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Herbs for health

Comforting comfrey

Scientists who studied 120 people with back pain have found that comfrey – a native herb with the ability to heal wounds, sprains and bruises – was effective in relieving discomfort...

Vitamins & minerals

Are you getting enough vitamins?

Vitamins are essential to our health, but how much of each do we need? And what about minerals? Nutritionist Juliette Kellow demonstrates how you can meet your daily requirements through what you eat.

Are you getting enough minerals?

Ayurveda

The Ayurveda way

Ayurveda’s holistic approach to health is the way forward – for your diet, fitness and overall wellbeing – as web editor Debra Waters discovered after a startlingly revealing Ayurvedic consultation. Take our advice, don’t diet until you tried it.

Advice

Detox tips

Crussh, one of London and the south-east's leading juice and smoothie stores, has put together some useful tips and advice on how to keep yourself detoxed, healthy and happy.

Surviving winter

Eat Yourself Happy

Around 10% of us suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), but the right diet can help, says nutritionist Natalie Savona.

Recurring colds?

Eat your way to a stronger immune system

Snuffling and sneezing your way through winter? Boost your body's defences with food, says nutritionist Angela Dowden.

Good foods

Healthy eating

Our health section provides healthy eating plans, advice, recipes and features on what to eat to keep looking – and feeling – young and beautiful.

Diet

Hold the salt

We all know we shouldn’t eat so much salt, but how can you cook properly without it? Easy. With just a few basic changes in the kitchen, your food will be tastier – and much healthier too.

Your gut feeling

Going down a treat

Most of us have suffered from digestive discomfort at some stage, but this can be avoided by changing what – and how – we eat, says nutritionist Nell Nelson

Beauty tips

Feed your skin

It’s no surprise that our skin, the body’s largest organ, responds to what we eat, so keeping it nourished is a must if you want a radiant complexion, says skincare queen Liz Earle.

100% natural skincare made easy

Nutritional guide

Spot the difference

Nutrition levels on food offer a wealth of important information – but it can feel like you need a PHD to understand them. By Juliette Kellow.

Help yourself

Eat your way to a better night's sleep

Do you have trouble dropping off to sleep at night, or do you feel sleep-deprived each morning? It could be time to look at your diet, says top nutritionist Angela Dowden.

How much is too much?

Red alert

After a bad press over the years, cheap cuts have brought red meat back into fashion. But how much should we eat? asks delicious. magazine's Helen Renshaw.

The Expert Guide to healthy red meat

Herbs for health

Healing herbs

Are the medicinal and health-giving qualities of herbs and roots simply old wives’ tales? Not according to gardening expert Steve Bradley.

Herbs around the garden

Allergies

Reaction time

New research suggests that almost half of us suffer from food intolerances and allergies. Medical writer Jo Revill looks at this growing problem.

Beauty

100% natural skincare made easy

Star Khechara's The Holistic Beauty Book offers more than 100 natural homemade recipes for your skin. Mmm, a beauty regime that saves pennies and the planet? Skincare made from what you keep in your fridge or fruit bowl? We're right behind that notion. Check out Star's advice and some of her recipes here.

Feed your skin

Hydrophobia?

We love eau

But does it love us? It's a hotly contested environmental issue: tap water or bottled? Dietitian Juliette Kellow taps into the truth…

Food labels

What's in a label?

Nutrition labels on food are designed to make it easier to achieve a healthy diet, but with two systems in use, which is the most helpful? By Juliette Kellow.

Spot the difference

Your daily nutritional requirements*

Gluten be gone

Best thing since sliced bread

A wheat field is a symbol of nature’s bounty – but for the those of us with gluten intolerance, it’s a minefield. Chef Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne, whose son is a sufferer, shows how to replace gluten in your diet, and tells the story of her great experiment: perfecting gluten-free bread.

Fat's your lot

Fat or fiction

Do you know your SAFAs from your MUFAs? No? Well, neither does 97% of the population. Helen Renshaw’s essential guide to ‘good’ and ‘bad’ dietary fats clears up the confusion…