Q&a: Louise Limerick
Louise Limerick is author of Dying For Cake (Pan Macmillan Australia), the Great Read in the May issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly.
Dying for cake
Read this extract from our May Great Read, Dying for Cake (Pan Macmillan Australian).
Nutrition iq test
Think you know a lot about health and nutrition? Take this quiz and see how much you really know!
Nutrition iq answers
1c: Kale has 80 mg a cup, while a medium orange has 70 mg and a medium sweet potato has 28 mg. 2c: They both do, but monounsaturated oils - found in olive oil, almonds and avocado - have the...
Herbs and surgery
Herbs and Surgery Don’t Mix. Many common healing herbs – like ginseng and St John’s wort – can increase your chance of problems during or after surgery, says the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Herbal remedies affect how your body reacts when you undergo surgery. For instance, both ginkgo and feverfew can interfere with the blood-clotting […]
Bath bliss
If you use essential oils in your bath, add them just before entering so their delicate healing properties won’t evaporate in the steam before you get in the tub. Oh, and swoosh the water to disperse the drops thoroughly so there are no ‘hot spots’ of oil.
What is an eating disorder?
From The Australian Women’s Weekly Health Series Eating Disorders book. Click here to buy the book. As the names indicate, eating or dieting disorders involve a struggle with eating and unreasonable dieting – strictly limiting the amount and types of food eaten, “losing control” and eating too much, or having to get rid of the […]
Q&a: Patti Miller
Author Patti Miller has been teaching people how to write their memoirs since 1991. She has had thousands of students from all over Australia attend her courses and has worked with a number of published authors. From 1984 to 1992, Patti was a lecturer in Writing & Literature at the University of Technology and the […]