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Taking care of your diet wellness is not without its challenges when you just stick to the confines of your own house, but you might as well say goodbye to your wellbeing once you start eating out. Between the supersizes and the…

Whether you’ve read about them in the glossy pages of celebrity magazine, or your friend at work is trying one out in preparation for the big Christmas Do, everyone has heard of detoxing. This weight loss technique is a huge favourite with…

Weight loss milkshakes are nothing new, but once you’ve tried every other tip and trick in the book, you find your eye wandering to the diet shakes on the shelves. However, before you stock up on a three-month supply of diet shake mixes,…

The key to keeping on top of your fitness routine is to shake things up. Sure, you want to take care of your wellbeing and find activities that work for you, but if you don’t want to throw in the towel, you need to make sure your workout is…

If you want to lose weight and take care of your wellbeing, the Dukan Diet can help you do it. However, if simply getting started is sending your wellness in a spin, fear not; we’ve got a four-day meal plan just for you. Day…

In order to diet effectively, you need to understand the importance of eating smaller portions. Often, we can gorge ourselves on more food than we actually need, which has a negative impact on our overall health and wellness. However, it’s…

Choosing the right professional fitness trainer is an important step in your wellness programme, but how do you know which one is right for you? As a general rule, the best trainers will – on the first meeting – sit you down and ask you…

The reason why celebrities look so great in films or on the red carpet is simple; they work very hard, very quickly, in preparation for big events. It’s quite satisfying to realise the amount of effort celebs put in within a short space of…

More than two and a half years ago, the Fukushima nuclear disaster began to unfold, and the world still watches on with fear and apprehension. Even though a lot of time has passed since then, you still find yourself concerned for your…

When a loved one is recovering from emotional and psychological trauma, it takes time to get their mental wellness back on track. The victim needs time to heal and to mourn the losses they’ve experienced, and so it can be difficult to stop…

If you’re baby is born underweight, giving him or her iron supplements may reduce the risk of behavioural problems later in life. This is according to a new Swedish study, published in the journal Paediatrics, which has found that…

Although bipolar disorder is a major health concern, that’s not to say that you cannot help yourself. Aside from the treatment or medications you’re given by your medical team, you can do much to look after your own wellbeing, manage your…

Taking care of your wellbeing is one of the best things you can do in life. By adopting a few simple practises you can prevent a myriad of health concerns, and be around for a very long time. However, Sara Reistad-Long, MA, 2011/2012 Robert…

Intermittent dieting is a popular weight loss tool these days, but wellness experts are a bit sceptical about just how beneficial this way of losing weight is to your wellbeing. Joanne Chen, author of The Taste of Sweet: Our Complicated…

As a parent, nothing wreaks havoc on your mental wellness more than the idea that your teenagers are having sex. Unfortunately, however, teen sexual health is a pressing issue, with research showing that many teenagers are sexually active…

There are many conditions that affect sexual health, but fewer that also have an impact on your mental wellness. This is the case with compulsive sexual behaviour, which is actually classified as a mental disorder in the Diagnostic and…

When your wellbeing is affected by head and neck cancer (HNC), dysphasia is a common adverse effect of chemoradiation therapy. Previous reports suggest that complementary wellness techniques, such as acupuncture, may help to provide some…

We all have different reasons for wanting to lose weight. Some of us just want to fit into that new dress while others what to enhance our overall wellness. Taking the first step in determining which programme to follow and which goals to…

Of all the things that affect corporate wellness, and your overall well-being, occupational stress is the worst, and the most common. We accept it as a part of life, but workplace stress is not only taking its toll on your emotions, but…

When was the last time you used a skipping rope? For most of us, we said goodbye to skipping or jumping with a rope as soon as we stopped letting our mums cut our fringes, but does that mean that skipping ropes are just for children? While…

If you’re looking to lose weight in time for Christmas, look no further:  we’ve got wind of the latest boutique workout crazes, and we’re passing our insider knowledge on to you. These are the classes you need to try right now if you’re…

It’s easy to see how environmental wellness changes as urban areas develop; buildings and roads replace open land and vegetation, and once permeable and moist land becomes hard and dry. When this happens, you get what’s known as an urban…

While the infant birthweights of Aboriginal children have improves, there are still significant wellness concerns around child immunisation, coronary heart disease, and type 2 diabetes. This is according to data derived from 53 Aboriginal…

There aren’t many things that affect your mental wellness more than being naked in front of someone else. You’ve got no clever clothes to distract or hide the bits you don’t like, which means another person is going to see everything. Not…

Everyone’s heard of the “Sorry, I have a headache” gambit when you’re just not in the mood, but did you know that a special kind of headache could affect your wellness after you have sex? Any kind of sexual activity can negatively impact…

An erection that won’t quit probably doesn’t sound like a wellness concern to you, but for some men, a prolonged erection is an unwanted occurrence that’s actually very painful. Known as priapism, a prolonged erection isn't caused by sexual…

There’s a wide range of things considered “normal” within the bounds of sexual health. However, this doesn’t stop you from worrying about your wellbeing, and whether or not you’re sexually “normal”. Plus, there can be a big stigma…

Having a low sperm count not only affects your sexual health, it can really take its toll on your emotional wellness. However, the best thing to do is to try to determine what’s causing your low sperm count, so that you can protect your…

A pet can do wonders for family wellness, but not so much if you’re allergic to animals. Your allergies may put you off even risking your wellbeing in the first place, or else walking that endless tightrope of medications and hand-washing…

Your environmental wellness, or your exposure to toxins, is intrinsically linked to your overall wellbeing. This has already been established in countless studies, but a new one has come into the fray to add to what we already know;…