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Plant sterols (also known as phytosterols) are natural substances that can help lower your cholesterol. They exist in wood pulp and leaves, but are also found naturally in certain foods such as vegetable oil, nuts, legumes, corn, fruit and vegetables. You can obtain higher levels through enriched margarine spreads. How do they work? When consumed, […]

Nine is one of the most anticipated of 2010, already. It stars (wait for it) Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench, Penelope Cruz, pop star Fergie, Kate Hudson, Daniel Day-Lewis and Sophia Loren. Nine has been nominated for Best motion picture, musical or comedy, Daniel Day-Lewis nominated for Best Actor, Marion Cotillard for Best Actress, […]

I met Tom at the pub when I was nineteen. I’d had one other relationship, with a lovely guy called Brent, but he was a little ‘safe’ and I was getting bored, so when I walked into my local pub one night and set my eyes on Tom- I was gone. He was tall and […]

There were no goal posts or team cheers, but it was far and away the most thrilling match of Adam Cooney’s life when he married sweetheart Haylea McCann in a romantic ceremony beside Adelaide’s Glenelg Beach. The Western Bulldogs star, who won the AFL’s ultimate accolade, the Brownlow Medal, in 2008, is revered as a […]

It’s berry time — time to eat mulberries or strawberries or loganberries or blueberries on sponge cakes for a Christmas treat. A strawberry-rich sponge cake is much lighter than a hunk of Christmas cake (though a rich fruitcake can’t be beaten in winter). Soon it will be planting time — and now is the best […]

The former PM turned 80 last week. Glen Williams looks at the remarkable life of one of Australia’s most popular leaders. He has been called the heart and soul of Australia. Silver haired, charismatic, fiery tempered, a man of easy tears, champion of the worker, Australia’s mate, a Rhodes Scholar, the lovable larrikin. Whatever label […]

A Current Affair host Tracy Grimshaw tells Leigh Reinhold why a young policewoman’s horrifying story brought her to tears on air. After almost three decades in journalism, Tracy Grimshaw has just about seen it all. But the highly regarded A Current Affair host says 2009 will go down as one of her most memorable years. […]

An attempt to take her own life has left her parents reeling. Jackie Brygel reports. She’s the girl who should have had it all. With a pop legend dad and a former supermodel mum, Alexa Ray Joel looked destined for a life the rest of us could only dream about. But after a tortured early […]

Weight-loss role models Magda Szubanski and Ian “Dicko” Dickson tell Phillip Koch their tips for staying trim while enjoying all the trimmings. Australia’s favourite funnygirl Magda Szubanski isn’t joking when she says you can tuck in to a traditional feast without regretting it this Christmas. “The trick is that you can have little bits of […]

The Australian Idol winner and his family have been plagued by a killer gene, but the young star refuses to let it get him down. Behind Stan Walker’s infectious smile and sweeter-than-honey voice lurks a frightening and real cancer threat that would fill most people with a sense of terror and dread. The Australian Idol […]