Health

Olive oil gets all the publicity, but olive leaf is another part of the olive tree with equal, if not greater, healing properties than its oily component.

Blue Zones are regions of the planet where a high proportion of people live to be over 100 years old. Here, we reveal the secrets for living a happy, healthy and long life and how you can integrate lessons from the Blue Zones into your own way of living.

By exploring its artisanal roots, we discover that tahini is a paste that packs a serious punch.

The beauty of fasting is the ability to fast is conserved in our DNA. Before we became civilised by inventing foods that are impregnated with fat and sugar, we had to endure long periods of starvation, which elicited the genetic survival mechanisms that made us more resilient and resistant to the development of diseases.

The global pandemic has presented an unusual and often-tricky environment for natural therapists. Here, Jim Olds of the Australian Natural Therapists Association discusses pivoting under restrictions and the silver linings emerging from COVID-19.

Cilantro is packed full of vitamins, antioxidants, and minerals. It can help with bacterial infections and as a natural remedy for upset stomachs for a long time. It helps with bloating and gas, heartburn, and stomach cramps.

Elderberries are one of the oldest herbal medicines and are especially useful during the cold and flu season. Discover how this ancient berry can help you in a vast array of ways.

Aromatic, tingling, spicy, pungent and warming, ginger adds bursts of flavour to your cooking, but this plant, favoured around the world, also packs a powerful healing punch. Learn more about the benefits of ginger.

Essential oils have always help people heal and relax, diminish feelings of fatigue and anxiety. Many of them work as a stimulus for certain areas of the body and alleviate symptoms of distress. They can affect pars of the brain that control emotions, behaviour, motivation, long-term memory, and assist in lowering depression, anxiety, and self-doubt.

Root vegetables absorb water and nutrients over slower growing periods, making them nutritional powerhouses in winter. Here are a few of our all-time favourites.

The olive tree has been used medicinally and as a prominent food source over many continents for centuries. It has even been reported that Neolithic peoples from the Mediterranean region cultivated the olive tree as far back as 8000BCE, so it’s no surprise that the Mediterranean diet has recently been named the healthiest diet.

The latest in health news from eating eggs to the link between sleep and weight gain.