Health

If you want to do your best to maintain good health and overall contentment you should eat well, remain active, get plenty of rest…and tell fewer lies?

Want an excuse to indulge in these decadent sweets? Excellent health benefits of cacao and a chocolate avocado pudding recipe

Most of us ladies go out of our way to avoid wrinkles, especially once we hit our thirties. We avoid the sun. We eat skin-friendly foods, like avocados, salmon and olive oil. We finally give up our social smoking habit. And we start to realize that five vodka sodas in one night doesn't exactly leave us fresh-faced and dewy come morning. But did you ever stop to think about what your wrinkles might be saying about your health?

When I was in Paris in September, I spent a considerable amount of time feeling some degree of defeat over not being able to fit my North American-bottom into European-size clothes. It's now a well-worn trope that "French women don't get fat," but contrary to the self-righteous proclamations of healthy living, what I actually observed was a fairly strict regiment of cigarettes and Diet Coke.

We live in the ultimate era of self-acceptance. So why does strapping on a bathing suit feel like you’re diving into the deep end of anxiety?