Trying to lose weight? It’s all well and good to watch what you eat, but a new study has shown that keeping an eye on the clock is just important as counting those calories. Researchers found that people who eat their main meal earlier in the day have a better chance of shedding weight than […]

People who take aspirin just once a week are more than twice as likely to develop age-related blindness, a new Australian study has found. A team from Sydney’s Westmead Millennium Institute for medical research conducted a 15-year study that found that regular users of the drug are significantly more likely to suffer from macular degeneration, […]

On my own… So it seems like everybody and their dog shuts down over the Christmas period including both of my gyms, one closed for two weeks the other on reduced hours making it impossible to make it there after work. I was a little bit nervous about where to start but when I spoke […]

We take a look at the twitter pics stars share of their healthy eating habits.

From a sauna suit that promises to help you “lose inches in moisture” while doing the housework to air shorts that “massage” the body into a slimmer shape, 1970s fitness equipment was vastly different to the treadmills of today. Instead of working up a sweat jogging, 70s men and women preferred to perspire in plastic […]

Can’t butt out? Here’s how the stars gave up smoking. “In Asian studies, the quit rates are as high as 40 per cent for serious first-time quitters who go cold turkey,” says Professor Matthew Peters from the Australian Lung Foundation. “However, if you continue to keep smoking after that, you need to try other strategies […]

Woman’s Day‘s Karen Birkemoe has taken on a 12-week CrossFit workout challenge to shed some unwanted kilos. Find out what happened in her festive fourth week… Holiday Spirit I should have known something was up when Dani busted out the Christmas music on our December 1st workout. It just got bigger from there to the […]

Studies show that eating dark chocolate has numerous health benefits, from boosting your mood to helping keep your heart healthy. And now there could be another one to add to the list. Health researchers from the University of L’Aquila in Italy say dark chocolate can help tackle dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in older people. They […]

A sneak peek into Jessica Simpson’s Weight Watchers commercial has been released. The commercials will still go to air despite her rumoured second pregnancy. The 32-year-old, who lost more than 27kg after the birth of her daughter Maxwell Drew in early May, posed for a series of sexy shots to launch the company’s “Expect Amazing” […]

Want to kick the habit, but don’t know where to start? We get you off on the right track. Be patient and persevere. Recent research has found it takes, on average, 66 days to form a habit without thinking. Wear a loose elastic band aroundyour wrist. Whether it’s a yearning for junk food or the […]