Body

H&M’s activewear concept, Move, reveals a set of new fabrics called SculptMove and SoftMove. I wore them through a week of reformer, restorative yoga, weights and chasing my toddler around the park. I’ve worn a lot of activewear that promises to carry you from studio to street and I’m often left feeling disappointed. H&M’s Move […]

Negative thoughts can sneak in when you’re tired, overwhelmed, or having a particularly hard day. One thing goes wrong, then another, and suddenly you’re not just having a bad moment, you’re sinking into a brutal internal monologue. It’s the opposite of a pep talk. It’s a self-judgement talk. Most of us are familiar with this […]

I’d been walking past it for weeks. The grey linen MV Skintherapy beauty bag sitting quietly on my bathroom bench, patient and unhurried in a way that I absolutely was not. Every night I’d glance at it and think, tomorrow. Tomorrow I’ll do it. Tomorrow when I’m less tired, when my baby goes down earlier, […]

What’s not top of mind for many people is that a number of familiar daily struggles are classic signs of iron deficiency. Persistent fatigue, restless sleep, anxious moods, palpitations, brain fog, heavy periods, hair loss, joint aches and mood swings — which we tend to normalise as just part of being human in the modern […]

Fitness is so universally recognised as a desirable trait that the word “fit” has become a slang term meaning “attractive”. And yet … according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 66 per cent of adults over age 18 are either overweight or obese. The Australian Bureau of Statistics figures from 2023 regarding physical […]

WellBeing’s editor Kate discovers what happens when design meets data, testing out the new Peloton Tread for the ultimate at-home workout. Here in Australia, we are lucky to access stunning beaches, coastal pools, cooling watering holes, bush tracks and bike trails, so convincing Australians to train indoors can be next to impossible. However, the Peloton’s […]

Hair greying and cancer may be two opposing outcomes of the same cellular process. Researchers at The University of Tokyo found that melanocyte stem cells (McSCs), which produce pigment in hair and skin, respond to stress in different ways. DNA damage from double-strand breaks triggers senescence-coupled differentiation (seno-differentiation), causing stem cells to permanently mature and […]

New research suggests that harmful mouth bacteria may contribute to the development of Parkinson’s disease. Scientists in South Korea found that Streptococcus mutans, a common bacterium linked to dental cavities, can migrate from the mouth to the gut, where it produces compounds capable of entering the bloodstream and affecting the brain. These bacterial byproducts were […]

New research suggests a daily coffee may protect against atrial fibrillation (AFib), a common heart rhythm disorder that increases stroke and heart failure risk. Contrary to longstanding advice to limit caffeine, participants who drank at least one cup of caffeinated coffee daily had a 39 per cent lower risk of AFib recurrence. The findings come […]

Brazil is emerging as a key resource for studying extreme longevity, thanks to its highly diverse population, which carries millions of genetic variants absent from standard datasets. Researchers at the University of São Paulo have studied more than 160 centenarians, including 20 supercentenarians (110 years or older), many of whom remained mentally sharp and resilient […]

Scientists have discovered a way to turn carrot processing leftovers into a nutritious and surprisingly appealing protein. By growing edible fungi on carrot side streams, they produced fungal mycelium that can replace traditional plant-based proteins in foods like vegan patties and sausages. Taste tests showed that many volunteers preferred the mycelium based foods over those […]

A study published in Aging by researchers at King’s College London has identified a link between the cocoa compound theobromine and slower biological ageing. The researchers measured theobromine levels in the blood of more than 1600 participants from two European cohorts, including Twin Suk and KORA, and compared these with biological age markers based on […]