A Simple, Balanced Appproach to Your Diet

We are constantly bombarded with messages about healthy eating, dieting and keeping fit. Scares about food appear in the media continually: salmonella, BSE,diox...

Sep 08, 2010 3:00PM

Why excess abdominal fat is more DEADLY than you think

Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer

Did you know that the vast majority of people in this day and age have excess abdominal fat? The first thing that most people think of is that their extra abdom...

Aug 18, 2010 1:16AM

Chokeberries May Help Manage Weight, Blood Sugar

Rebecca

Have you ever heard of a chokeberry? Me neither, until I attended a nutrition research conference and learned that they are helping rats manage their weight.

May 14, 2010 11:38AM

Men advised to stay fit to boost reproductive health

An Australian study that examines links between lifestyle and reproductive health in males over 40 years, reveals exercise is not only beneficial for the heart,...

Apr 22, 2010 12:58PM

Australia’s over-reliance on pills worrying

Australia has a pill-popping obsession, consuming more than 40 million pills per day, about two per day for every man, woman and child.

Apr 04, 2010 10:28PM

The cure of all common health ailments is vitamin D

Obesity, diabetes, heart disease, fibromyalgia and depression have one thing in common and it is vitamin D deficiency

Apr 02, 2010 8:41PM

Gold Cost E. coli alert removed

Residents of a Gold Coast suburb can stop boiling their drinking water, following an E. coli scare, according to Queensland Health.

Mar 22, 2010 2:45PM

10 health risk must-know for Australian women

The number one killer of women in Australia is not the most fatal cancer, though lung cancer gets the dubious honour. According to Dr Jane Smith, associate prof...

Mar 20, 2010 1:58PM

Live kidney donors do not die sooner: study

Healthy Americans who donated a kidney were not at higher risk of dying afterward, which may reassure potential donors and help shorten the long waiting list fo...

Mar 10, 2010 11:30AM

9 Great Reasons to Drink Water, and How to Form the Water Habit

Leo Babauta

We all know that water is good for us, but often the reasons are a little fuzzy. And even if we know why we should drink water, it's not a habit that many peopl...

Mar 02, 2010 11:06AM