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Get your motor running
Lacking motivation to fit in regular exercise? Joanna Tovia treis to solve this modern-day dillema.
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Fighting dementia
Taking steps to ward off dementia now, Joanna Tovia discovers, will make for happier days.
The latest statistics show we are living longer than ever and, while that’s good news for anyone who wants to stick around for as long as they can, for me it has raised a few questions. If I’m to...
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The health benefits of chocolate
Is Easter the excuse you need to eat more chocolate? Joanna Tovia's findings suggest so.
Chocoholics rejoice! Easter is upon us and with it comes permission to enjoy chocolate eggs, bunnies and bilbies without the guilt such reckless consumption normally elicits.  Of course, some...
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Renew your love of yoga
Joanna Tovia shares her motivation tips for practicing yoga daily.
Once a passionate yoga devotee, I was keen to get back on the mat and carve out a niche of time just for me. I missed the inner-calm that came with yoga, that stillness of mind. I remembered...
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Going organic
Plagued by indecision about whether to buy organic? Joanna Tovia makes a choice once and for all.
Organic or non-organic, that is the question. It’s a question I’ve been struggling with for some years now but I’m tired of thinking about it and have decided this week to make a choice – I’m either ...
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New Resolve
Confront 2012 head on and ensure the goals you set, stick.
This year was all about balance. Or at least it was, back in January, when I promised myself more ‘me time’. I pictured early mornings spent running on the sand, regular catch-ups with friends (old...
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Rhythm and Blues
Trouble sleeping? You're not alone as one in three Australian adults struggle to get enough shut eye
From sporadic sleepwalking to months of unending insomnia, my own teenage years were disrupted with countless restless nights, and I know from experience how long the dark hours can seem when they're...
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Grow that mo
Find out why this month thousands of men will become 'Mo Bros' and grow a moustache.
For those who love a clean-shaven man, it may be wise to stay inside over the coming month. By the end of next week the first hairy hints of handlebars will be detected sprouting from thousands of...
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Five of the best: Health & Fitness Apps
From private yoga classes to guided meditations, we run down the top five health and fitness apps.
With over 425,000 applications on Apple's App Store available to download at the touch of a button, it can be hard to separate the good from the brilliant, and the brilliant from the downright...
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Australians disillusioned when it comes to health
What we think about our health and what the reality is appears to be two very different things.
Six out of every 10 Australians are overweight or obese, yet only one third consider themselves overweight, revealing a frightening disparity between perceptions and reality. Australia, it seems, is ...
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Cycle Your Way to Cellulite Loss
If losing up to 30 centimetres from your lower body sounds too good to be true, think again.
My legs have been getting a bit of a work out of late. Having bounded through winter in a pair of FitFlops , for the last month I've also been kicking off my boots and cycling through my lunch...
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Switch off for a longer life
Just one hour of TV can reduce your life expectancy by 22 minutes, 11 more than smoking a cigarette.
How long do you spend each day in front of the television? Even if you're not much of a couch potato, devoting just a few hours a day to your favourite TV shows could be cutting your life span by as ...
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How many friends do you have?
No matter how many friends they may have on Facebook, Gen Y is the loneliest generation today.
Last night, my partner and I got to counting our friends. Not our actual friends, of course (after all, who needs them these days), but the number of "friends" we have on Facebook. At 29, I've been...
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These boots were made for walking
Claiming to provide you with "a workout whilst you walk" I've been trialling the latest FitFlops.
I have to admit, as a (relatively) active health writer, the thought of simply donning a pair of shoes to help stay fit and toned grates somewhat with my ethos. Surely I'd be better off lacing up my ...
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In search of spiritual healing
Balinese medicine man Ketut Liyer found fame with 'Eat Pray Love', but are his fortunes authentic?
Ketut Liyer is something of an accidental celebrity. Stumbled upon by Elizabeth Gilbert over ten years ago, little did he know he would become a pivotal part of her best-selling book, Eat Pray Love ...
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Counting the cost of alcohol
With Dry July fast approaching, it's time to weigh up the health benefits of a month off the booze.
Growing up in the UK, the sound of tennis balls bouncing on the immaculate cut grass courts at Wimbledon acted as a reminder that summer was well and truly on its way. Now an Australian resident,...
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Change of life
Jean Kittson talks about her own experience of the menopause, and recommends we all start talking.
One of the things I love most about my job is the wide range of people I have the opportunity to meet and speak to on a day to day basis. I'm constantly blown away by the number of inspiring people I...
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