Women's Health UK

Women’s Health is the first UK magazine to bring you health, beauty, fitness, fashion, weight loss, food & sex, all wrapped up in one super-glossy lifestyle title

Welcome to Women’s Health

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Women’s Health

26 Alice Liveing • The pint-sized powerhouse and Women’s Health’s resident PT shares her fitness philosophy, opens up about a difficult year and reveals an inside look into her wellness wonderland

Catch early-bird workouts for boosted fat burn

NEWS YOU CAN USE • Want the latest health intel? We’ve combed the science journals so you don’t have to

THE TO - DO LIST

Why do I crave junk food after a sleepless night?

HOW LIKELY AM I TO ACTUALLY WEE MYSELF DURING SEX?

Is it bad for me never to have a period?

Does cutting out dairy really help reduce acne?

I’m pregnant: can I have a drink? • If the imminent arrival of rosé season has coincided with a nine-month period of abstinence, you have our sympathies. But do you really have to say a firm no?

WET THE BABY’S HEAD • What to drink when you’re sipping for two

BENT-OVER ROW • Master this move and you’ll be bringing strong back in no time

The Alexander Technique • Not a method for picking up birds in a bar, but a collection of practices to correct poor posture. One WH staffer found it had unexpected benefits for the mind, too

The real OV

SUPERIOR STORAGE • Put down your tired old tote and keep reading for a mini edit of the best new gym bags on the block. They’ll take you from work to workout with ease

Should I use aloe vera in my skincare routine?

WH’S ALOE-GO HEROES

I’m hungry • All of a sudden, a deep rumbling to rival Barry White’s lowest octave reverberates around the office – and it’s coming from your stomach. What’s actually going on in your body when hunger strikes?

Alice in wonderland • It’s been over two years since PT and bona fide superstar of the UK fitness scene Alice Liveing was last on the cover of Women’s Health. Two years jam-packed with success, personal growth and highlights aplenty, sure. But she wants you to know that the surreal life of a wellness influencer isn’t just one long dream sequence…

28 - DAY KICK-START with Alice Liveing • Start your spring health kick with sustainable workout habits and build a healthier body with Alice’s exclusive four-week challenge

The WH guide to intelligent eating • What eating ‘well’ actually means for you is about as crystal clear as a Hemsley bone broth. Consider these pages your evidence-based briefing on the fuel your body really needs, and how you can get it without losing all the joy of eating

PROTEIN is power

Seven unsung protein sources

FATS Fuel up on • 100-120 The number of calories in one tablespoon of cooking fat. Butter, canola oil, bacon fat, olive oil, sesame oil – doesn’t matter which

CARBS Rethink your

SESAME STREET

Has your protein been SPIKED? • You throw it in everything from bakes to shakes, but with reports that protein powder is being bulked out with less salubrious compounds, is the industry actually as clean-cut as it claims to be?

HOW TO BE A LABEL DETECTIVE • We decode the jargon so you don’t have to

WASTE NOT, WANT IT • Not-so-spring onions. Wet lettuce. And a carrot that’s been hanging around for actual months. Food writer Victoria Glass is here to help you cut down your food waste (and groceries bill) with two recipes made using one set of ingredients

RUNNING OUT OF TIME? • The thing that used to stretch out in front of you as a kid is now...