Question: I often hear about cholesterol and the different types. Can you tell me which one we need to increase and which one we should try to reduce? Answer: Cholesterol is essential to life. It is a soft waxy substance that helps form cell walls and makes hormones. The body produces most of the cholesterol […]

Research shows that colours have a profound effect on your mood, emotions, and behaviour. They can energise you, making you move and think faster, and they can also help you feel more relaxed and improve your concentration. For example, experiments show that pink helps to calm anxiety; it has also been discovered that blood pressure […]

Exercise For Your Life New evidence is showing us that we need to both exercise as well as lose weight to have the greatest reduction of risk to lifestyle related diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and some forms of cancer. This exercise to weight relationship is a direct balance between the energy we consume […]

When thinking about food we sometimes look at it as a simple necessity of life. A great way to value food and the essential relationship we have with it we can is by “falling in love” with the food that we eat. So, what does it mean? And why is it important to love what […]

Your Heart: What is it Hungry for? May 3rd marks the beginning of National Heart Week – a good time to think about looking after our hearts so that we can enjoy a happier, healthier life. Most of us know the things to avoid for a healthy heart, like saturated fat and smoking. But what […]

**We usually resign ourselves to the idea that any carnival visit will involve eating junk food! But Food Coach Judy Davie offers some suggestions for healthy eating at Sydney’s Royal Easter Show — many of which will also come in handy at other carnivals around Australia during the school holidays.** There’s no excuse not to […]

**”Which is worse for you, pasta, rice or potatoes?” — Marie** None of these foods is bad for you but, depending on your specific needs, one may be better than the others. For weight loss or if you are suffering from type 2 diabetes: Pasta has a lower GI than potatoes and rice and is […]

The zesty scent of lemon essential oil is not only refreshing; it’s a blues-buster as well. A study published in Neuroimmunomodulation shows that depressed patients who inhaled lemon oil each morning needed fewer antidepressant drugs than those who did not; other research suggests that lemon oil improves mood, concentration, and accuracy. It is thought that […]

Two antioxidant flavonoids that you’ve probably never heard of – kaempferol and luteolin – may hold the key to fighting ovarian cancer, often called ‘the silent killer’ because it has few symptoms and is usually only diagnosed at an advanced stage. A study of 66,940 women at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, USA, published […]

Strength training does not make you 'big'. To get big muscles you need to train a lot, very hard and with very heavy weights and you also need testosterone. This is hard enough for men and extremely difficult for women...