The pulling power of Whitney Houston is still as high as ever. Her exclusive interview, her first in seven years, helped the rating of Oprah’s Winfrey’s 24th season premiere soar. Rather than calling it a comeback, Oprah referred to Whitney’s re-emergence as a “coming-through” when talking on American television showEntertainment Tonight. And it seems Oprah […]

Blessed is based on the award-winning Australian play, Who’s Afraid of the Working Class?, which is a collection of four short, loosely overlapping plays, written by award-winning writers. The short plays in Who’s Afraid of the Working Class? were Trash, written by Andrew Bovell (who also wrote the screenplay for Lantana, and the play on […]

A sweet tooth can be harder to tame than a nicotine addiction, says Pamela Allardice. Here’s what you can do about it. The average Australian eats over 27 kilograms of sugar a year; and that’s without counting added sugar, courtesy of sweeteners like high-fructose corn syrup, which is found in many processed foods. This avalanche […]

In some countries they’re banned. In Australia, our federal government is advocating the reduction of them in our food supply. So what are trans fats? And why do we need to avoid them? Trans fats are formed when an unsaturated fat (a good type of fat) undergoes a process called hydrogenation. This changes it from […]

Love your heart. It seems a spoonful of strawberries makes the cholesterol go down. According to a new study published in Metabolism, eating strawberries daily caused a significant reduction in LDL (‘bad’) cholesterol. Even better, the participants’ LDL levels were less prone to oxidation, the chemical process that really damages your heart and arteries. Another […]

Sweet… Dark chocolate can help you eat less by curbing your cravings for sugary, fatty, or salty foods, say researchers from the University of Copenhagen. Their study set out to find whether eating milk or dark chocolate had any effect on hunger levels and on the amount of food eaten. Sixteen men were enrolled in […]

More than half of the nation is not healthy, with 54 percent weighing in at an overweight or obese level, but one in six obese Australians believe their weight is in the healthy weight range, a new study had found. Researchers commissioned by the Heart Foundation and insurer Zurich interviewed 1200 respondents aged 20 and […]

What a great feeling after a long winter to be able to throw open the windows, discard a few layers of clothing and catch a few rays of warm spring sunshine. Spring is a time that inspires most of us to wash the windows, clean the car, repaint the fence and give every room in […]

A study by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, published in Cell Metabolism, shows that foods which are rich in a “good” monounsaturated fat called oleic acid — namely avocadoes, olive oil, and nuts — actually curb hunger pangs. How? The oleic acid triggers production of a fat-derived hormone called oleoylethanolamide (OEA): this carries […]

You are probably so sick and tired of hearing about setting goals to achieve what you want. Some of you may even tune out when someone asks you to set goals because they have never really worked for you, in the past. Don't tune out now, because here are a few hints on how to make your goals work for you!