Physical Health Articles

Reset Your Body Clock: Sleep Hacks, Tested

Your body runs on an internal clock, but modern life is throwing it off. Which natural fixes for your circadian rhythm help your sleep, and which are folklore.

Powerful Habits to Age Gracefully and Stay Vibrant

Two people born the same year can be ageing at different speeds before 40, and genes explain less than you think. So what sets the pace of your own ageing?

Why You Can't Boost Your Immune System (and Shouldn't)

Your defences are built from a few raw materials, and most of them come from one part of the plate. Do you know what your immune system is actually made of?

Ways to Stop Snoring Naturally—Which One Will Work for You?

Struggling with snoring? Find out how subtle tweaks in your daily routine can silence those nightly disruptions and lead to deeper, more restful sleep.

12 Signs Your Body Is Trying to Tell You Something Important

Exhausted after a full night's sleep. Gaining weight without changing anything. Your body has been sending the same message for months. Here is what it means.

What to Drink Instead of Plain Water — and What the Popular Alternatives Do to Your Body

Only three drinks kept more water in the body than plain water. See which ones, why salt matters, and the popular alternatives that cost more than they give.

Natural Strategies to Quit Smoking That Actually Work

Going it alone works for about 3 to 5% of smokers, and the natural cures you're sold mostly do no better. So what really gets people off cigarettes for good?

How to Reach Your Health Goals Without Losing Your Sanity

Why do health goals fail, even with the best intentions? The answer lies less in willpower than in strategy. Rethink how you set yours and make results last.

Health Benefits of Walking Barefoot

Thick calluses protect the foot without dulling its feeling, which no cushioned shoe can match. So what does going barefoot really do for the rest of you?

Why You Keep Getting Sick: The Causes of Frequent Colds

Catching every cold that goes round rarely means a weak immune system. The biggest reason sits outside your body altogether.

Effective Remedies for Managing Menopause Symptoms

Most menopause remedies do no better than a dummy pill, which is why they seem to work at first. So what really eases hot flushes, and what's wasted money?

Is There a Perfect Time to Sleep?

Go to bed late and you've probably been told you're doing it wrong. The evidence on bedtimes is stranger than the proverb. So is there a perfect time to sleep?

7 Ways to Lower Blood Pressure the Usual Advice Misses

One exercise lowered blood pressure nearly twice as much as walking or running, and you barely move. So what is it, and what else beats the usual advice?

Fascinating Ways the Summer Solstice Can Boost Your Health and Happiness

The summer solstice is the longest day of the year. See what all that light does for your mood, your sleep and your vitamin D, and how to spend the day well.

Testosterone in Women: What It Does and When It's Too High

By weight, a woman's blood carries more testosterone than oestrogen. So why does the problem women run into look so different from the one on the adverts?

Hidden Toxins in Your Personal Care Products

Your skin isn't the sponge the scare lists describe, yet some of what's on your bathroom shelf does get in. Which products are worth changing, and which aren't?

10 Practical Strategies to Overcome Barriers to a Healthy Lifestyle

Struggling to stay healthy with a busy schedule? Learn simple strategies to get past the usual obstacles, from time and money to pain, and build lasting habits.

How to Shield Yourself from Everyday Environmental Toxins

Three days of fresh food cut one plastic chemical by two-thirds in a group of families. Where else is your body picking up what it could clear in days?

How Chronic Sleep Deprivation Affects Your Brain

You may feel fine on six hours, and that is the problem. Short nights dull thinking, ideas and memory before you notice. So what is your tired brain hiding?

Why So Many People Feel Better Without Wheat

Cutting wheat helps so many people that it looks like a fad. The reasons behind it are plainer, and one of them is rarely mentioned.

Fascinating Reasons Why Food Sensitivities and Allergies Occur

For years the advice on food allergy was to wait and avoid. The evidence now points the other way, and some of it starts on your skin. So what set off yours?

Natural Ways to Cope with Allergies

Still sneezing with every window shut? Pollen can't be the cause, so something else in your home is. Which of the things you live with is your body answering?

Why "Drink More Water" Is Incomplete Advice

Fatigue, headaches and cramps get blamed on too little water. Often the missing half is salt: what it does, who needs more, and why the risk rose at both ends.

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