Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
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When people decide to make changes in their lives, it is often down to one particular "wake up call" incident. An especially bad hangover might urge someone to cut down on drinking, for instance, or a persistent cough could be the trick to convincing someone to give up the cigarettes.…
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A woman who was pointed and laughed at when she took off her sarong at the beach has shared an important message on social media: that a bikini body is just a body with a bikini on. Shelley Proebstel was visiting Mount Maunganui Beach in New Zealand with her friend…
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Losing weight is no mean feat - it requires hard work and sacrifice, but those who embark on weight loss journeys often say that they've made lifestyle changes that will last for years and years. Someone who has done exactly this is Kat Butcher, who lost a considerable amount of…
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Rodrigo Alves is at it again. The 35-year-old model and reality TV star, better known as the Human Ken Doll, has had yet more surgery in order to change up his appearance - this time to correct some previous work he'd had done. And it ain't pretty. In a series of…
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Rap music was once synonymous with bravado. The musical equivalent of a bragging Instagram profile, it was awash with fast cars, diamond jewellery and mansions dwarfed only by even bigger entourages. But this idealised life of luxury, of paradisiacal fortresses and eternal contentment, has given way to a more sombre…
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One sad truth about life is that no matter how confident you feel, there's always going to be a troll there to bash you down. But - if you have the self-awareness to realise that their ignorance shouldn't be your problem, that's when you're truly winning. This is exactly what one…
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We all want to have incredible skin - soft, radiant, vibrant, basically the exact opposite of Freddy Krueger. So, we go shopping for beauty products, hunker down in our bathrooms and, like mad scientists, try to concoct the perfect formula for a luminous look. If you're looking for tips, or…
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As part of their new year's resolutions, more and more women are deciding to embrace 'Januhairy' - a trend that sees them letting their body hair grow out and forgo shaving their legs, armpits, or any other bits of themselves. There are many different motivations for doing this: for some…
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In recent years, the body positivity movement has been encouraging people to forgo body-dysmorphia and perfectionism, and instead embrace self-love and self-care. One person who has recently decided to appreciate her own body and learn to love her own skin is single mother Cheryl Shaw. Cheryl, who hails from Birmingham in…
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Vitiligo is a skin condition affecting approximately one per cent of the planet's population. That's around 50 million people. Yet, many remain ignorant of the effect it has on people living with it, or the prejudice that they often face. Indeed, there are many who have never even heard of it before.…
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Ah, belly fat. Scroll down on any website, and before long, you'll see the dreaded ad promising you the ways to reduce the stuff, so you can finally get that six pack - or at least get rid of that gut. There's a reason we see tips on eradicating belly…
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It's January, the time of year when we all wake up from our collective Christmas hangovers, look at ourselves in the mirror, and think "this needs to change." Yes, it's the season of 'new year-new me', when all of us are cutting out booze, hitting the salad bar, and signing…
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We've all got different tastes and palates, but while the internet is inundated with fiery debates on the merits of mushrooms and pineapple on pizza (for the record, it's an emphatic no from me on both counts), I think we can all agree on the fact that chocolate is awesome.…
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Postnatal depression is a subject that is still very much a taboo in our society, and there are plenty of new mothers out there who are suffering in silence as a result of the stigma around this mental illness. Not only that, but this malady often has a negative effect…
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In order to lead a healthy lifestyle, there are a number of things that a person needs. For starters, we need food and water, sleep and exercise, and a safe place to stay. But that's not all we need to be happy. Factor that into the equation, and we also…
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Have does one get the perfect booty? This is a question that millions of us have asked over the years - but hardly any of us have managed to pin down the answer. Fear no more though! Tammy Hembrow is here to help by sharing her top tips. The Instagram…
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It's January and it's time to put the Christmas chocolate away and head down to the gym! However, while our heads say "get out of bed and hit the treadmill", our hearts say "screw that" and hit the snooze button instead. Nonetheless, one Mississippi woman is inspiring millions of people…
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As a kid, we all loved burgers, french fries and pizza, but if you were anything like me, no matter how much food you had, there was always enough room for dessert. Ice cream, candy, chocolate or cake; kids just crave sugar, and many of them carry over that sweet…
