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There's no escaping the buggers. 52% of us have them, the remaining percentage are drawn to them like doe-eyed panting puppies are to Pedigree Chum. They're suckled, jiggled, pushed up, strapped down, enhanced, deflated, the subject of envy, lust, pride, embarrassment and manipulation.
I now have had breast cancer twice in my life.The first was in 1994 when I was in my 30s and the second time in May this year. But there is a twist this time - I work as the Director of Breakthrough Breast Cancer in Scotland.
Everywhere I look I'm being told my skin care routine is lacking in both routine and care. In an effort to change this I'm going to look one of the most widely used tips on attaining better, brighter skin and a generally healthier life to see if it works.
Telling people to eat less and exercise more and that they just need to use more willpower doesn't work. We need more people talking about how to achieve the changes for the long term.
I learnt something today. Don't take that statement lightly because I am quite surprised that I learnt anything at all! I went along with my mother...
Don't leave stress unchecked, breathe deeply and ask for help, you will be amazed how quickly this will change your day to day feeling.
Your hair, and in fact, all parts of your body can only be made up of the things that you eat. So it makes sense that the quality of the hair on your head depends on the amount of nutrients present in your body, which you get originally from your diet.
What is a fad diet? I only asked because a few commentators have suggested that gluten-free is the latest in a long line of fad diets - similar to the low carb Atkins Diet craze of a few years back, or the hunter-gatherer diet.
I'm not sure about the fat tax. My concern is that it would hit those who can least afford it the hardest. Action's no doubt needed but making food even dearer in the current economic climate doesn't seem like a good - or fair - policy.
This isn't going to be a hugely depressing account of what it's like to have an eating disorder, or a request for pity and understanding, but I hope it will be an insight in to something people who haven't suffered from it rarely understand fully.
In case middle class mothers didn't have enough insecurity about the quality of their parenting, a childcare expert has warned this week that the propensity to dedicate our energy, time and money giving them stimulation in the form of classes and activities could be counter-productive to their development.
Tagus Creek 2010 - £4.50 - Asda/£4.79 - Tesco (until 04/10 then £5.99) Hello toad in the hole! Welcome back chocolate eclairs! How we've missed yo...
After your holiday there is always much to do when you return. Whether it will be bills to pay, overtime to catch up on or getting stuck into the housework again.
I talked to a wellness life coach recently and while I expected her to have all the answers, it turns out she was armed with the right questions and let me find all the answers for myself.
Last week I wrote a blog on UK couples going overseas for IVF, read here if you missed it. And this week I have looked to the other side of the pond t...
