Health / Wellness

Going on holiday used to be all about excess – excess sleep, excess food, excess alcohol. But holidaymakers are now seeking something different, and using their time away to become healthier and happier. Wellness tourism is booming. Recent figures show that $1 in every $7 spent on tourism goes on ...

The night before I meet Connie and Samuel Johnson, I watch the Disney movie Frozen. If you haven’t seen it, the basic premise is that an act of true love can overcome anything. As I watch Connie, 37, and Sam, 36, at our shoot the next day, that’s stuck in ...

Would you give up food for the same powdered shake every day? Not because you want to drop a dress size, but because you’re, well, bored of food? That’s the thinking behind the powdered shake Soylent. US creator Rob Rhinehart came up with the idea in 2013, when he was ...

1. 3-D printed food A machine that “prints” your food in 3-D is like something straight out of 1960s futuristic cartoon The Jetsons. These gadgets, several of which are being tested around the world, use ingredients as edible ink, usually in a dried powder or paste form. The most success ...

Most of us have tried seaweed, thanks to sushi. But would you be willing to dine on jellyfish, sea cucumber or sea urchin? Asian nations have been consuming them for centuries, and a growing number of experts say we should be, too. The calls come as the UN Food and ...

If asked to guess the dirtiest place in the house, the top answers would be the toilet seat or garbage bin, right? True, they can be grimy if not cleaned regularly, but according to the experts, it’s not these usual suspects that are havens for tiny disease-causing organisms. Here are ...

Iron deficiency is more than just a small dietary problem that leaves you feeling a bit tired – experts describe it as the most debilitating nutritional deficiency today. With more than two billion sufferers globally, this condition has even prompted the World Health Organization to form a plan of action. ...

Picture this: You’re having breakfast and, along with your usual multivitamin, you take another pill. But it isn’t filled with minerals orantioxidants – it’s a tablet to prevent ageing and the diseases that come with it. This might sound like a scene from a sci-fi film, but it’s a real ...

Vulvodynia (depressed vagina) What it is: Ever since Charlotte suffered a “depressed vagina” in Sex And The City, the term has been part of pop culture, but the unpleasant reality of this condition is chronic pain and sensitivity in the vulva (the external area of the female genitals). About one ...

Nothing beats slipping into a pair of comfy pjs before bed but how often do you actually wash them? It seems not washing your pyjamas for more than a week could mean you’re sharing the bed with the bacteria from the skin cells that you have shed. This leaves you ...