HealthSmart

Thought-provoking, Tips/Advice, Inspirational

Words to Live By

It’s not about adding years to your life but adding life to your years. So how can you feel – and look – younger at any age? Often it starts with a single word…

Activities, Diet & Weight Loss, Fitness

10 leisure activities that burn off more calories than you realise

Before you set off on your next adventure or holiday, have a think about all those calories you could be burning, and make your choice accordingly!

Diabetes

The 15 Best Superfoods for Diabetics

Include these nutrition superstars in your diabetes diet to lower blood sugar, burn fat, reduce inflammation and gain more health benefits

Parenting, Sleep

The two questions most asked by desperate and exhausted parents

The No. 1 question on the lips of almost every parent of a newborn is: When will my baby sleep through the night? The second is usually: When can I sleep train my baby? According to Sydney-based Cheryl, The Sleep Coach – an internationally certified child sleep consultant – the answers are simpler than most people think.

HealthSmart

'Sunshine' Vitamin May Help Shed Belly Fat

If you want to get slimmer, this nutrient - which you might know as 'the sunshine vitamin' - may hold a secret that could help you shave kilos.

Diet & Weight Loss, HealthSmart

The Pegan Diet: What You Need to Know About the Paleo/Vegan Mashup

This combination of the vegan and Paleo diets could be the answer to your dieting woes.

Conditions, Sleep, HealthSmart

25 Things You Need to Know About Sleep Right Now

Will a lack of shut-eye make you fat? Do white-noise machines cause deafness? Are night owls wealthier than early birds? Wake up to the secrets of slumber.

Death/Dying

What To Do When Someone Is Dying

What do I say? How do I help? What do they need? Here are six rules to follow.

Death/Dying

The Gentle Truth About Dying

Here’s what three professionals who’ve seen many people through their final moments want all of us to know.

Diet & Weight Loss, HealthSmart

Trans fat to be banned from all foods by 2023

The World Health Organisation has called for trans fat to be eliminated from all foods by 2023. But just what is trans fat and why has it become public enemy number one? We answer all your questions.

Conditions, Sleep

7 Surprising Ways to Get More Sleep

There’s no blanket solution for insomnia. But if you’ve tried everything, here may be the bedroom secret that helps you reclaim your night-time rest.

Tips/Advice, Real Life Drama, Relationships

5 Obvious Signs of Dementia I Missed in My Own Mother

A diagnosis of Alzheimer's shed light on a decade's worth of unusual behaviour that seemed pretty harmless at the time. In hindsight, this is what I wish I knew.