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Making peace with your family

How to build bridges

Healing rifts with relatives and building bridges over past hurts is the best way to free yourself from childhood pain and ongoing family tensions, writes Stephanie Osfield. ...

Aromatherapy Mixology

Linda Smith explores the benefits of essential oils, including ways they can be used to relieve stress and other day-to-day ailments, and discovers why aromatherapy is akin to ‘cooking’ for the soul.

Much of our lives are centred around bringing together the right ingredients to make things work. So, it shouldn’t be surprising that when we want to de-stress, boost immunity or lift libido, we put together a mix of essential oils to create an aromatic creation to wow our senses and help heal our bodies. ...

How to make healthy food choices

Want to know the secret to supermarket shopping? Look no further...

While doing your weekly shop at the farmer's market and from local organic producers is the ideal, for many of us, shopping at the supermarket is unavoidable. It can, however, be a nutritional minefield. Rebecca Howden explores the aisles for the best choices ...

4 skincare properties to look for in your beauty cabinet

How many of these features are in your products?

Do you find yourself constantly looking at your beauty products' ingredients list but not really sure what you're looking for? We uncover four skin care elements for flawless, healthy skin. ...

Adele McConnell: A story of self discovery

"I don’t diet. I don’t deprive myself. I enjoy every single moment."

Adele McConnell, the health food advocate, has battled her own body issues as a teenager and throughout her formative years. Now the time has come to share her story, so others can learn to rebuild their self-esteem in just the same way. ...

Discover the relationship between spirituality and nutrition

It’s not just the food we eat that nourishes our body, but the way the food is prepared, along with the energy the cook imbues in the practice. ...

How to prevent bloating

A Low FODMAP diet could be the answer

Turn your attention to your tummy. How is it feeling? Any pain, bloat, emptiness, heaviness or gas? Weak digestion breeds disease, writes Caroline Robertson. If the Low FODMAP Diet isn’t for you, then why not add these belly boosters to your everyday diet for a great gut? ...

Alternative ways to combat hay fever

Reduce and prevent allergic symptoms

Battling spring allergies? Taking a tablet isn’t the only way to attack hay fever. There are a number of preventative measures that can reduce allergic symptoms and aid in the management of long-term allergic rhinitis, writes Tatyana Leonov. ...

Which play personality are you?

Take the test!

Play is an enriching and necessary part of life. Unfortunately as adults, most of us have forgotten how to do it, writes David Goding. ...

Lactose intolerance

Find out how to manage your diet

Lactose is a sugar found in milk that is broken down to simple sugars by the enzyme lactase to be absorbed and used by the body. ...

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