Health & wellbeing

What effects does sugar have on your body, and how can you prevent an energy crash?

Sugar tastes great for a reason: we evolved to enjoy it at a time when honey was a rare, energy-rich…

For some reason, we’ve all decided that the new year is the perfect time to reinvent ourselves. The trouble is,…

French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry once said, “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when…

Here’s a useful fact for any smug relatives who brag about going for a run the morning after their Christmas…

It’s probably fair to say that many people today don’t take food poisoning very seriously. Most of us wash our…

It’s Friday night in northern England. On the ninth floor of the old Granada Studios, a stylish crowd sips tequila…

My first time dancing at home was a happy accident. I had just finished a tense conversation with an ex,…

Iceland: A Nation of Swimmers Iceland is home to around 160 swimming pools. With a population just over 400,000, that…

During a grueling workout, I escape into a survival fantasy. I imagine myself stranded in a desert without water for…

As we age and become more focused on our health, life often seems to revolve around numbers: how many years…