Health

  • 6 Time-Saving Strategies for Healthy Family Meals

    6 Time-Saving Strategies for Healthy Family Meals

    Karen Fischer offers busy mums some tips on meal preparation that will give them more time with their families.
  • How to Lose Weight Permanently

    How to Lose Weight Permanently

    Many people think it’s impossible to lose weight and keep it off. But research shows that at least 20 per cent of overweight people are successful in losing the flab for the long term.
  • Beach Bodies

    Beach Bodies

    Online personal trainer Andrew Cate shows you how to make the most of the great outdoors while helping to springboard your fitness routine this summer.
  • Fancy a Fruit Juice?

    Fancy a Fruit Juice?

    Is fruit juice a health food or a glamorised, sugary drink?
  • The Five Worst Foods in Your Fridge

    The Five Worst Foods in Your Fridge

    Feeling sluggish? Lacking concentration or fighting flab? The contents of your fridge may be to blame. The quantity stored there and their position directly influence what you eat and drink. What does your fridge say about you?
  • Should You Add Salt

    Should You Add Salt

    You don’t need to have high blood pressure to be harmed by salt.
  • 12 Secrets to Beating a Tobacco Addiction

    12 Secrets to Beating a Tobacco Addiction

    Want to kick the nicotine habit for good? Adrian Webster offers 12 suggestions that can help you to succeed.
  • Tomato: The Everday SuperFood

    Tomato: The Everday SuperFood

    Eating more tomatoes daily could make you healthier, protect your skin from sun damage and lower your risk of contracting modern diseases, according to a review of more than 100 studies.
  • Going Dairy-Free

    Going Dairy-Free

    If you suffer from symptoms like eczema, colic, acne, loose stools, bloating or sinus problems, you may have an allergy to dairy products—a condition that can be life-threatening for some.
  • Soy and Breast Cancer

    Soy and Breast Cancer

    Soy has been hailed as a potential anticancer agent in healthy people, but could its phytonutrients increase the recurrence of breast cancer?
  • Staying Motivated this Winter

    Staying Motivated this Winter

    Health and fitness writer Andrew Cate looks at ways to stay in shape and motivated this winter.
  • Banish Fussy Eating

    Banish Fussy Eating

    Does your child reject food, especially vegetables? Is he or she easily distracted or refuses to sit at the table while eating? Don’t be worried—get motivated!
  • Omega-3 for Vegetarians

    Omega-3 for Vegetarians

    While vegetarians may have generally lower intakes of cholesterol and saturated fat, are they getting enough omega-3?
  • Teen Health and Acne

    Teen Health and Acne

    Many adolescents believe that eating chocolate or fatty and sugary foods will give them a “crater face.”
  • Nature's Laxatives

    Nature's Laxatives

    Chronic constipation can cause a lot of discomfort. An even greater concern is the elevated risk of colon cancer.
  • Stress Out!

    Stress Out!

    Health coach and family physician Christopher Pitt shows us how we can all take control of our stress.
  • The Facts About B12

    The Facts About B12

    If you are a vegetarian, there’s a chance you’re not getting enough vitamin B12. Peggy Rynk looks at what can result, and ways to avoid problems.
  • Living Well with PCOS

    Living Well with PCOS

    If you’re a woman who’s put on a bit of weight and finding it difficult to lose, or if you’re struggling with facial hair, acne or irregular periods, chances are you have polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
  • Fats: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

    Fats: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

    How do you discern between good and bad fats? A simple way is to check their origin. Are they plant- or animal-based? And how processed are they?
  • Foods for Mums-To-Be

    Foods for Mums-To-Be

    Mothers, what you eat during pregnancy influences not only your own wellbeing but that of your baby. Your diet can program your baby's future risk of developing obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
  • Understanding Breast Cancer

    Understanding Breast Cancer

    October is recognised in many parts of the world as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Melody Tan shares some facts about this disease.
  • Smart Breakfast Ideas for Kids

    Smart Breakfast Ideas for Kids

    Breakfast is brain food for kids. While skipping breakfast is a bad idea for anyone, kids will feel the impact more. They have a higher ratio of brain weight to liver weight, which means that their brain's overnight demand for glucose more quickly outstri
  • Heal the Planet

    Heal the Planet

    Victor Parachin believes we can all help heal the planet by simply becoming vegetarian.
  • Magic of the Mediterranean diet

    Magic of the Mediterranean diet

    Western diets are making us sick, but certain traditional eating patterns can deliver both health and flavour on the one plate.
  • You Don't Have to be an Olympian

    You Don't Have to be an Olympian

    You don't have to train like an athlete to enjoy the many benefits of exercise. Personal trainer Andrew Cate shows that the meaning of fitness is different for everyone.
  • Grocery Shopping on a Budget

    Grocery Shopping on a Budget

    Market research suggests that most shoppers take only three seconds to choose various foods in the supermarket, which is hardly enough time to consider value, nutrition and convenience equally.
  • Alcohol Addiction

    Alcohol Addiction

    It is said that a glass of red wine a day is good for one's health. Clark Carr explores the truth behind the health myths of alcohol.
  • Had a Gutful?

    Had a Gutful?

    Do you suffer from unresolved symptoms of irritable bowel, such as bloating, gas, pain, diarrhoea or constipation? New research brings hope: limiting or avoiding FODMAPs in your diet may help.
  • Solo Team Incentives

    Solo Team Incentives

    Personal trainer Andrew Cate looks at how to harness some of the excitement and team spirit of a World Cup team when you're exercising alone.
  • Love Your Food, But...

    Love Your Food, But...

    Did you know that reducing food waste from leftovers or fresh produce past its optimal date can save you money and help cool the planet?
  • Fight Obesity in Kids

    Fight Obesity in Kids

    Obesity in childhood strongly predisposes to obesity in adulthood. Yet many parents are oblivious to the fact that their child is carrying around more than just “puppy fat,” and they assume their child will simply grow out of it.
  • A Lacto-ovo Vegetarian Diet Versus a Vegan One

    A Lacto-ovo Vegetarian Diet Versus a Vegan One

    Most people think of a vegetarian as someone who doesn't eat meat. But Dr Ross Grant* points out other kinds.
  • Getting Gluten-Free Fibre

    Getting Gluten-Free Fibre

    Many people on gluten-free diets struggle to get enough dietary fibre. Some even suffer long term health consequences. Fibre is only found in whole plant foods. There is no fibre in meat, poultry or fish. Many gluten-free commercial products lack fibre du
  • The Healthiest Spreads

    The Healthiest Spreads

    Should you use butter, margarine or something else on your bread?
  • Sugar Shock!

    Sugar Shock!

    New research reveals that a sweet tooth may be more of an addiction than mere predilection, says Pam Mellskog.
  • Liquid Calories to Burn

    Liquid Calories to Burn

    Did you know that the size of a soft drink container has increased by two to three times over the past 50 years?
  • Soy for Healthy Bones

    Soy for Healthy Bones

    Many women are fearful of developing cancer but hip fractures are more common than cancer of the breast, cervix and uterus combined. While calcium has stolen the spotlight, researchers have discovered that soy and other plant foods may also be vital ingre
  • Training for a Fun Run

    Training for a Fun Run

    Organised walks and fun runs are a great motivational opportunity for getting fit and losing weight. Andrew Cate shows you how to get started.
  • Low-GI Eating Can Control Your Sugar

    Low-GI Eating Can Control Your Sugar

    Millions of overweight people around the world have above normal blood sugar levels, but few realise how dangerous this is.
  • Can Nonstick Cookware be Toxic?

    Can Nonstick Cookware be Toxic?

    While easy to clean and good for low-fat cooking, Teflon and similar brands of nonstick cookware can release a toxic chemical called PFOA when overheated.
  • Seeing Stars

    Seeing Stars

    I am amazed at the accuracy of my horoscope in reference to my health. If they say I am to have a good week, I will; if a bad week I will.
  • 50 Amazing Years in Space

    50 Amazing Years in Space

    Robert Wearner takes a look at space travel past-and future.
  • Should you go vego?

    Should you go vego?

    Appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan, are healthful, nutritionally adequate and may help in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases
  • Are You Personality Positive?

    Are You Personality Positive?

    Nina Atcheson looks at how to get the most out of your life.
  • Cinnamon: Culinary Spice or Medicine?

    Cinnamon: Culinary Spice or Medicine?

    The discovery that cinnamon can make cells in the body more sensitive to insulin and lower your blood sugar has opened a debate.
  • Winter Health

    Winter Health

    With the cold and flu season upon us, it's time to look at ways to boost your immune system. By building up resistance, your body will be better prepared to defend itself when the dreaded winter bugs arrive. Personal trainer Andrew Cate gives five practic
  • Sweet Relief

    Sweet Relief

    Sugar is sweet to the taste, but it wrecks havoc on the body. Elizabeth Casey looks at the dangers.
  • Kids in the Kitchen

    Kids in the Kitchen

    Looking for ways to get your kids eating healthier while offering more choice and responsibility? Get them into your kitchen.
  • The Truth About Getting Drunk

    The Truth About Getting Drunk

    So often seen as a normal part of the lives of young people, binge drinking is increasingly putting those lives at risk. Victor Parachin reports.
  • Overcome the Top Dieting Pitfalls

    Overcome the Top Dieting Pitfalls

    Eating right has numerous enemies. Kelly James-Enger reveals four pitfalls that derail healthy diets.