This Month
Here’s why you should eat your veg first – but chips and bread last
Scientists have discovered the order in which you consume foods can improve blood sugar levels, make you feel fuller and may even help with weight loss.
- Anahad O'Connor
What makes you fatter – office life, or WFH?
An exercise app tracked 2000 hybrid workers, comparing their activity while working from home with a typical day at the workplace. The results may surprise you.
- Jack Rear
September
‘He didn’t mean you’: Manager to staff at Gurner’s wellness business
Staff at the Rich Lister’s anti-ageing network Saint Haven have been told comments about “arrogance” in the employment market were “in no way directed at our teams”.
- Mark Di Stefano
Five ways to stop feeling so hungry, according to science
If you’ve ever compulsively finished a packet of biscuits or box of chocolates, you’ll know that the drive to eat is not simply about staving off starvation.
- Boudicca Fox-Leonard
August
The thin line between extreme wellness and illness
The deaths of wellness influencers shows how disordered eating is being promoted as a path to better health.
- Melissa Twigg
How much water should you really drink in a day?
Europeans and Americans have very different views on the subject, and even experts say it’s difficult to measure an acceptable amount to stay hydrated.
- Jessica Roy
July
Why being ‘veganish’ will lower your cholesterol
It doesn’t have to be all or nothing when it comes to what you eat – there is an 80:20 approach to eating meat.
- Boudicca Fox-Leonard
Secrets of the super-agers, who stay razor sharp in their 80s
Scientists have studied a group of “super-agers”, aged 80 and above, who have the memory and cognition of people at least 20-30 years younger. Here’s what they found.
- Jill Margo
June
How this CEO lost nearly 10kg
Rolf Weber, who runs meal kit provider Marley Spoon, skips breakfast and has reduced his alcohol intake.
- Sally Patten
When wellness skipped woke and went nuclear
How can you live longer without experiencing the symptoms of old age? Cash. And lots of it. And there’s a $10 trillion sector itching to help.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Opinion
The science of food isn’t credible
Academic studies of sweeteners, coffee, chocolate, wine and fad diets often have structural problems that mean they can’t be trusted.
- Anupam Jena and Christopher Worsham
How almost all of your food choices became ultra-processed
Engineered to trick taste buds and appetites, artificially produced consumables are ruining your health and damaging children. But who will fight the industry?
- Sophie McBain
Golfer Bryson DeChambeau: ‘My diet was cutting my life short’
His regimen was working and he was stronger than he’d ever been, but there was one major issue with what he was eating.
- James Corrigan
May
- Explainer
- Wellness
How to use nudge theory to get fit and save more money
Nudge theory, used by governments and corporations to direct consumer behaviour, can also be used at a personal level, for self-improvement.
- Sally Patten
March
Here’s how to diet like a rockstar
Bruce Springsteen and Chris Martin eat one meal a day, but health experts worry about the healthiness of the Omad diet.
- Ben Rowell
The real reasons you’re not losing weight
From nodding off in front of the TV to your smartwatch addiction, here are the surprising habits that are sabotaging your diet goals.
- Mary Comber
February
- Opinion
- Ageing
Cut calories and (maybe) add years to your life
Scientists have found that cutting way back on food can double the lifespans of mice and add years for monkeys. Can humans benefit too?
- Faye Flam
10 long reads for the weekend
Pandemic buyers fall into negative equity; these women made it in business, now they’re going back to school; and 10 new airline routes and lounges.
This 45-year-old tech bro is making his body 18 again
In his quest to live a long healthy life ultra-wealthy software entrepreneur Bryan Johnson has more than 30 doctors and health experts monitoring his every bodily function.
- Ashlee Vance
January
How to eat intuitively and stop worrying about food
We listen to many of our body’s signals, such as having a full bladder. But we tend to ignore our body’s signals about hunger, fullness and satisfaction.
- Tara Parker-Pope
