It's 10pm on a Friday night. You're home alone, slouched on the couch and armed with a tub of choc-chip ice cream. Why? Because you're upset.

If you think taking vitamin C will stop you getting the flu, think again. In fact when if comes to taking vitamins, an Australian dietician suggests you may be taking more than you need to. Accredited practising dietician Lisa Renn says if you eat a healthy and balanced diet there is not a great need […]

Australian adults eat an average of 8g to 10g of salt each day, which is equivalent to more than one-and-a-half teaspoons! The body only needs about 1g of salt to function — anything extra is simply increasing our risk of high blood pressure and other adverse health outcomes. Research shows that reducing our salt intake […]

Do you typically start your day with white toast or refined cereals? If so, you might want to switch to wholegrain. There is now strong and growing evidence that regularly eating wholegrain foods can play a powerful role in preventing cardiovascular disease and promoting health. The recent Grains and Legumes Health Report released by GoGrains […]

She hasn’t had a date in months and her best friend’s dumped her – now Jen’s channelling her anxiety into a dangerous obsession. America’s sweethearts have use-by dates, and 41-year-old Jennifer Aniston has realised her time is up. At least, that’s the word from the Hawaiian set of her latest film, Just Go With It, […]

Despite their genetic blessings most celebrities turn to their own quick-fix diet to get their body red-carpet ready. But do these celebrity detoxes actually work and are they safe? Naomi Campbell recently confessed that she puts her body through three lemon-and-maple syrup detox sessions a year, each lasting 18 days, the New York Times reported. […]

The set of Adam Sandler’s new movie Just Go with It has turned into a battle of the bodies between Jennifer Aniston and swimwear model Brooklyn Decker. According to the UK’s Daily Mail, Jen hasn’t taken lightly to the 23-year-old model, who is half Jen’s age, being on set. In fact the usually body-confident actress […]

It’s a common assumption that chocolate is a positive mood enhancer but a new US research raises the question: Does chocolate stimulate happy feelings or depression? A study published this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine attempted to answer that question. Researchers from the Davis and San Diego campuses of the University of California […]

Want to cut your risk of getting cancer? Try these three easy steps! Want to butt out? See www.quitsmokingjournals.com – full of great tips like massaging your ears to cull cravings, or calling cigarettes “sickerettes”. plus stories from ex-smokers with lung cancer. More vegies, less meat. More than 540g of red meat per week increases […]

Delta loves soy milk, Posh snacks on soya beans- so what are the benefits? The soybean is a little protein powerhouse. It contains more protein than other plants, plus all the essential amino acids your body needs. Most soy foods are also low in saturated and trans fats, which is why the American Heart Association […]