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After the heartache of her cancelled wedding with Marty Pask, a new-look Leisel Jones is on a journey of self-discovery away from the pool, writes Rose Fydler. If it’s a woman’s right to change her hairstyle after a romantic break-up, then recent singleton Leisel Jones – a platinum blonde turned sultry brunette – has clearly […]

Download your exclusive first chapter from My Husband’s Sweethearts by Bridget Asher here. About this book: Lucy Shoreman discovers in one fell swoop that not only has her husband Artie been cheating on her, but that his heart is failing and he’s dying. So in a drunken moment she takes his little black book, and […]

About this book: Egypt, 1977: Oliver, an English geophysicist expert in oil exploration, finds himself unwillingly swept up in a world of political and mystical sabotage after his wife, Isabella, a marine archaeologist, drowns while recovering a mysterious ancient astrolabe she’d been searching for all her life. About the author: Tobsha Learner was born and […]

Can you really lose weight without ‘dieting’? long term and keep it off? In a healthy way? Yes if you know what it takes to lose weight: creating an energy deficit. Energy or kj’s work like this; you intake energy from food and you use it to sustain your body (all functions such as breathing, […]

Question: Are there greater benefits in eating whole foods as compared to taking nutritional supplements? Answer: Supplements can’t supply all the nutrients in food. Food is very complex. Whole foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes and wholegrain breads and cereals contain thousands of phytonutrients that can interact with each other in positive ways. When […]

The bioflavonoid nutrient quercetin is best-known for its anti-cancer prowess and its ability to optimise the body’s utilisation of vitamin C. Now, according to a study from the University of Utah, published in The Journal of Nutrition, it appears that taking a daily supplement of 730mg of quercetin can also significantly lower both systolic and […]

The evidence in favour of drinking moderate amounts of red wine just keeps stacking up: it’s an antioxidant, an anti-inflammatory, and it helps keep heart disease at bay. Now, according to a new study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, it seems red wine can also reduce your risk of lung cancer. Researchers from […]

If you feel as though you need to be a professional negotiator and full time chef just to get through dinner time with your kids, you’re not alone. Getting your kids to eat what you’ve made is a common struggle amongst parents. And, doing it with little fuss or complaint seems to be equally as […]

Sifting through the marketing jargon of descriptive labels on foods these days can leave even a nutritionist questioning which way to go. Low-fat, lite, light, fat-free, sugar-free, % free, no added, low, diet are just a few of the terms plastered on many packaged goods competing for our grocery dollars and confusing consumers everywhere. There […]

An anti-inflammatory diet If we could take a sneaky peak into the ‘inbox’ of scientists throughout the world, chances are the most common word would be inflammation. And whilst we may think of this as your knee swelling when you cop a knock in sport, this kid is a little different. The correct terminology for […]