Is it really necessary to brush your hair 100 times a day? Will lemon juice give your hair a beach goddess glow? Whatever the hair rumour is, we set the record straight below: Lemon juice will lighten your locks TRUE One of the most common hair lighteners, lemon juice is ...

No luck with long locks? The answer can lie anywhere from your diet and hormones, to your thyroid and scalp circulation. Here are our sure-fire steps to encouraging healthy hair growth. DO Eat your hair sexy When it comes to healthy hair growth, diet is key, and there are some ...

If you watched Todd Sampson’s 3-part documentary Redesign My Brain and thought you’d like to get in on the action yourself you’re not alone. So we thought why not go to the source directly? Dr Michael Merzenich, the scientist who helped Todd Sampson redesign his brain in the show and ...

Monday Keep a food diary for a week. Your metabolism – how your body uses enzymes to change food into energy – is unique. Study yours by writing down everything you eat and drink, how it makes you feel after eating and any cravings. Tuesday Work out your metabolic type: ...

Australia’s peak nutrition body, the Dietician’s Association of Australia (DAA) has polled 200 Accredited Practising Dieticians to find the worst diets in the country. Of the 11 popular diets in the survey, the results found the top 3 worst diets to be the Lemon Detox Diet, followed by SkinnyMe tea and ...

In light of the tragic death of Philip Seymour Hoffman from a heroin overdose, drug addiction is once again back in the spotlight. The actor battled with addiction on and off throughout his life and for those looking from the outside in, it can be difficult to fathom just how ...

Increases in private health insurance premiums may well be an annual event but that doesn’t mean you need to just accept the price hike as a fait accompli. The strong advice from the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman, Samantha Gavel, is that consumers do their research to make sure they’re spending ...

Our furry, feathered and scaled friends are turning up more and more in therapists’ rooms, aged care facilities and hospitals thanks to their healing powers. The treatment is called animal-assisted therapy, and it involves pets being used to help people who are sick or suffering from depression oranxiety. Overseas, there ...

You let your work speak for itself and pay attention to your appearance, but are you missing something? Is your desk conveying personality traits, both good and bad, that you didn’t think about? “While we can’t tell someone’s exact character from how they stack their pens, it gives us a ...

1. Relaxed body, relaxed mind From a purely physical point of view, the stretching involved in yogarelaxes the body and increases the supply of blood and nutrients to the muscles. It releases connective tissue, improving the way we move, function and feel, all of which supports mental health. I’m often ...