer’s 95 decibels, the level at which prolonged exposure can cause hearing damage.

‘Many new hand-dryers are loud, exposing individuals using the facilities to potentially dangerous noise,’ say the researchers from Mercy College, New York, who report their findings in Noise And Health.

Pushy women have more boys

Mothers-to-be hoping for a boy take note: dominant women are more likely to have sons.

Canadian researchers quizzed 240 parents about their personalities. Those rated as more dominant, forthright and ‘go-getting’ had more first-born sons, while those who were more submissive were more likely to have a daughter.

Mothers-to-be hoping for a boy take note: dominant women are more likely to have sons

One theory is that dominant women have higher levels of the male sex hormone testosterone, which makes their eggs more receptive to Y-chromosome-bearing sperm, which results in boys.

Body hang-ups aren’t just for girls, according to a new survey that found eight out of ten men felt ‘stressed’ that their physiques were not as impressive as they once were.

Digital fitness and lifestyle magazine Alpha Man also found that 85 per cent of men had been on a diet. When asked which part of their body men were most unhappy with, 50 per cent said their beer bellies, 14 per cent said they didn’t like their chest and ten per cent hated their legs. Just four per cent of men were ‘very happy’ with their bodies.