From food to fitness: How to enjoy living with your body and brain as you age
Some of Australia’s top experts share what happens to our bodies and brains as the years pass, and what we can do to mitigate less-desirable changes.
- by Sarah Berry
Latest
What would you give up in the name of health? For these biohackers, the list is long
Biohacking is the idea that we can enhance our biology to improve our health span, wellbeing and performance. And it’s becoming more common.
- by Sarah Berry
When it comes to health, how important is our biological age?
Unlike our chronological age, our biological age refers to damage done to our cells by genetics, lifestyle, nutrition and medical conditions.
- by Sarah Berry
From menopause to mood lighting: The biggest health lessons of 2024
We’ve rounded up the biggest things we learned about our health this year – and what the experts had to say about them.
- by Lauren Ironmonger and Sarah Berry
‘Like a faulty speedometer’: What sleep trackers can actually tell us
Sleep tracking devices are not always accurate, but they can still be useful.
- by Sarah Berry
Opinion
Fitness
The ‘1 per cent challenge’ that’s getting me through December
Sure, it’s the most wonderful time of the year and all that, but it’s also the most stressful. Doing this small activity can reclaim some mental space and counter the chaos.
- by Sarah Berry
These ‘super shoes’ are helping runners break records, but are they for you?
A new breed of running shoes is changing the race, but according to the people who designed them, they’re not for everyone.
- by Sarah Berry
For men like Olly, a run with friends is more than just a run
Running allowed Olly Woolrych to step off the treadmill of expectation about what it is to be a man. Today, his running event is Movember’s biggest fundraiser.
- by Sarah Berry
Opinion
Parenting
I vowed my kids wouldn’t eat white bread. I lasted two weeks
Children are increasingly dictating the food environment, and it’s making them unhealthy. But which nutritional hills should parents die on?
- by Sarah Berry
Lifestyle and the ‘lag effect’: What’s causing the rise of early onset cancer
Since 1990, cancer in people aged 18 to 49 has increased by 80 per cent worldwide. But why?
- by Sarah Berry
I went on a $5000 sleep retreat. This is what I took home to bed
What does one actually do on a sleep retreat besides, well, sleep?
- by Sarah Berry
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