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A review of 31 trials has added to evidence suggesting that including fructose (the sugar found in fruit and added to some processed foods) in your diet does not adversely affect your weight, as long...
You may have already heard (and rejoiced at!) the recent news from a US study that reported regularly eating chocolate is related to a lower BMI in women aged 20 to 85.Of 1000 healthy and active...
A moderate carbohydrate diet is best for maintaining weight loss, while also reducing your risk of chronic disease, a study has found.A diet with about 40 per cent of your energy coming from low-GI...
In a recent US survey of 1900 women over 50 years old, 62 per cent said their weight had negatively impacted on their life.And 70 per cent of those surveyed were trying to lose weight, even though 44...
... of exercise a week – which would you prefer?Getting your heart rate up with 60 minutes of interval training per week (as three x 20-minute sessions) has been found to burn the same amount...
Aussies are happier with their lives than the majority of global citizens – but we’d be even happier if we ate a little less and exercised more, a new survey by global research company...
A recent study found childrens weight loss was significantly affected by their parents' weight, and whether or not they lost weight too.The study followed 80 parent-child groups with an 8-12-year-...
A study using mice genetically predisposed to skin cancer has found a combination of exercise and increased caffeine intake reduced the development of the cancer by over 60%.The mice also lost weight...
A specific gene may be responsible for our detection of, and preference for, fatty foods.Twenty-one per cent of participants in a US study were found to have a gene that meant they perceived salad...
With the silly season fast approaching I know lots of my clients are worried about how to navigate their way through and still feel great in the New Year.
While many of us do gain a bit of...
It’s official: exercise helps students perform better in class.A review of studies has suggested the additional blood and oxygen flow to the brain and increased levels of endorphins can improve...
Goggles that trick the wearer into thinking the plain biscuit in their hand is really a chocolate biscuit, or make biscuits appear larger than they really are, have been developed in Japan.The idea...
Shoppers found buying unhealthy foods ‘painful’ when they had to pay with cash rather than a card, according to a study of 1000 US households over six months.The researchers think that if...
A review of 30 studies on happiness and longevity has shown that being happy will help prevent against illness, and therefore help you live longer.The authors say the beneficial effect of happiness...
The more hours Australian women work, the more likely they are to gain weight, a study of more than 9000 middle-aged women has found.If you’re finding that working long days means exercise and...