As women transition into perimenopause and menopause, they may notice a change in their body shape and how they feel. Here’s what some experts say will help keep you nourished.
The World Health Organisation has issued new guidelines urging people to swap regular table and cooking salt for lower sodium substitutes at home.
In Denmark, where the average person consumes about 93kg of meat a year, convincing people to eat less meat is no mean feat. This is how the government has taken action.
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.
Still think red wine is good for you? How many coffees a day is too much? Matt Condon wades through the perpetually shifting advice.
Modern diets may be one cause of mental disorders and depression, as well as neurodegenerative disease. Here’s how you can lessen your risk.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Enriching your gut in middle age appears to play a bigger role than previously thought in preventing memory decline, a study suggests.
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.
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.
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.
With the majority of Australians now classified as metabolically unhealthy, is it time to endorse low-carb eating for all?
Despite writing a book on the health pros of fruit and vegetables, Rhiannon Lambert says you can enjoy a steak or cheese guilt-free.
The prime minister’s regimen is extreme, but will a shorter weekly fast stave off diabetes?
Eating only once a day could reduce inflammation associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, study suggests.
It’s hard to escape the suggestion that we are more anxious than ever. How diet can ease stress and fight depression.
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.
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