The TelegraphAdele Reformer Pilates: How it's helped Adele, and how it can help you tooThe Telegraph - By Maria Lally“I never wanted to look like models on the covers of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that." So said the singer Adele, who has reportedly lost just over a stone after
The TelegraphHealth (UK) My week living in accordance with the Gospel of Goop MenThe Telegraph - By Joshua BurtI’m a relatively modern guy – I don’t always wear socks with my shoes, I can make it through an entire conversation with a woman without trying for a snog – so when it was suggested to me that I follow
The TelegraphHealth (UK) Clean Air Day: six everyday household items that pollute your home – and what to do about themThe Telegraph - By Jack RearAn Englishman’s home is his castle – but could it also be his death trap? According to the World Health Organisation, nearly four million people die prematurely from indoor air pollution every year, with
The TelegraphAngela Merkel What caused Angela Merkel's violent shaking?The Telegraph - By Jack RearGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel is nothing if not a worker. Despite having held Germany’s highest office for the past 14 years, she barely ever shows signs of stress and is known among colleagues for if
The TelegraphHealth (UK) It's time to ban walking under the influence of smartphonesThe Telegraph - By Lela LondonImagine: you’re on a busy road in London Bridge, cycling through a green light, when a pedestrian steps out in front of you. When you see she's looking at her mobile phone, you sound your air horn and
The TelegraphJos Buttler Jos Buttler: my favourite stomach-toning core workoutsThe Telegraph - By Jos ButtlerWe hear about the importance of strong core muscles all the time, but it never quite hits home until you stop and think what the muscles around your stomach and lower back really do. Your core holds you
The TelegraphHealth (UK) From wellness beers to clean spirits: the desperate rebranding of booze as a health drinkThe Telegraph - By Tomé Morrissy-SwanOn the face of it, the alcohol industry is doing just fine at the moment. Craft beer breweries are ten a penny; Britain’s vineyards attract plenty of financial backing; and on any given weekend night likely
The TelegraphSoulCycle Spiritual blessings, candlelight, and a strict no-phone rule: my ride inside the SoulCycle 'cult'The Telegraph - By Alice Barraclough“This bike isn't just a piece of equipment, it's an extension of your heart!” yells the peppy American spin instructor, whipping her hair back and forth like she's in a Willow Smith music video. I’m at
The TelegraphTrail Running Jonathan Albon: why you should forget the tarmac and try trail running this summerThe Telegraph - By Rob KempGoing off-road and hitting the trails, fells and woodland paths this summer could take your running routine to a whole new, mind and body boosting level… Great Britain trail runner Jonathan Albon achieved
The TelegraphHealth (UK) How to stop feeling bloated: a complete guideThe Telegraph - By Jessica SalterWe’ve all had that familiar feeling where your stomach aches and feels like a drum, your waist band is uncomfortably tight, and you have excess wind: you’re bloated. And at the time of year when we’re
The TelegraphPlastic We know plastic is harming our oceans… but what is it doing to our health?The Telegraph - By Maria LallyBack in the early Nineties, when convenience culture exploded, my mother took a rather more cautious view. She refused to buy boil-in-the-bag meals, drink anything from a plastic bottle or use a microwave.
The TelegraphHealth (UK) Loneliness Awareness Week: How to make friends at any age and in any situationThe Telegraph - By Marianne PowerIt can be hard to connect with others in today’s fragmented world. For Loneliness Awareness Week, we explain how to do it whether you’re a new parent or a retiree... Last year, the editor of Elle magazine,
The TelegraphOpen Water Swimming Open water swimming: 10 ways to get startedThe Telegraph - By Alice BarracloughJust because you can swim in a pool doesn't mean you can swim well in a lake or the sea. Alice Barraclough reveals everything you need to know to be able to succeed at, and enjoy, open water swimming...
The TelegraphHealth (UK) How much sleep do you need? I have a Four Hour Rule... but science says it's not healthyThe Telegraph - By Miranda LevyInsomnia Diaries is a column by Miranda Levy in which she shares her experiences of the chronic sleep problems she has experienced over the past decade and a half. It is published every Monday at 12pm
The TelegraphCystic Fibrosis We gave our son a life sentence before he took his first breathThe Telegraph - By Laura BarrettA year ago this month, I sat in the back of an ambulance holding my newborn baby boy, with tears streaming down my face. As we were blue-lighted through central London, with every bump and turn I felt
The TelegraphHealth (UK) Is air pollution ruining your memory?The Telegraph - By Harry de QuettevilleI have a little gadget on my kitchen shelf. It measures levels of a particle known as PM2.5 - the tiny, invisible, sooty bits of combustion that are key culprits in the air pollution health crisis. Produced
The TelegraphHealth (UK) Yes, it's better to be a lark - but we need night owls tooThe Telegraph - By Linda BlairIt’s hard being a night owl. Individuals who prefer to stay up late and sleep later in the mornings are often derided as lazy, while research suggests they might have worse health outcomes, too. Last researchers
The TelegraphHealth (UK) Can at-home gut testing kits really transform your health?The Telegraph - By Victoria LambertHave you ever considered the trillions of teeming bacteria which are spinning around your gut right now, breaking down breakfast into human compost? Well, prepare to get up close and personal. Thanks a
The TelegraphNutrition From alkaline diets to turmeric, eight of the biggest nutrition liesThe Telegraph - By Rosie Saunt and Helen WestWe all know that what we choose to eat can have an impact on our health - and right now, there’s no shortage of advice, from cookbooks, apps and Insta health gurus. But most of us are still walking about
The TelegraphTriathlons Why is triathlon booming? I put myself through the pain of a swim-bike-run to find outThe Telegraph - By Alice BarracloughWhy had I agreed to this? I looked out at the bobbing pontoon in the lake at Blenheim Palace, as faceless wetsuit-clad men and women jumped one after the other into the bracing water. Soon, I would join
The TelegraphHealth (UK) Professor Alice Roberts: 'We’ve known the secret to long life for 100 years'The Telegraph - By Mark BaileyAs a television presenter and academic, Prof Alice Roberts says she feels conflicted between the charms and pitfalls of modern health pseudoscience. She talks to Mark Bailey about her own diet – and the
The TelegraphSwimming How to get back into swimming – when you haven't done it for over a decadeThe Telegraph - By Anna MageeIt's the best all-over body activity. It raises your heart rate but it's easy on joints. It's meditative. Who hasn't heard about the benefits of swimming for mind and body? And yet, according to new research,
The TelegraphHealth (UK) Spa Spy: Lucknam Park, WiltshireThe Telegraph - By Spa SpyOur sleuth investigates the curative claims of wellbeing retreats worldwide. This week – Wiltshire's Lucknam Park Just west of Chippenham not far from the M4, buried in 500 acres of magnificent listed
The TelegraphHealth (UK) Red meat for fish and Red Bull for coffee: nine easy diet swaps for a healthier lifeThe Telegraph - By Tomé Morrissy-SwanSticking to a healthy diet is difficult. Seemingly every day, a new food is put on the naughty list, then it's back on the menu, depending on the latest science. However, one thing that's now an established,
The TelegraphHealth (UK) Colin Jackson: How fasted walking is keeping me fit in my 50sThe Telegraph - By Mark BaileyBefore Colin Jackson begins his coaching and media work each day, he follows a simple health-boosting morning routine. “The first thing I do when I get up is go for a fasted walk,” reveals Jackson, 52,
The TelegraphHealth (UK) What type of sleeper are you: lark, owl, afternooner or napper?The Telegraph - By Jack RearYou've heard of morning larks – the people who spring out of bed with sunrise, only to find their way back to it as soon as dinner is done – and night owls – those who start the day slowly but come to
The TelegraphJos Buttler Jos Buttler: my favourite fat-burning fitness workoutsThe Telegraph - By Jos ButtlerPowerhouse cricketer Jos Buttler describes the gym work behind his explosive playing style Although I train hard with England and Rajasthan Royals, when I am at home in London I always like to join some
The TelegraphHealth (UK) Can you get 'bike fit' in just eight weeks?The Telegraph - By Jonny CooperThere's two months to go until this year's RideLondon – but is that enough time to get in shape? Jonny Cooper found out... The first time I met Richard Collier, he was unequivocal. "Eight weeks is absolutely
The TelegraphOsteoporosis Diana Moran at 80: A generation of young women are on a straight path to osteoporosisThe Telegraph - By Boudicca Fox-LeonardTurning 80 today Diana Moran can confidently say she feels decades younger. “I honestly don’t feel different. I feel about 60,” says the fitness guru formerly known as the Green Goddess. A lifetime of
