Most read of 2023: how to live a long, healthy life, the power of fasting: your 7 top health and wellness stories
- A number of health stories struck a chord with readers in 2023, from the 10 diet secrets of people living the longest to how TCM can help with iron deficiency
- We also looked at what experts say about how to maintain a healthy heart and keep cholesterol low, and examined how Chris Hemsworth fasted for a Disney+ series
The death in January of Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley, aged just 54 – she suffered a heart attack – prompted Anthea Rowan to turn a spotlight on how to maintain a healthy heart and keep cholesterol low.
We also looked at nine ways cardamom, the “queen of spices”, can boost your health, from better sex to fresher breath to weight loss.
We look back at those and other health and wellness stories that struck a chord with Post readers in 2023.
1. Secrets to a long and healthy life
We looked at 10 diet secrets of people living longest and healthiest – more beans, nuts and sourdough bread, less meat, dairy, eggs and sugar.
2. How to safeguard heart health
Blocked arteries and inflammation play big parts in heart failure; managing cholesterol helps avoid a build-up of plaque, which impedes blood flow to the heart.
3. How TCM can help with iron deficiency
Iron deficiency can lead to anaemia, with symptoms of fatigue, weakness, dizziness and shortness of breath.
4. Switch diets to lose weight
His studies of African hunter-gatherer societies’ activity and energy expenditure convinced him that exercise is not a weight-loss tool.
5. Kidneys: what they do and how to care for them
Kidney disease has little pain and few symptoms; a healthy diet, with foods low in salt, is one of the best ways to keep them healthy.
6. Star shines light on power of fasting
7. Cardamom the spice of life
We looked at nine ways cardamom, the “queen of spices”, can boost your health, from better sex to fresher breath to weight loss.
