- By Leslie Hart
When you walk through the personal care aisles of your local store, you likely see dozens of products that promise to soften your skin, make you smell better, extend your lashes, decrease wrinkling, tame your curly hair, or even semi-permanently change the color of your lips, hair or skin.
Sleep plays an important role in keeping the brain healthy, which is why people are advised to get at least 7-9 hours each night.
Body mass index has long been used by doctors as the standard method for measuring health – and often still is.
Sleep is an intricate and essential process that our bodies undergo to restore, rejuvenate, and maintain optimal health.
Have you ever wondered if your diet could be the key to living a longer life? It's a common belief that what we eat plays a significant role in determining our lifespan. But what if that isn't true?
Hot yoga also known as Bikram yoga (more on that later) has gained significant popularity in recent years as a fairly ferocious form of exercise. It combines yoga poses and breathing exercises and is practised in a heated studio – with room temperatures close to 40°C.
- By Monica Dus
Our ability to sense sweetness, as well as other tastes, involves a delicate dance between our genetic makeup and the foods we encounter from the womb to the dinner table.
Most people know that the risk factors for heart disease are high blood pressure, smoking, raised cholesterol and being overweight. However, many people who have a heart attack do not have any of these traditional risk factors.
I love savory and spicy foods. Lasagna laden with basil and oregano. Beautifully golden curries infused with turmeric, or rice flavored with saffron.
Keeping your environment as healthy as possible will not only help sustain the Earth, it will also help sustain the health of all living things that depend on the health benefits the Earth provides.
Dr. Robert Lustig is a pediatric endocrinologist and a true visionary in the realm of metabolic health. When it comes to cholesterol, many of us have been fixated on the total cholesterol number, believing it to hold the key to our health.
- By Amanda Avery
Celebrities have popularised all sorts of outlandish diet trends over the years. One of the latest trends among celebrities is the “one meal a day” diet (or “Omad”).
Social media is full of fitness trends. While some of these are outlandish or verging on dangerous, others are actually helpful.
Heavy drinking has long been associated with various health problems, including cirrhosis of the liver, cancer and heart disease.
Not only do fruit and vegetables contain many of the important vitamins and minerals our body needs to function at its best, they also keep our gut healthy and may even help maintain a healthy weight.
Rice is a staple food for billions of people in Asia and Africa. It’s also a versatile ingredient for many iconic dishes from around the world, including dolmades from Greece, risottos from Italy, paella from Spain and rice puddings from the United Kingdom.
- By Mike Armour
If you’ve been on social media recently you might have noticed sponsored posts and ads for a variety of small, portable electrical devices. These claim to manage period or endometriosis pain safely and without drugs.
Over the years, I have explored the mystical mainly for myself and not related to my role as a physician healer.
Exposure to PM2.5 from smoke or other air pollution, such as vehicle emissions, can exacerbate health conditions like asthma and reduce lung function in ways that can worsen existing respiratory problems and even heart disease.
Weighted vests usually weigh 5-20kg. They’re typically worn to increase exercise intensity. Some vests are a fixed weight and others contain pockets where different weight plates can be added before putting it on.
- By Ang Li et al
Climate-related disasters leave behind trauma and worse mental health. Housing uncertainty is a major reason why
- By Nick Fuller
If you’ve ever tried to lose weight, there’s a good chance you’ve been told it all comes down to a simple “calories in, calories out” formula: burn more calories than you consume, and the kilos will disappear.