There are many lessons to be learned from the global financial crisis. The good, the bad - here's what you can take away from it.

If you want to tip the scales in your favour, you should opt for an aerobic activity like a run or a walk that gets you huffing and puffing, rather than resistance training. According to a recent study from the UK’s Loughborough University, reported in the American Journal of Physiology, if you want to tip […]

Magazines feature new fad diets every week. Low fat, no carbs, South Beach Diet, cabbage soup diet, high fat, Atkins … are you confused? Fed up with all the hype and the fact you are still trying to lose weight? Read on.

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Magazines feature new fad diets every week. Low fat, no carbs, South Beach Diet, cabbage soup diet, high fat, Atkins … are you confused? Fed up with all the hype and the fact you are still trying to lose weight? Read on. Excess fat is your body’s way of building a handy storage of fuel […]

Doing the Downward-facing Dog pose may keep undesirable symptoms of menopause, like night sweats and hot flushes, at bay.

Doing the Downward-facing Dog pose may keep undesirable symptoms of menopause, like night sweats and hot flushes, at bay. In a study from India’s Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation, 228 perimenopausal and menopausal women aged 40 to 55 years were divided into two groups: one in which participants performed yoga exercises and meditation for eight […]

A department store in London is expecting to be inundated with orders for miracle “fat-busting” undies, which it’s selling for £30 ($60). In May this year, John Lewis’ online store sold out of the knickers within an hour and the company’s London department store sold out in one day. New stock went on sale July […]

You may have lost your job or worry that you one day will. There's ways to bounce back from such an unfortunate event.

With a little savvy shopping and some clever beauty tricks you can certainly be beautiful on even the tightest of budgets. **1. Dark under-eye circles and puffiness ** Fatigue and slackened under-eye skin can lead to pouches and bags. Often this is caused by a build-up of lymph which needs to be regularly drained, and […]