Barbary fig-seed — or prickly pear — oil is one of the most expensive oils on the market is also proving to deliver the best results.

The Canadian Medical Journal backs New York’s move to ration soft drink sizes.

Menus showing the distance needed to walk off kilojoules help keep weight down.

Either people are overdoing the protein and exercise with imbalanced diet plans which risk messing up their hormone levels, thyroid and liver or, in an effort to lose weight; they do the opposite and don’t eat enough protein or even enough food, which slows down their metabolism. This means they lose even less weight and the body store fat and fluid thinking it is about to starve.

Isolation from others changes the way your nerves function.

These exercise supplements will help you maintain your energy, protect your body, support your muscles and bones and lift immunity.

Do you have compulsive tendencies with food and money? It’s time to examine your relationship to both.

Some natural parenting choices you can make to support and encourage your baby’s developing brain in this incredibly important stage.

Is beauty past 30 a myth? Each age brings unprecedented experience and joy, so why cling to only one?

Aerobic exercise beats resistance training for weight loss.

Adding an avocado to a hamburger reduces some of the harmful effects of the burger.

Sick people need our help and empathy, not to be stigmatised for their illness, but unfortunately for centuries people with contagious or serious illness have had to pay the penalty of society’s judgement. Slowly over the years it has begun to change but still it is not common to talk about our panic attacks (one in four people suffer these at some stage of their lives) or our depression (how would it affect your promotion at work) or the grief you are feeling simply because your wonderful dog died. We have become to some extent a society that ‘soldiers on’ and in doing that we bury our feelings and illnesses and surround ourselves with shame instead of understanding and healing.