Recently there has been a push in the US to highlight the “fact” that organic food is ‘no better for you than conventional food‘. According to Stanford University’s recent study – highly publicised by the media – there’s ‘little evidence of health benefits from organic foods‘. Hmm. In response to these findings, Liz Oates (RMIT…
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Squirming already? I know, I know, anything relevant to ‘yeast’ or ‘discharge’ or ‘vaginal irritation’ is unpleasant to read about. But the statistics say that at least 3 in 4 women will experience thrush at least once in their lives, with half of these suffering repeat infections. So if your best friend hasn’t had thrush…
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It’s the second day of spring – that means it can only get warmer from here! I don’t know about you, but now that winter’s finally over I feel less like a fat caterpillar in my coats and scarves and more inspired to venture out into the fresh air. Looking for ideas on what…
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Trying to keep active this winter without going outside? Hate wearing runners? Perhaps you should try out pilates. I’m going to preface this article by admitting that I was a notorious failure at school in aerobic exercise or any kind of ball sport. I was the kid who was always picked last for teams, and…
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It seems everyone’s going vegetarian or vegan these days – your best friend, your mother, your mother’s chickens… (Don’t ask.) I used to think that vegetarians/vegans were all animal lovers, but lately I’ve learned it can also be a dietary choice. It can even make your eggs taste better, if you happen to be a…
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I can picture you wrinkling your nose already. I promise this article won’t be gross or painful. Because in fact, pap smears aren’t gross or painful. I decided to write this article after hearing a relatively unsurprising piece of data from a friend of mine. She’d recently asked around in her study group and found…
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“Detox” has become such a buzz word in the health/exercise/nutrition industry that it instantly conjures up images of bored housewives sipping on warm lemon water. Or cabbage soup days. Or some incredibly intrusive medical procedure. Recently, I’ve been doing an incredible amount of accidental reading about detoxes – they seem to have popped back up…
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And no, I’m not talking about the singer whose song made an appearance in pretty much every graduating class ceremony of 2000 (and a few years since). I am talking about the very simple vitamin C you can find in your everyday orange. It may seem like an innocuous vitamin but it actually plays a…
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Being as it is we live in quite a polluted environment. Sure, it’s not as bad as some other parts of the world but a range of toxic and potentially harmful substances in our air, water and even soil, constantly surround us. But what about the ones we intentionally put on our skin? Have a…
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How do you decide? Mostly, it comes down to a habit, a pattern or on the basis of advice from our mothers, sisters, our geographiclocation or a myriad of other things. There really isn’t any one right choice or combination but there are clear advantages and disadvantages. Since we all use them (apart from a…
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