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Being healthy isn’t simply exercising and eating well, mental health also…

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This winter don’t just stay indoors and shun the cold –…

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Morning workouts boost your metabolism. Evening exercise affects your sleep. Sorting…

High blood pressure is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease…

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Lower your cortisol levels with slow gentle activity that benefits you in more ways than one.

Ongoing (chronic) neck pain is difficult to treat – with many single treatments generally not providing long term benefits.

The age-old saying ‘laughter is the best medicine’ is true! Apart from improving mental health and decreasing stress, laughing also helps to lower blood pressure.

Exercise is key to maintaining a healthy mind and body but which one is best for you? We take a look at popular ways to exercise below.

What is brown fat and what function does it play for our bodies?

You may of already heard of mindful eating and its benefits but now people are talking about intuitive eating and the benefits this method can bring!

You’re opting for ‘healthier’ options but how many snacks are you actually consuming every day?

Looking to cut the amount of plastic in your life? We are here to help with your transition to a greener lifestyle!

Most people will suffer from poor quality of sleep at some stage in their lives. But did you know over 2 million of Australians suffer from a clinical sleep disorder?

There’s no question that exercise helps to maintain a healthy weight & improves your mental health. But have you considered exercising for healthy, younger looking skin?

January is the time of year when we vow to get fitter, bag that dream job, stop procrastinating, start eating healthier, spend more time with the people we like, take up that hobby we love…the list goes on. If you’re exhausted just thinking about it, stop, take a breather and reassess. You don’t need to do it all. 

Tired all the time? Losing hair? Dry skin? Mouth ulcers? If any of these symptoms sound familiar, it could be that you’re deficient in the essential mineral iron.

Soothe and revitalise the spirit, encourage positive thinking and boosts your immune system to enhance its healing abilities.

Who doesn’t want to look young forever? Put those expensive lotions and potions aside and turn back the clock naturally. Fruit and veggies have natural anti-ageing properties and don’t cost an arm and a leg!

As Hippocrates said over 2000 years ago, ‘all disease begins in the gut’.  If your gut is out of balance, it can wreak havoc in the entire body. Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS (which encompasses symptoms including diarrhoea, discomfort, cramping, constipation, bloating and pain), affects up to one in five people.

Making New Year’s resolutions is one thing, keeping them can be quite another. Combine realism with clever goal setting and we can continue the course. Result!

Most of us have probably already thought of a few things we’d like to change this year – We’ve picked our top three daily habits to introduce, and top three to cut out, starting right now.

For some, jet lag is just a minor nuisance. But for frequent long distance travellers, it can affect not only energy levels and sleep, but also appetite, physical alertness and performance for many days a year. Thankfully, there are many things you can to do to reduce the effects of jet lag. 

New year, new start. How many times have you heard…and said this?  I’ll be honest with you, your tight jeans aren’t going to magically become looser. That is unless, you do something about it.

The liver, the second largest organ in the body performs over 500 vital functions every day, including cleaning the blood and removing harmful toxins from the body, helping to break down fat from food, and storing sugar which can be used for an energy boost when needed. 

Water is essential to life and healthy hydration means ‘eating’ some 20 per cent of our fluid intake but are we topping up with the right foods?

Heart disease is the biggest cause of deaths worldwide. Yet how many of your goals for the year focused on improving your heart health?

It’s that time of year when the seasons change and with the change in weather comes pesky bugs, tickle throats and stuffy noses. Follow these five daily tips to boost your immunity and stay infection-free for summer. 

‘Eat fat to get thin’, ‘low-fat diet bad for your health’ – these headlines were plastered across newspapers following a controversial publication from the National Obesity Forum in the UK. The report claims that the current dietary guidelines are wrong and that they could actually be causing ill health.

If you’re taking off for well deserved holiday over the festive season, your fitness regime doesn’t have to suffer. Check out our top tips for maintaining a training schedule that doesn’t eat into your relaxation time.

Getting back into the swing of things after a long weekend can be hard. You find yourself pleading for another day away from the daily grind, just one. 

It’s no secret that junk food is somewhat lacking in nutritional value – ‘junk’ doesn’t refer to the flavour. Yet every day across the world people line up at the counters, hand over their cash and are instantly presented with a meal.

The state of men’s health and wellbeing trails far behind that of their gender counterparts. Statistics show the average life expectancy for men to be four years less than it is for women. 

There are lots of aspects of our lifestyle choices that hugely impact on the condition of our skin. Some of them are our psychological well-being, sleeping and eating habits, as well as genetic predisposition. However, there are certain foods that can help us take good care of our skin and slow down ageing.

As a nutritionist, two of the most common questions I’m asked is ‘what should I eat before I exercise?’ and ‘should I exercise on an empty stomach if I want to lose weight?’

The liver, the second largest organ in the body performs over 500 vital functions every day, including cleaning the blood and removing harmful toxins from the body, helping to break down fat from food, and storing sugar which can be used for an energy boost when needed. 

No matter how talented the sportsperson, psychologists leave nothing to chance in motivating top athletes to perform at their best. 

When it comes to oils, you may think that vegetable oils beat animal fats hands down for health. But if you regularly cook with vegetable oils, you could actually be putting your health at risk.

Men are a massive 60% more likely than women to die prematurely from heart disease. The preventable risk factors for heart disease are well known, so why is this the case? 

Drinking tea is not just about the drink itself – it’s a ritual, a social pastime, and the source of many discussions on how to brew the perfect cuppa!

Consider these pantry staples, tips and tricks the building blocks to a healthier, happier you.

As a nation, we’re not as fishy as we used to be and that’s our nutritional loss. The Mediterranean diet has fresh fish at its heart and cuts heart disease as a result.

Despite what you may have heard, salt is an important dietary requirement, it only becomes a problem when we start to consume too much.

Lovely looking nails always makes you feel fab! Check out our best nutrition tips for naturally strong beautiful nails.

Cycling is one of the best and easiest forms of low-impact aerobic exercise and is growing in popularity.

The ‘sitting disease’, to use Nanci Hellmich’s terminology, is increasingly problematic as a large percentage of society spend all day sitting down. 

A pint after work, one for the road, wine with dinner… It’s not just the calorie count that escalates, health risks climb, too. 

You may have seen the tragic story of a young girl who died following an overdose of diet pills. Two pills would have been enough to have had a fatal effect according to experts. So are any weight loss pills really safe? And should we ever trust anything we buy online?

It’s not a myth that breakfast really is the most important meal of the day. Having been asleep for anywhere between 6 and 10 hours, all of the body’s reactions have slowed down and energy flow has decreased. 

Stress can be an ever present figure in our lives, often creeping and crawling around. It’s a big part of how we get things done in the 21st century, under pressure and at times tense.

A recent study has found that inactivity kills twice as many people as obesity. The study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that around 676,000 deaths each year were caused by inactivity, irrespective of body weight. 

Hydrating before, during and after exercise is key in helping your muscles function at their optimal level. There is much discussion amongst fitness fanatics as to whether water or sports drinks are the best way to hydrate. Read on to find out once and for all which beverage you should be reaching for.

Protein powders are the most popular dietary supplement amongst athletes and workout gurus. But do they really produce the results they claim to?

1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer at some point in their lives, and the risk increases with age.

The gut is often called the ‘second brain’ and if you’ve ever felt those butterflies in your stomach before a big event, or perhaps have been unable to eat following an argument or emotional time you’ll appreciate that the gut is not just an isolated organ dealing with digestion.

Thinning hair and receding hairlines – the stuff nightmares are made of! Before you spend a fortune on questionable lotions and potions, try out these nutrition tips.

Dark mornings and diminishing daylight hours can cast a shadow over the sunniest of dispositions. There are, however, reasons to be cheerful – even in our gloomiest months…

The sun may not always shine but stepping outside should definitely be a part of routine and relaxation.

Studies citing the health benefits of chocolate are reported regularly in the media. Read between the lines and the truth is often bittersweet. There’s nothing wrong with eating chocolate but it’s not a ‘cure’ and we can have too much of a good thing…

As winter well and truly sets in, the likelihood of picking up coughs, colds and even the flu increases. But there are simple steps you can take to insure yourself against infections, and upping your immunity today. 

Makeup brushes are a girl’s best friend! Keeping them clean not only improves makeup application but also has a number of skin health benefits. 

It’s one of the big health questions that always gets the experts talking – just how much sleep is enough?

This winter don’t just stay indoors and shun the cold – embrace it! Follow our tips to make your winter workout easy.

While setting health goals are superb, we often focus too much on giving something up rather than making positive resolutions to start.

You’re probably aware that it’s important to have a healthy heart rate. But do you know the reasons why?

Worldwide, 600 million of us are aged 60 years and over and by 2025 that figure will double. As longevity beckons, developing a positive attitude to life is important if we are to maintain wellbeing for the long haul ahead…

Your back hurts, you head is throbbing, or you have tooth ache. What’s your initial reaction? Do you automatically reach for a pill? 

Burnout.  Not something you have to worry about right? The type of stress you have is just something you have to deal with in your line of work or current situation perhaps?  How about the fact that you’re struggling to get to sleep or waking up almost every night? Or perhaps you’ve noticed your weight is creeping up and up despite pounding the treadmill every morning before work?

How healthy are the people you spend most of your time with? Do they have a positive or negative influence on your lifestyle?

Can you remember when you last had your blood pressure checked?

Try these five delicious recipes to make low calorie summer cocktails at home.

Walking is one of the most simple forms of exercise that we can do – it has massive health benefits, yet it’s so underrated. 

The humble tea is found to have health-enhancing powers! It has been discovered that tea has the potential to help prevent coronary artery disease and stroke.

Our immune system is our strongest weapon against bacteria, viruses, diseases and other outside invaders. It is what protects us from harmful substances and chemicals that can severely harm us.

We are constantly being told that too much salt is bad for us and has negative effects on blood pressure. But what does that mean and why is it so?

There are as many ways of healthily, happily moderating your drinking habits as there of moderating your eating habits. The principles are the same: beware of your triggers, make overindulging difficult and exert portion control…

32% of Australian adults have high blood pressure and many of these are prescribed medication to take daily. There are many lifestyle changes that can help lower blood pressure naturally before resorting to pill popping.

Bones are literally the support system that holds the body together – but they’re not just there to keep us upright, they also protect our organs, produce blood cells and allow our muscles to work efficiently. 

Here’s exactly what you need to know about the beer belly and what you can do to say goodbye to the gut for good!

Beauty sleep is not just a myth and the demands of ‘beauty queens’ are not as over-the-top as you may think…or at least, that’s what scientific studies show.

No dairy, no wheat, no grains, no animal products, no soy, alkaline, juice cleanses, raw food,  fasting, eating clean…the list of popular diet trends goes on and on. While these crazes promise quick wins of weight loss, elevated energy and problem-free skin, could they actually be harming our health in the long term? Let’s take a look. 

Why getting some time in the sun can be so beneficial for your overall health!

Morning workouts boost your metabolism. Evening exercise affects your sleep. Sorting the facts from the myths about when to exercise can be challenging. We discuss what time of day is truly best to fit in your workout!

Everyone gets stressed from time to time, but if prolonged, stress can have a significant effect on blood pressure. Pick up some handy tips to keep you cool as a cucumber when life turns up the heat.

Looking to tame the frizz, make hair grow faster, keep hair hydrated or give you beach tasselled curls? Take a look at the key nutrients below that influence your flowing locks.

Too short of time to exercise? Can’t face spending an hour sweating it out in the gym? Good news – according to experts, just 7 minutes a day is all it takes to get many of the fitness benefits of prolonged endurance training. 

Packed calendars, long days, late nights – the festive season is in full swing! If this busy time is taking its toll on your once fresh face, then why not try out some of our natural remedies!

Happy Heart Action; we can lower most of the big risks by adopting healthy lifestyle behaviours by following the suggestions below..