Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
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If you're anything like me, the following scenario plays out at least once a month in your kitchen. Fresh from a trip to the grocery store, you go to make space in your fridge, only to discover that half of the food you own has now gone varying degrees of…
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I'm sure I can't be the only person in the world who sometimes sighs when he sees his bulging waistline. Every time I'm forced to throw away a pair of perfectly-good trousers just because I can't tip by flabby beer gut into them anymore, I feel totally depressed. All those…
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With the news that around 6 per cent of Australians will experience depression this year alone, it's evident that more needs to be done to catch the onset of the mental health illness. While we know the most common symptoms of depression - including feelings of worthlessness, lethargy and tearfulness…
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Diabetes is one of the biggest killers in the world today, and living with the disease is a life-changing diagnosis. Characterised by the pancreas and its inability to properly produce insulin and digest glucose, finding out you have diabetes can necessitate a giant change in your diet, not to mention…
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We all know somebody who can't go out in the sun without burning. Yes, there are plenty of naturally-pale people out there who can't enjoy more than an hour at the beach without getting crispy all of a sudden. No matter how much sunscreen they slather on their bodies, or…
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I don't know about you, but when you're having a tiring and testing week and you just want to forget the world, there's very few things in life that come close to a nice, hot meal. Fresh pasta, a rich and succulent pie; just writing about them is making me…
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Overweight people have to put up with the fact that they're constantly being seconded-guessed at every opportunity, and told that they're too fat to participate and compete in sports and athletics - to the detriment of their health and self-esteem. It's an unfair double-edged sword: the very people who are…
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Kim Kardashian has really been stepping up her fitness regime lately. Her bod is looking as tight and toned as its ever been, and while she has been promoting a few dubious products (the lollypops, anyone?), it's clear her strong, slim figure is thanks to the rigorous gym training she does. A…
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Most of the time, when people use the expression "eat your words," they don't mean for it to be taken literally. However, for 29-year-old social media manager Dave Evans, this common idiom is a reality. Because Dave has a secret power: one that can turn an English dictionary into a veritable…
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Back in 2013, Maria Kang went viral and stirred controversy online, after she created a meme of herself challenging mothers to get fit. In the image, Kang could be seen wearing a skimpy outfit and standing over her three children under the header: "What's your excuse?" While the post was…
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Some people just cannot picture stepping outside without applying their makeup. They feel like they literally cannot be seen without it. For psychology graduate Amy Robb, this wasn't an exaggeration: it was her reality. She was actually addicted to wearing makeup. She was so unhealthily obsessed that she even wore…
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Sofia Sanchez, a fifth grader from Downers Grove, Illinois, was recently diagnosed with cardiomyopathy: an incurable disease that makes it hard for the heart to pump blood to the body. As the condition gets worse, the heart becomes weaker and it can lead to heart failure. Sofia underwent open heart…
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Especially as you get older, getting regular exercise becomes increasingly important. Of course, it's nice to stay in shape, but going for a run, hitting the gym or practising yoga a few times a week will help reduce the risk of developing certain diseases and other ailments as you age.…
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Back in February, fans were upset to hear that Kevin Smith had suffered a heart attack. Writing on Instagram from his hospital bed in Los Angeles, the actor wrote that he had faced his "greatest fear" when he was rushed to a medical facility where doctors found one of his arteries…
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Anyone with a brother or sister knows that growing up, you spend about 90 per cent of your time fighting with your sibling. Yeah, I'll admit that me and my sister spent most of our formative years bickering and plotting and trying to ruin each other's lives. Sometimes those arguments…
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We all know someone with unusual eating habits, or somebody who buys into unconventional diets. Maybe they like to nibble on the end of a pencil when they're scribbling something down, or chew their hair when they're deep in thought. Perhaps they're buying into some internet trend where you only…
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For most people, having a limb amputated would feel like something from a nightmare. But for cricketer Rob Franks, it was "the best decision of his life." In fact, he even paid £15,000 ($19K) to have the leg removed. Now, despite this setback, he's back on sports pitch again and has boasted…
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Everybody has a bad habit that they just can't resist. Some people bite their nails, some people chew their hair, and some people crack their knuckles. Service technician Antoine Boylston was one of those people: a habitual knuckle-cracker, who through a quirk of fate and bad luck, narrowly avoided dying…
