Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
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When 26-year-old Raymar Acosta first noticed white patches on her skin when she was seven, she assumed that they were something temporary, like acne, and would soon clear up. However, as she went into her teenage years, her vitiligo continued to spread further around her face, legs and hands, leaving her…
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Instagram is a platform that is awash with fitness and body-positivity bloggers. The past year or two has seen the movement explode, with women preferring to adopt the "strong, not skinny" body type and move away from the often-archaic nature of western beauty standards. One woman who is certainly pioneering…
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If you've been skipping out on exercising, and hitting the booze every night, you're probably gotten a a bit of a beer belly. And while that pudgy gut is pretty embarrassing, remember it could always be worse. You could find out that it's not a beer belly - it's a…
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There's nothing more exciting than an upcoming trip. But whether you're jetting away to some exotic locale, or taking a mini-break in a picturesque European city, one thing is for sure: the travelling portion of your holiday is seldom enjoyable. Sure, the top one per cent are able to travel…
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Maureen Drennan is a photographer who for years has been interested in what it means to live a life removed. Her interest in this theme has seen her study the remote pot farmers in areas like Lake County, CA and investigate the ice-fishing communities that exist in the harsh winter…
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Can you imagine having that moment where you think to yourself, "Oh cr*p, maybe I'm pregnant?" It must be stressful enough to have an unconfirmed inkling that you might be growing another human being inside you. But then to go to the store to buy a test – that seems…
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Even if you don't follow a lot of travel bloggers or models on Instagram, it's hard not to feel a little jealous sometimes. Seeing people leading seemingly perfect lives can make you compare it to your own life, and it never matches up. However, what we see isn't always that…
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As much as society tries to push the message that everybody should just be themselves, there are still a handful of people out there who would give absolutely anything to be someone else. Some people achieve this simply by changing their wardrobe, others embark on a bit of a style…
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Erika Dankova is a 21-year-old bodybuilder whose figure is so extreme that she now needs customised clothing to fit her properly. However, it wasn't always like this for the self-styled "Slovakian Warrior Princess". According to Erika, she grew up as the "chubby girl" at school and she felt like an…
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In the wake of Professor Stephen Hawking's death, there was an outpouring of tributes for the esteemed scientist, described by many as the greatest mind of his generation. However, some the tributes dedicated to him made one big mistake: the error of insinuating that having a disability was an inherently negative…
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When you're a teenager, puberty seems like the worst thing in the world. Being a boy, I had to deal with my voice breaking, random hairs appearing on my face and, of course, an increased and uncontrollable sex drive. But, while we may look back at our puberty years and…
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Dentistry, along with banking, tax collecting and handing out parking tickets, is one of those professions where most people are just a little bit suspicious of you. Maybe that's because most of us remember, with a feeling of low dread, childhood trips to the dental practice. The whirring of drills,…
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These days, it seems that people will go to some fairly extreme lengths in order to achieve what they believe to be a perfect body. Some folks go the healthy route, sticking to a sensible diet and a regular exercise routine, while others splash out on surgery, extreme food fads,…
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If you're having trouble getting motivated on the treadmill, you should take some inspiration from Ida Keeling. The 102-year-old track star has raced all over the world, breaking several world records. In 2016, she ran the 100-meter dash in one minute and seventeen seconds - a new record for women…
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Despite the fact she has the job, and figure, that a lot of people can only dream of having, Victoria's Secret runway model Bridget Malcolm has opened up about her struggles to say so slim and the less glamorous side of her career. The 26-year-old, who was walked the catwalk…
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3D printers manufacture an object based on the blueprint in a digital file, depositing material layer by layer. Chuck Hull invented the process in the 1980's, when he printed the first 3D object: a tiny cup. I know. Pretty boring. But now the technology has advanced to the point where…
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While we have graduated beyond having our heads shoved into lockers and getting our lunch money stolen, it's apparent that this new age of internet bullies work around the clock. But regardless of whether Twitter is your medium of choice, or if you prefer posting memes on Instagram, one thing…
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While the feminist movement has come leaps and bounds in recent years, many women still have one major gripe: that we're wholly responsible of carrying and giving birth to the future of humankind. I mean, hosting a veritable parasite inside your body doesn't exactly sound pleasant, does it? And while…
