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NEWS YOU CAN USE • Want the latest health intel? We’ve combed the science journals so you don’t have to
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TURKISH GET-UP • Fancy yourself a functional fitness pro? Test your mettle with this move
Am I iodine deficient? • Experts are linking growing rates of deficiency with the rise of plant-based eating. Here’s why it matters – and what you can do
Profhilo injections • As hormonal changes brought on by the menopause require our Editor-in-Chief to take a more precise approach to her skincare, she trials aestheticians’ hero treatment for going in (literally) on drier, ageing skin
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Are pimple patches worth the hype?
I get déjà vu • You know those times when you could swear you’ve been somewhere or done something before, but you absolutely know you haven’t? Here’s what’s going on…
DO I NEED EQUIPMENT TO TRAIN AT HOME? • WH columnist and Third Space PT Alice Liveing reveals how to get the most out of at-home workouts sans kit
‘Life is organised chaos, but I like it’ • She’s a new mother, so it’s a good job Gemma Atkinson has a taste for mayhem. Here, the fitness idol, drive time DJ and former star of Strictly and Hollyoaks talks get ting back in the gym af ter a difficult birth, hitting out at online ‘mum shaming’, and why she reckons she’s about 3% J Lo now
GEMMA IN 10 • A peek into her life via quick-fire Qs
DIGITAL DINING • From restaurant interiors to the march of the avocado, Instagram has changed the way we eat – one like at a time. But what does this mean for our collective nutrition?
WASTE NOT, WANT IT • Sprouting potatoes, flaccid asparagus and leafy… browns. An accurate picture of your fridge? Food writer Victoria Glass helps you cut down your food waste (and your groceries bill) with two recipes made using one set of ingredients
IF IT AIN’T BROC • There it was, a humble side to chicken and rice, carrying the torch for good nutrition. Then kale came along, made vegetables cool, and now broccoli barely makes it on to your midweek meal roster. So, we’ve recruited Michael Thompson, head chef at sustainable pop-up Fodder, to help us celebrate the cruciferous keeper. Kale, consider yourself cancelled
THE PROBLEM WITH PERFECT PERFECT PERFECT • A rote answer to an interview question about your biggest weakness? Perhaps. But for those who identify as perfectionists, it comes with a whole host of health risks. One try-hard writer attempts to consciously uncouple from her desire for a flawless life
‘A stranger stopped me in the street and said, “What the f*** is that?”’ • Discussion around new ways that people understand their gender identity is becoming more common. But what is it like to live as a person who doesn’t identify as exclusively male or female? One writer lets us in
Living la vida lunar • As plotting goals and timetabling self-care around the moon’s movements is set to hit mainstream wellness in 2020, WH asks whether basking in its beam could be the new answer to self-development that sticks
HAVE BUMP, WILL EXERCISE • Pregnancy needn’t hinder your fitness habits. Not only can you work out while expecting, but the benefits are aplenty. Here’s how…
EMMA LOUISE CONNOLLY • The model on moving for her mind, skincare battles and the secret behind those power brows
GEDE FOSTER • Thinking about trying your hand at a reformer Pilates class? Make sure you’ve got the basics down first
THE GYM WAS MY CATALYST FOR CHANGE • Lucy Denver’s self-esteem was at an...