diet

• 1 Salt Awareness Week - What's your intake?
  From March 26, Salt Awareness Week will be focusing on stroke prevention due to the large amount of evidence linking salt with raised blood pressure and stroke risk. World Action On Salt and Health (WASH)...

• 2 Breast cancer: preventative steps you can take
  Although detection and treatment of breast cancer is improving, it has become the most common form of cancer in the UK amongst women. Did you know there are preventative steps you can take against it?...

• 3 Battling that bloated feeling?
  Watch what you eat and the way you eat it! Many women feel their tummies becoming more bloated throughout the day. A few sensible changes to diet and eating habits can go a long way to help combat the...

• 4 Detox diet: Get your eating habits back on track
  With the excess of food and alcohol that it involves, the holiday season can be detrimental to health, beauty and well-being. So January is the perfect time to embark on a detox, which helps...

• 5 Cold Feet actor John Thomson shares his weight loss tips
  Cold Feet actor John Thomson shares his weight loss tips

• 6 Treat your skin to a good night's sleep
  Skin care isn't something that's reserved for day time. In fact, the night, and the time you spend asleep, are fundamental for skin regeneration and healing. There's an awful lot going on in your body...

• 7 Getting your figure back after the summer
  Even if you spent the run-up to the summer focused on your personal 'operation bikini', the chances are you've returned to the fray only to find you've brought back a few extra kilos along with the...

• 8 Beat the bloat
  Did you know abdominal bloating is one of the most common digestive complaints? The possible causes include inadequate diet, stress, sedentary lifestyle... And changes in schedules and routines due to...

• 9 Feed your hair
  Most experts agree that hair grows best when we follow a healthy diet. Quite simply, healthy eating is good not just for our bodily health, but also for our hair. Our grandmothers weren't far wrong when...

• 10 How menopause affects your skin
  When menopause is mentioned, we tend to think of hot flushes as the most common symptom, but they certainly aren't the only one. Along with changes to blood vessels, bones and metabolism, a lot of women...

• 11 Pregnant? Treat yourself with sunflower seeds
  During pregnancy, it's essential for the expectant mum to watch her diet, both for her own sake and for that of the baby. One essential nutrient, especially during the early stages of pregnancy, is folic...

• 12 Hair styles and hair loss
  During the summer we're more likely to give our locks a break from the hairdryer and let them dry naturally. But has it occurred to you that we sometimes substitute other summer habits that are damaging...

• 13 Keeping your figure over the summer
  In the run up to the summer, we're all hard at work trying to shake off those extra kilos so we can do justice to our new bikinis. But once the holidays actually start, it's all too easy to let the discipline...

• 14 HELLO!'s sensational 'Beauty Book' - your ultimate go-to guide for summer chic
  Spring has turned into summer and with hot weather (hopefully) fast-approaching, are you ready to bare all on the beach? HELLO! magazine’s sensational Beauty Book, sold with issue 1180, is packed...

• 15 The basics of a healthy diet
  Good health is the foundation of beauty, and a healthy diet is the foundation of good health. By watching our diet to ensure it includes certain foods, we can make sure that the foundation is as sound...

• 16 Don't hide your knees!
  With the imminent arrival of the good weather, we'll be donning our summer skirts and dresses and knees will 'come to light' again. But if they've spent the winter covered by woolly tights or trousers,...

• 17 Mediterranean diet - for your hair!
  We've heard time and time again that olive oil is good for our health, but there's more to it than that. It's also a useful beauty ally. And if you're looking for a quick and easy trick to improve dry...

• 18 Getting the kids to eat more fruit
  Fresh fruit offers one of the most delicious and refreshing forms of sweetness to be found, loaded with vitamins, fibre and natural raw sugars. Sadly though, given the choice, all too many modern kids...

• 19 Get ready, get set... but just don't forget to warm up!
  With summer just around the corner, many of us have suddenly realised it's time to start a new keep-fit routine in a hasty attempt to shed those unwanted winter kilos. There's no doubt this is a good...

• 20 Weight loss know-how
  Diets and weight-loss are big business, and all of a sudden this nutrition plan or that fitness-and-health regime becomes the focus of media attention. For those of us who seem to spend our whole lives...