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In the mag – January 21, 2008

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On sale Monday January 14, 2008

Rove and Tasma’s shock baby news

The popular TV host is putting all the sadness behind him as he starts a family.

Alex Davies’ country wedding

There were more smiles than a miracle recovery — and enough tears for a medical emergency — when emotional All Saints star Alex Davies married the love of her life.

Tom’s outrage: Scientology life exposed

An enraged Tom Cruise is threatening a $100million lawsuit over a string of shocking claims in author Andrew Morton’s new unauthorised biography of the star.

Gwyneth Paltrow: My life as a working mum

The Oscar-winning star of Shakespeare In Love tells why she’s in love with acting again, and how she juggles motherhood and movies.

True life: I had gastric-banding to have a baby

After drastic surgery to curb her ballooning appetite, Taryn Johnson became a mum this year, and she says all the pain and heartache has been more than worth it.

  • It’s official! Nicole: My miracle pregnancy

  • Nicole Kidman’s dream of having a baby has finally come true, after husband Keith Urban relented and agreed to support the 40-year-old actress through gruelling fertility treatment.

  • Prince William’s secret affair … with Dodi’s sister

  • Prince William’s relationship with Kate Middleton is again teetering on the edge, following scandalous claims that the heir to the British throne had a secret fling with socialite Camilla Fayed –half-sister of Princess Diana’s lover Dodi Fayed.

  • Rolf Harris: Fame tore my family apart

  • Aussie icon Rolf Harris, 77, has admitted his quest for fame pushed his wife to the brink of suicide and left his daughter feeling neglected.

  • Dr Phil’s battle to save Britney

  • Zoe Naylor’s heavenly honeymoon

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Alex Davies’ country wedding

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There were more smiles than a miracle recovery — and enough tears for a medical emergency — when emotional All Saints star Alex Davies married the love of her life.

For years the bubbly actress thought “all the good guys were either gay or taken”, until she met cameraman Justin “Jay” Hanrahan on the set of Australia’s favourite hospital drama.

The happy couple celebrated the start of 2008 with an idyllic country wedding in the rolling green hills of northern NSW, with Alex’s co-star John Waters acting as MC!

See the full article and more wedding photos in this week’s Woman’s Day (on-sale January 14, 2008)

In pictures: Best and worst weddings of 2007

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Rove and Tasma’s shock baby news

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The popular TV host is putting all the sadness behind him as he starts a family.

Happy couple Rove McManus and Tasma Walton have started making baby plans and want to begin a family as soon as they can. The former Blue Heelers actress has excitedly confided to a close girlfriend that she and the Rove Live host have been making preparations for parenthood and hope to have some happy news soon.

“Tasma and Rove are head over heels in love and feel it’s not too early to take the next step in their relationship,” says the friend, who has watched the relationship grow steadily since the pair rekindled their old friendship mid-last year.

Rove, who turns 34 on January 21, is extremely close to his Perth-based family and had always hoped to start a family of his own with his late wife, actress and singer Belinda Emmett. However, her eight-year battle to overcome breast cancer and secondary bone cancer became their focus instead.

“Bel was that type of loving, giving person who would want to see Rove happy,” says the friend. “That was her main concern. Now he has another chance at happiness and wants to have a family with Tasma. I’m sure Bel would be extremely happy for them…”

Read the full story in this week’s Woman’s Day (on-sale January 14, 2008)

Your say: Would Rove make a good dad?

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Sugar-free breakfast

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By Judy Davie

“I have type 2 diabetes and I am getting sick of Weetbix every day for breakfast. The Heart Foundation approved breakfast cereals have a lot of sugar in them — most of it comes from the fruit. Can you recommend a good cereal without much sugar?”

— Leonie

Dear Leonie,

Breakfast really is the most important meal of the day and it’s important, particularly as a diabetic, that you make the best food choice to fuel your body through the morning and regulate your blood sugar levels.

Weetbix does have only a small amount of sugar but it’s not the best choice of breakfast to start the day. Sugar is not the cause of type 2 diabetes any more than a slice of bread is, and as they are both carbohydrates, what’s most important is the GI of each. I’m sure you’re familiar with the term GI referring to the Glycaemic Index and the speed at which the body converts carbohydrate rich foods to glucose in the blood stream. We all can benefit from eating low GI carbohydrates, but no one more so than a type 2 diabetes sufferer.

The good news here, however, is that what I recommend for your breakfast is no different to what I would recommend for anyone else’s healthy breakfast and that is to start with a low GI carbohydrate, and some protein and fruit or vegetables.

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How sweet it is …

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By Judy Davie

In nature, nothing sweet is poisonous, which might explain our inherent love of all things sweet. The problem is that sugar, or rather too much sugar, can lead to weight gain, tooth decay, and can endanger the health of people with diabetes.

If you like it sweet, there are many more options than just sugar — a whole range of natural and artificial sweeteners are available to satisfy the sweet tooth. But what’s best?

Nutritionally, sugar provides little more than calories so it’s understandable that many people are tempted to use one of the low joule sugar-free alternative sweeteners. Many nutritionists believe that because there is no conclusive evidence that any of these sweeteners are harmful to the health, it’s okay to use them. But my personal opinion is that the health risk is too great. How devastating would it be to discover after years of feeding a sweet tooth that the substance we’ve fed it on has had some adverse affect on our health? As well, when the sweetener is so much sweeter than sugar itself, it only furthers our dependency on the need for a sweet fix.

The long-term solution is ideally to work hard at weaning yourself off an addiction to sugar or at the very least to cut down your sugar intake. Compromise, cut out sugar in most things and enjoy the occasional sweet treat every now and again. If you take sugar in tea or coffee, cut it out altogether or cut down on the total amount of tea or coffee you drink. Either way you’ll benefit.

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DNA tests prove Maddie’s body was moved

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New forensic tests have left “no doubt” that body fluid found in the back of Kate and Gerry McCann‘s hire car came from their missing daughter Madeleine, says Portugese newspaper Correlo da Manha.

Another trace of the four-year-old’s blood was found in the family’s holiday apartment, according to the newspaper.

The McCann’s leased the car 25 days after Madeleine’s disappearance on May 3, 2007 from Praia da Luz, Portugal.

The findings support a police theory that Madeleine died accidentally in the apartment, prompting her parents to hide her body then transport it in the spare tyre well of their hire car several weeks later.

The test results come from low-copy DNA analysis, a controversial new technique which is seen as unreliable by UK police, although Portugese newspapers are reporting the findings as “definitive”.

Because of the unreliability of the results, it’s unlikely they will ever be used as evidence in court.

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My secret pregnancy

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My boyfriend, Craig and I had just finished our HSCs and were ready to travel the world. We had been saving for two years and had more than enough money to go around Europe. We said goodbye to our families at the airport and boarded our plane to Rome.

As our trip got underway, our relationship quickly fell apart, until after one fight we broke up and I decided to go to England to live with my cousin, Amy.

Amy quickly got me a job at the company she worked at and in a few weeks I was making great money.

I was so caught up with my new job that I didn’t realise my period was weeks over-due. After fainting at work I went to the doctor and found out I was pregnant.

I was speechless. It had to be Craig’s baby because I hadn’t been with anyone else. Craig and I were still e-mailing each other and I thought about telling him but decided not to. He had started a loving relationship with a girl he met in Paris.

The only person I could tell was Amy. She supported me and advised me on what to do. I couldn’t bring myself to terminate the pregnancy but I was too young to raise it. I didn’t want to give the baby to a stranger either through.

When I was five months pregnant I thought of the perfect thing to do. Amy and her fiancé had been trying to have a baby for two years — they could adopt the baby and that way I wouldn’t have to give it up completely.

Amy was a bit against the idea at first but after I pointed out how long waiting lists for adoption were, she and her fiancé agreed.

I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, a week over-due, and got to name him Joel.

Joel is now a happy three year-old living in London with his adoptive mum and dad. I get weekly updates about him from Amy and her now-husband and go there to visit every year. No one else in my family has any idea the baby Amy and her husband adopted is mine.

I’m now engaged to the man of my dreams and happily planning our wedding here in Australia.

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Before you dump him, read this…

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By Michaela Ryan

The cracks are starting to show. He’s actually a lot more confrontational/arrogant/annoying than you thought. Time to ditch him and find a new one. Right?

Actually, when the wheels fall off a relationship you may feel like it’s easier to simply look for a “better” partner, but a tune-up can often be far more rewarding than a trade in.

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Jen’s baby shock

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Will she soon be a single mum?

Hollywood is buzzing with talk that unlucky-in-love Jennifer Aniston may be pregnant, after the 38-year-old actress told friends she couldn’t wait any longer to become a mum.

“I’m having a baby,” she reportedly announced to close friends, revealing that starting a family was her top priority for the new year — whether a man is in her life or not.

Amid growing talk that she might be expecting, Jennifer has again been photographed holidaying with her best friend Courteney Cox and her husband David Arquette — as well as an unidentified male friend.

The foursome rang in the New Year in a rented villa at Los Cabos, Mexico — with onlookers reporting that when they came outside with their drinks, Jennifer pointedly avoided the traditional champagne toast as the clock struck midnight.

For the full story see this week’s Woman’s Day (on-sale January 7, 2008)

Your say: Should Jen become a single mum?

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In the mag – January 14, 2008

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On sale Monday January 7, 2008

Bec’s marriage meltdown

Stress, boredom and the loss of a successful, glamorous career have many wondering how long Bec and Lleyton will last.

Jen’s baby shock

Hollywood is buzzing with talk that unlucky-in-love Jennifer Aniston may be pregnant, after the 38-year-old actress told friends she couldn’t wait any longer to become a mum.

Inside Mary and Fred’s private world

The royal couple give a rare and intimate insight into life behind the palace doors.

Colleen Hewitt: I’m in love with life again

Her personal life has been a disaster, but the former Queen of Pop has fought her way back into the spotlight.

Great summer reading

Find a restful spot in the shade and delve into our fantastic 8-page fiction special.

  • Megan and Andy’s romantic beach holiday

  • Exclusive pics

  • Sean Penn’s dirty divorce

  • The actor’s 11-year marriage is over after his wife walks in on him with two Russian beauties

  • True life — Jonbenet’s dad finds love with murdered girl’s mum

  • True life — I spent $150,000 on my dog

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