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Health

Your body is a machine. Here’s how to take care of every part of it—from protecting your heart to injury-proofing your joints—for the long haul.

How to eat your way to better-looking skin

How to eat your way to better-looking skin

WE’VE ALL HEARD the often-spouted adage ‘you are what you eat.’ Turns out, our respective mums were onto something. While we spend an awful lot on taking care of our appearance on the outside – layering on lotions and potions and undergoing treatments that target the...

What is a healthy body fat percentage?

What is a healthy body fat percentage?

YOU'VE ALMOST CERTAINLY heard the term ‘body fat percentage’ before, whether in conversation in the gym changing room, marketing fodder for fitness transformations, or even in a Men’s Health article. With a little bit of know-how, the measure can act not just as a...

How to hide a big night in 6 easy steps

How to hide a big night in 6 easy steps

IT'S AN ALL too familiar scene. On Sunday morning as the sunshine creeps into the bedroom you wake and immediately the telltale signs of last night’s excesses —  pounding head, dry mouth and an all-encompassing ‘groggy’ feeling — hit you. Stumbling to the...

Doctors reveal what happens if you only sleep six hours a night

Doctors reveal what happens if you only sleep six hours a night

EVEN THOUGH YOU know you need seven to nine hours of sleep a night, you probably don’t always get that much. And you’re not alone – many adults aren’t sleeping enough. Men are especially lacking sleep. Nearly 40 per cent regularly don’t get at least seven hours a...

How poor sleep affects your ability to lose body fat

How poor sleep affects your ability to lose body fat

SLEEPING POORLY IS the root of many of our problems, especially an expanding waistline. Let me explain. You see, sleep is the foundation on which the pillars of exercise and nutrition are built. Training hard and eating well while sleeping poorly is like having one...