Too sluggish to exercise? Your diet could help
If you’re inspired to make this your best year yet, the advice is to make continual small but important changes that become daily habits.
Nutrition
Good or bad? With red wine, coffee and kale, it’s impossible to tell
Still think red wine is good for you? How many coffees a day is too much? Matt Condon wades through the perpetually shifting advice.
Feeling depressed? Take a look at what you’re eating
Modern diets may be one cause of mental disorders and depression, as well as neurodegenerative disease. Here’s how you can lessen your risk.
What this ultra-processed-food guru is eating at Christmas will surprise you
Chris van Tulleken stressed us all out about ultra-processed food. So what’s on his table on the 25th? A surprising amount of stuff in foil trays from the supermarket.
Try this seriously delicious vegetarian pie packed full of greens
This pie is rich with wild greens — such as fat hen — and is best eaten with, you guessed it, even more greens. A healthy option from a kitchen gardener.
Seven changes to make to your diet to help you age well
There’s the Mediterranean diet, and the protein rich diet. And what about blue foods? Eat your way towards healthy ageing with these simple rules.
Australia’s race to find a treatment for a disease affecting millions
Coeliac disease is a painful and potentially dangerous health condition for millions of people, but there’s no treatment for it. These researchers hope to one day change that.
Eating a healthy diet? It could be key to avoiding dementia
Enriching your gut in middle age appears to play a bigger role than previously thought in preventing memory decline, a study suggests.
How doctors turned peanut allergies into a major health problem
Peanut allergy is one of the most common among children in Australia and in the United States. A US expert explains how doctors may have inadvertently turned it into an epidemic.
Cheese may not be the bee’s knees
If a little whole-fat cheese is going to make you eat that big salad or fruit-and-veggie plate, go for it, is the expert advice.
Four in 10 at nursing homes malnourished
At least four in every 10 nursing home residents in Australia continue to be malnourished despite the problem being identified by the aged-care royal commission more than three years ago as an ‘immediate’ reform area.
The truth about low-carb diets
With the majority of Australians now classified as metabolically unhealthy, is it time to endorse low-carb eating for all?
Plant-based diet indulges meat, dairy and chocolates too
Despite writing a book on the health pros of fruit and vegetables, Rhiannon Lambert says you can enjoy a steak or cheese guilt-free.
Don’t try 36-hour fasts like Rishi. A day a week without food is fine.
The prime minister’s regimen is extreme, but will a shorter weekly fast stave off diabetes?
Fast for 24 hours and lower the risk of diabetes
Eating only once a day could reduce inflammation associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, study suggests.
Food to beat anxiety – what psychiatrists eat
It’s hard to escape the suggestion that we are more anxious than ever. How diet can ease stress and fight depression.
Hold the chips! Snacks make you more stressed
When your stress levels escalate, your natural response might be to reach for a pie, chocolate or a bag of chips. Hold fire: it could affect far more than your waistline.
How to get fit and healthy in 20 minutes
The latest research says 20 minutes of exercise a day, including running and cycling, is enough.
The secret to a healthy gut – an extra cup of coffee
Our guts are a battleground for bacteria, good fighting bad for supremacy. Scientists have produced the most in-depth analysis of these bacteria yet and the results are surprising.
These high-calorie foods won’t make you gain weight
Growing scientific evidence indicates that some high fat foods are not associated with weight gain … and may even help you lose weight over time.
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