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know how • For news and views to help make healthy a habit

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

Are gut microbiome tests worth the hype? • The at-home tests have gone viral after finding an unlikely fan in the form of Paris Hilton. As we mark IBS Awareness Month, should you buy what the gut health industry is selling?

Q. Is the fivesecond rule real?

Q. Should I be using ectoin in my skincare routine?

Q. Can I build strength with just one set of each exercise/single-set training?

Q. I’m perimenopausal and craving intimacy, but my sexual desire has dissolved. Help!’

I type too much • Long days and dodgy desk set-ups can wreak havoc on our hands and wrists. But what’s going on when you develop work-related hand pain?

Squat and snatch • The single-arm dumbbell snatch ignites nearly every major muscle group from head to toe. Need we say more?

Does it really work? Group coaching for self-sabotage • Can a writer with a solitary approach to self-improvement benefit from six weeks of ‘sharing with the group’?

Melatonin in skincare is trending. What are the benefits? • Some recent reports are positively glowing about this hormone’s effect on the skin…

Melatonin magic

Ask the fit squad • Want to run further, lift heavier or nail a pull-up? Each month, we put your questions to the Women’s Health Collective panel – eight of the finest fitness brains – to help you make good on your goals

Meet the squad • The team share their favourite type of free weight

The English way • In the four years since she filmed herself making a salad from her locked-down kitchen, and launched a probiotic brand. But from cooking meals for her four siblings from the of disordered eating, her meteoric rise has been simmering for decades. As she Emily English has amassed more than a million followers, written a bestselling cookbook Bedford council state where she grew up to recovering from a debilitating episode prepares to publish book two, WH meets the woman behind the glossy grid posts

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eat smart • For nutritional nous and macro-meeting food

Spring chicken • Eight ingredients, two baking trays, one high-protein meal that’s on the table in 30 minutes

strong mind • For building a mind as strong as your body

How to set happier goals • Successful goal-getting starts with smart goal-setting. Psychologist Sophie Mort has a strategy to scale more highs on the path to achievement

This is your brain on menopause • Dr Jessica Shepherd, a WH adviser, explains how your mind shifts during this body-altering phase in this excerpt from her book, Generation M: Living Well In Perimenopause And Menopause

4 ways to deal with brain fog • While you may not be able to ‘cure’ it, there are strategies to limit its effect on your life

Rediscovering your sense of purpose • Menopause, like any major milestone, can be a time to take stock of where you’ve been, where you are now and where you want to go. As life circumstances change so, too, can your sense of purpose. Rather than a midlife crisis, what if you shifted your mindset and saw it as a midlife opportunity? The question is: how do I address the second half of my life? The answer can’t lie in anti-ageing but in contemplating how you want ageing to look and feel, and how you want to use your hard-won...