Advice from dermal therapist Derya Koch, Victorian Dermal Clinic. 1. Skipping the gym Regular exercise boots skin circulation, detoxifies your skin and encourages your body to produce endorphins, which keeps you (visibly) happy. 2. Burning the candle Insufficient sleep causes your body to release cortisol, increasing dryness and inflammation, accelerating skin ageing, resulting in fine lines, uneven skin colour and slackening of skin. ACTION IT: Set a bedtime that allows a good eight hours before you need to get up and do a sleep hygiene audit, clearing sleep enemies like laptops and other electronic devices from the bedroom. 3. Bypassing sunscreen Both...

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Wipe out faux weight readings (and freakouts) with Tanita’s BC-1000 body composition monitor (RRP $469), which tracks body fat and muscle mass percentages, bone mass and water. If you are still using an ordinary bathroom scale, you’re missing vital information that weight alone can not tell you. Tanita body composition monitors help to maximise your diet and fitness regime by tracking critical body composition readings. The NEW BC 1000 white Tanita monitor wirelessly connects to your PC and will assist to track your weight loss, by monitoring your body fat %, muscle mass, bone mass, body water %, visceral fats...

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Which foods have low-GI? David Goding investigates. You’ve no doubt seen the signs: low-GI is the new low-fat, with food manufacturers slapping the claim on everything from quick rice to fortified breads. Trouble is, the glycaemic index of a standalone food means little. It’s the overall composition of a meal that matters: white bread with a truckload of chicken breast has a lower glycaemic index than white vegemite toast. Likewise, wholegrain sourdough loses its charm when you pile it with honey. Rolled oats may be changed depending on the type of milk and toppings. The other gotcha is labelling. What...

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It’s 3pm and you’re in an all-too-familiar standoff with the office vending machine. So what are the rules of healthy snacking? 1. Monitor portion size/kJs Shoot for 600 to 800 kJ for a nutritious, filling snack that will deliver adequate energy to get you through to the next meal. If you’re training for more than an hour a day, you can afford to (and probably need to) increase the energy count of each snack or add one or two extras. Just don’t forget that post-workout recovery shake counts as food! 2. Beware of sugar/sweeteners When looking at sugar content it’s...

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