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If you answered in the bathroom cabinet or on top of the fridge, then you are probably compromising their nutritional value. According to a study from Purdue University, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, high humidity (which is certainly a common feature in bathrooms, but can also occur in “hot spots” in […]

“I had always been 15-20kg overweight, but the kilos really piled on while breastfeeding my youngest daughter, Hallie. But even when Hallie turned two, my weight wouldn’t shift. “Then in February 2009 my weight problems hit crisis point when I suddenly started to notice numbness in my hands and feet. I was chronically fatigued, couldn’t […]

“In the past six months I’ve lost 15kg – the last 4kg on the Woman’s Day diet, which I thoroughly enjoyed road testing. It’s really family-friendly, so I didn’t have to cook separate meals for the kids, and there was even a hamburger in one week. You can still enjoy a few wines and some […]

John Laws opens up to Glen Williams about his amazing life, his great love, and why he’ll never be contented. On the eve of his return to radio, John Laws is in a reflective mood, gazing intently at the lapping waters of Sydney Harbour as they ebb and flow beneath his plush Woolloomooloo apartment. “I’m […]

Their weight-loss achievements inspired us – now we catch up with past contestants to see how they’ve survived after the show. Many thought they’d go back to their old ways once they left the house, but all our contestants say there’s no way they’ll ever return to their former selves – unhealthy, unhappy and uncontrollable. […]

It’s crisis talks for fighting couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Battling rumours of an impending break-up, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes tried to put split stories to rest with an intimate date in New York for the actress’s 32nd birthday. But a tense public argument – which saw Tom speaking sternly to his miserable-looking […]

Woman’s Day takes a sneak peek inside the extravagant mansions of the filthy rich and famous. Learn how to live like a star – then cross your fingers for a lottery win! Heidi Klum and Seal: With four young kids, Heidi and Seal need a whole lot of space – and their new house has […]

Michelle Williams has opened up about Heath Ledger‘s death from an accidental drug overdose in 2008. The actress, who has a five-year-old daughter Matilda from her relationship with the late actor, said she coped with the loss by reading The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion. “It didn’t seem unlikely to me that he […]

FOR THE LOVE OF NATURE: E. E. GOSTELOW’S BIRDS & FLOWERS BY CHRISTOBEL MATTINGLEY, NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA, $29.95. An unexpected gem of a book, not just for the delicate colour plates of Australian wildflowers and birds, but for the story of the man who painted them. Born in 1866, Ebenezer Edward Gostelow was a […]

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD BY HARPER LEE, RANDOM HOUSE, $21.95. Fifty years old. Thirty million copies sold. Does Harper Lee’s classic of injustice and courage in a small town in the Deep South really warrant this celebratory edition? Can it be as good as we remember from school? Yes and even better. The familiar tale […]