Tag: health check
Health Check: what happens to your body when you’re dehydrated?
By the time you feel thirsty, your body is already dehydrated.
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Water is essential for human life. It accounts for for 50-70%...
Health Check: why do we crave comfort food in winter?
You’re not imagining it. Our bodies really do crave macaroni
cheese and other comfort foods as the temperature drops. Here’s why.
It’s winter...
Health Check: why do women live longer than men?
Biology and behaviour can explain why men tend to die younger
than women. From shutterstock.com
In Australia, an average baby boy born in 2016 could expect to...
Health Check: how to soothe yourself to sleep
Worrying about not being able
to sleep pushes it further away.
Getting a good night of sleep can seem like the most effortless and...
Health Check: can chopping your vegetables boost their nutrients?
It can be tempting to look for shortcuts
when it comes to eating your five serves of vegies a day.
We all know eating...
Health Check: do men really sweat more than women?
Sweat creates evaporative cooling for your body, with the amount required determined by your size and shape, not your gender
Men are generally taller...