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

Women’s Health

Look to horoscopes to boost your creativity

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

How much coffee can I drink per day?

My period pain is getting worse with age – what gives?

ASKING FOR A FRIEND

Do extensions make your eyelashes fall out?

INCLINE PRESS-UP • Get on your way to mastering the ultimate strength move by practising it on an incline first – just think of it as your press-up training wheels

Anxiety: can it be eased with food? • You’ve enjoyed the feel-good effects of a plate of spag bol. But specific nutrients also have the power to calm your mind. Here’s the science…

Track to the future

WILD THING • Trends may come and go, but leopard print is here to stay. We’ve spotted three ways to work it into your workout wardrobe

SHOULD I ADD VITAMIN C TO MY SKINCARE ROUTINE?

VITAMIN C LACED SKINCARE TO ADD TO YOUR ARSENAL

Comparison coaching • The unparalleled access we now have to each other’s lives is creating a new kind of toxic habit. But can you ever really be cured of sizing yourself up against everyone else? One chronic comparer finds out

I take CBD oil? • It’s now a mainstay in everything from supplements to skincare. With the purported benefits stacked sky high, WH weeds out the facts

ASK ALICE • Personal trainer and WH columnist Alice Liveing on what muscle soreness actually means, and how to cope with it

IN THE ZONE • Like so many of us, Gabrielle Union has struggled to find inner peace over the past few months. But with the help of therapy, advocacy and the natural wonders in her own backyard, the actress is quietening her mind and feeding her soul

Does homemade mean healthier? • Humblebragging homemades are enjoying a renaissance. But does making your own tofu, plant milk and yoghurt reap any nutritional rewards? One writer reports from her kitchen

NO GRAIN, NO GAIN

Welcome to CALORIE SCHOOL • For decades, we’ve been taught that ‘calories in, calories out’ is the MO that can solve all of your fat-loss problems. But the latest scientific findings suggest we’ve been doing our sums wrong. Time for a re-education

A NUMBERS GAME • You can’t always count on calories

WASTE NOT, WANT IT

IS YOUR Mental Health UNDER THE INFLUENCE? • Forget new puppies or sweaty self ies, the newest trend on Instagram is #selfhealing your mental health. Proponents of fer up their grids to help you manage your mind, emotions and traumas. But can you really do a DIY job on your psychological issues?

WHAT TO CONSIDER BEFORE (AND AFTER) YOU PRESS FOLLOW

‘My doctor didn’t believe I had an eating disorder’ • While weight loss is a leading symptom of anorexia, you don’t have to be underweight to be suffering. One writer shares how, after years of battling with the number on the scale – and resisting help – she was able to stop the disease from defining her life

ANOREXIA AND MENTAL HEALTH THE FACTS • Dr Bryony Bamford is clinical director and a consultant clinical psychologist at The London Centre for Eating Disorders and Body Image, and has specialised in the treatment of eating disorders for nearly 20 years

ANTIDEPRESSANTS OR ORGASMS?*

HOW TO HAVE BETTER SEX

JUMP TO IT • Reach for a faster, stronger body with an old-school workout made new again. Yes, we’re talking plyometrics

SUCCESS STARTS HERE • Balance is key with plyometric work – you’ll need it to maintain control through each exercise and...