Diet

• 1 Face mapping: What are your spots telling you?
  We're often left baffled by a sudden outbreak of spots concentrated in one area of the face. Is it hormone-related? Did I miss my five-a-day? The ancient art of face mapping can help you identify...

• 2 Fabulous in her fifties: Linda Barker on body hang-ups and gruelling workouts
  When 51-year-old TV presenter Linda Barker appeared in a bikini on Splash!, Tom Daley's diving programme, she became an inspirational figure for women of all ages. Her toned tummy and visible body confidence...

• 3 Slim while you sleep: New diet claims to help you lose weight overnight
  It sounds too good to be true — a diet that not only claims you can lose half a stone in three weeks while still enjoying pasta, potatoes and even the occasional glass of wine, but which also helps...

• 4 Simple steps to a diet-friendly kitchen
  With a fridge full of tempting treats and cupboards stacked high with your favourite foods, the kitchen can be a dangerous place to be when you are trying to lose weight! So here are some small changes...

• 5 Eat what you want and still lose weight with the 5:2 diet plan
  It's the diet that claims to let you have your cake – and eat it. And intermittent fasting isn't as scary as it sounds. Also nicknamed the 5:2 diet, the regime follows a relatively straightforward...

• 6 Get your eating habits back on track with a kickstart detox
  The festive season is a lot of fun. However, with the excess of food and alcohol that it entails, Christmas time can be detrimental to health, beauty and well-being. So January is the perfect time...

• 7 Metabolism boosters: Keep those extra pounds at bay this Christmas
  From chocolates to mince pies to another couple of those pigs in blankets... With the festive season comes the constant flow of alluring Christmas treats to hand. But what if you could fire...

• 8 Shape up for Christmas: Top ten fat-burning foods to help get festive-season ready
  The festive season is looming and we're starting to think about getting in to those all-important party outfits. So it’s the perfect time to start incorporating foods into your diet that will help...

• 9 Winter weight loss with Helen Lederer
  Winter weight loss with Helen Lederer

• 10 Calorie counting: Do the numbers really add up?
  Good news if you are nuts about almonds. According to the findings of a new study by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), they may have fewer calories than thought. And they are not the...

• 11 Top foods to help shed a few pounds
  When trying to lose weight, you can end up thinking of food as your enemy. But in actual fact, it's just the opposite. If you befriend the right foods, the pounds are more likely to drop off than if...

• 12 The key to healthy eating throughout the summer
  With the holidays, picnics, outdoor barbecues and street parties that summer entails, our schedules can get thrown off a bit. As can our eating routines, and many Brits neglect their normally well-balanced...

• 13 Best served chilled: Our 6-step diet plan to combat stress
  Stress seems to be an inevitable fact of modern life. But while we may not be able to wipe it out completely, eating the right foods can help our bodies cope. Certain foods can actually exacerbate...

• 14 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)...

• 15 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?...

• 16 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...

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

• 18 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...

• 19 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...

• 20 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...