Ancient Indian wisdom tells us that drinking cold water isn’t a great idea at all. But is there any evidence behind this? Let’s look at the dangers of drinking cold water after eating.

Clean lungs make for a longer life. Though everyone thinks about food and nutrition before anything else when they want to improve their health, what we breathe in can make a huge difference to how long we live and how…

The pancreas is an essential gland shaped like a leaf, located in the duodenum (in the small intestine). It is essential for your digestion and for producing enzymes that carry out essential functions in the body. If it becomes infected or inflamed, it will be difficult…

You must have heard of the 5 a day rule: the advice that we must eat 5 portions of fruit or vegetables each day to keep ourselves healthy. If you are on a weight loss diet you may be paying…

You can’t really get rid of cold sores completely and stop them from coming back, but you can heal them really quickly when they do start to break loose on your face!

Sciatica and lower back pain can be really debilitating and scary when they come on suddenly and we don’t know how to treat them. If you think you might have either one of these, you may have seen a health…

Blisters often appear at the worst moment. Healing them quickly really is necessary if we don’t want to suffer while walking around with them or once they “pop”. Let’s look at how to do that.

A bitter gourd plant is a funny-sounding, tropical perennial that looks a bit like a cucumber with warty skin. Also known as bitter melon and bitter cucumber, it reduces blood sugar levels and evidence suggests that it may kill cancer…

We all have pores on our skin and on the face they can be very pronounced. In order to reduce the appearance of pores, it is important to cleanse the skin thoroughly to remove any impurities and makeup at the…

Everyone wants to have healthy teeth. White teeth are associated with healthy teeth and a set of bright sparkling teeth has become the norm, indicating health and vitality. In actual fact, gleaming white teeth are not actually natural because the…

Dark underarms affect many people! Many Latin and darker-skinned people have beautiful skin, but one issue that might affect them, as well as lighter-toned individuals, is a slightly darker skin tone in certain areas of their bodies. The underarms are…

Some people claim that their favourite beer is a beauty product, and use it on their hair. Apparently it works wonders! We did some investigating and found the best beer treatments you can easily do at home. Enjoy.

You know that you should be eating plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables – especially if you’re trying to lose weight. In fact, you can keep fit with courgette. It’s a perfect addition to a healthy menu, as it provides…

Pilates exercises are gentle on the joints and spine, and really effective when it comes to strengthening and toning those feminine areas that tend to need a little more focused attention to keep in shape. Try these five, and incorporate…

Painless weight loss is something that most people are interested in achieving. Imagine, you just slowly make a few changes to your life each month and get the massive reward of losing weight gradually. Here are our 10 top tips…

Celebrities seem to guzzle hot water with lemon like it’s going out of fashion. They swear it helps them lose weight and stay healthy, but is it true? Experts say yes, and when it’s combined with ginger, a metabolism-revving remedy,…

Most of us were taught from a young age that teeth hygiene is very important. When plaque builds up on your teeth it can lead to bad breath, bleeding gums and some studies surmise that plaque build-up, if left untreated, can…

In this day and age, almost everyone wants to cut milk out of their diet. From soy milk to almond milk to coconut milk, it’s hard to know what is the best and healthiest milk substitute to opt for. If you are…

Legumes are a very nutritious and economic food, which provide you with a large amount of healthy protein. They are plants that bear their fruit in pods, which are casings with two halves, or hinges. Legumes are a very healthy food…

If you’re a vegetarian and trying to cut back on your carbohydrates, it can be tough to find alternatives to potatoes, rice and pasta. These carbohydrates often make up a large part of vegetarian dishes, but have a high glycaemic…

The first blush of romance can make you feel invincible – but as time marches on, love can be hard work. Is your relationship broken? If so, can you fix it?

Let’s talk frankly about sex. We all know that women love to have sex as much as men – maybe even more than men! However, women can only fully enjoy their sex lives if men step up to the mark in…

Body language can tell us a lot about how a person is feeling. When you sleep the position your body naturally takes can give you information about your feelings towards your partner at that time. After fighting, you might turn…

The old cliché that men are only after one thing and therefore only care about a woman’s appearance is not necessarily true. The real picture is a lot more complicated than that and here we shed some light on happy relationships.