Healthy Habits

Get energised with Nell McAndrew's calorie-burning workout

On your marks, get set and get ready for a fun fitness solution to kick start your 2013 health regime with gorgeous, toned model Nell…

Give up for good: How to sustain a smoke-free lifestyle

It's easy to pick up a smoking habit with a single puff but it's a much less simple task to give it all up. With the nation's smokers vowing to keep…

Health tips for World Diabetes Day

Each year on November 14 the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) seek to promote the theme of ‘education and prevention’ on World Diabetes…

Spring is in the air (and pollen, too)

Come spring, lots of us suffer from allergy symptoms. Although experts forecast a mild season, many are already beginning to experience those first…

The best time to exercise

So, this is it: this time you're determined to exercise, and determined to make it count. After all, exercise is good for your figure and, even more…

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…

Skating: wheely good exercise!

The summer's beginning to wind down, but there should still be time to get in some outdoor exercise, and skating – with either in-line or quad…

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…

A question of constancy

When we talk about an exercise routine we tend to focus on the word 'exercise' rather than on 'routine'. But it's precisely the routine element –…

Three keys to combat stress

Did you know that stress can add years to your complexion? Tension and worry provoke a veritable avalanche of free radicals, as well as generating…

Eating after exercise

However often you go to the gym, and however religiously you follow through the exercise routines, if you want the calories you eat to be converted…

Say goodbye to that bloated belly!

Most of us have suffered with bloating and are familiar with those times when it's a swollen stomach rather than extra kilos that make our waistbands…

Eating for energy

Spring is in the air, and as we look forward to longer, brighter days, most of us notice that our energy levels start to pick up and we begin to feel…

So you want to gain weight?

When people talk about having weight problems, we almost always assume they're talking about being overweight; we forget that there are some people…

The time is right... to start a diet

Dieting is tough enough at any time, so don't make it even harder for yourself by choosing a particularly difficult time to start. Whatever form of…

Health is a laughing matter

If you think back to an occasion when something made you laugh out loud, you'll probably find your lips starting to twitch again and that same…

The time is right... for exercise

Have you ever wondered what's the best time of day to get in shape? How best to schedule your fitness sessions to get the most benefit from the time…

Workplace work out

Spending long hours in the office may keep you away from the gym but it shouldn't stop you keeping in shape: there are plenty of simple exercises you…