Lifestyle
Health & wellness
How Instagram helped me escape the $1 trillion wellness industry
Desperate for information to understand the coronavirus, the science pages I followed on social media actually helped me see through wellness scams.
- by Bunny Banyai
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‘Suburban, normal’ women becoming homeless
Glen-Marie Frost once lived in a mansion in Bellevue Hill, managed an international PR company and was head of communications and community relations for the Sydney Olympics.
- by Phoebe Loomes
Michael Pollan changed his own mind with psychedelics. Now he’s changing others
Interviews with cancer patients as well as his own experiences with psychedelics changed the mind of renowned writer Michael Pollan. He makes the case for us all changing our minds too.
- by Sarah Berry
Are you an empath? The upsides to being highly sensitive
Most empaths don’t need to take a test to know they’re one; they just know.
- by Evelyn Lewin
What a general manager of a biscuit company puts on her plate each day
Fiona Whatley’s day includes a communal “no-work zone” for lunch and a chocolate slice to cure a case of “3pm-itis”.
- by Nicole Economos
Yes, hangry is a thing. Two experts break down why
A growing body of evidence suggests a strong connection between hunger and irritability.
- by Anthony Segaert
Opinion
Alcohol
I’m a health editor and here’s why I ditched Dry July eight days in
There are lots of benefits to giving up booze, but there are good reasons not to be too hard on yourself too.
- by Sarah Berry
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Fitness
You can’t exercise your way out of a bad diet, study shows
We can’t “outrun” the effects of a bad diet, say the authors of a large new study that shows exercise can only do so much.
- by Sarah Berry
Opinion
Women's health
It’s only a matter of time before a Test cricketer has a period in her whites
It’s time to change women’s sporting uniforms away from white pants and outfits so girls don’t feel yet another barrier stopping them from playing.
- by Alex Blackwell
The best plane food to eat to feel better on long flights
The human body isn’t really set up to spend 20 hours sitting in a metal tube eating and sleeping at unusual times, but there are ways to feel better after long flights.
- by Paula Goodyer
How an obsession with Benedict Cumberbatch brought untold joy
Tabitha Carvan initially wondered if it was due to a hormone imbalance, or from being stuck at home with kids for too long. Until she discovered there were ‘others’.
- by Evelyn Lewin