Health

10 ways to boost your energy levels

Feeling sluggish? Maybe it's time to reconsider your diet

Eating the right foods can not only boost vitality, it can help you make the most out of your fitness regime. Liz Nowosad discovers 10 ways to increase energy levels and boost your va-va voom! ...

Choose a rainbow of fruits and veg

Different colours reflect different nutrients

Variety is key to healthy eating and the easiest way to make sure you have a good mix of fruits and vegetables is to look at the colours. ...

How to lower your cholesterol (without drugs)

Reduce your chance of cardiovascular disease with our top tips and advice

High cholesterol levels can have a dramatic effect on your risk of cardiovascular disease. But there’s plenty you can do to address the problem, discovers David Goding. ...

How to make healthy food choices

Want to know the secret to supermarket shopping? Look no further...

While doing your weekly shop at the farmer's market and from local organic producers is the ideal, for many of us, shopping at the supermarket is unavoidable. It can, however, be a nutritional minefield. Rebecca Howden explores the aisles for the best choices ...

Food rules to live by

Simplify your eating habits with Michael Pollan's top tips

While researching his book In Defense of Food, journalist Michael Pollan realised that what we should eat could be simply summarised in seven words: Eat food. Mostly plants. Not too much ...

Aromatherapy recipes

8 natural ways to ward off insomnia, stress, headaches and hangovers

Linda Smith explores the benefits of essential oils, including ways they can be used to relieve stress and other day-to-day ailments, and discovers why aromatherapy is akin to ‘cooking’ for the soul. ...

Which milk is best?

Naturopath Helen Goodwin offers her expert opinion

Is dairy milk good for us? Or, would we better off omitting it from our diets and favouring dairy alternatives for our morning muesli? Naturopath Helen Goodwin investigates ...

What is your body fat trying to tell you?

Whether you love your curves or loathe them, body fat can reveal hidden truths about your health

According to biochemist and nutritionist Dr Libby Weaver (www.drlibby.com), the places we tend to gain body fat first may be indicators as to which body system is in need of some support. ...

Top 10 foods for healthy hair

Beautiful hair naturally

Want glossy, healthy hair? The shelves of supermarkets, salons and pharmacies are packed with products that claim to lengthen, strengthen, thicken, lighten and nourish all types of hair, most featuring a long list of unpronounceable chemical ingredients the majority of us know little about. ...

How to sit at a computer

Stiff neck? Tight shoulders? Chronic back pain? You're not alone.

Andi Lew, chiropractic assistant and co-author of 7 Things Your Doctor Forgot To Tell You has the following advice for your desk set up, because she claims that “spending a few moments to make simple ergonomic changes to your work environment will improve your comfort, minimise back, neck and shoulder pain and increase productivity ...

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