Increasing physical activity has protective health benefits. Being physically active for at least 30-60 minutes every day helps achieve or maintain a healthy weight, lowers blood pressure, raises good cholesterol in your blood, helps prevent type 2 diabetes, stroke and heart disease, reduces stress, depression and other mental illness, strengthens your bones, delays onset of dementia and is associated with a reduced risk of cancer!

To read about moving more and staying motivated click read more below.

A healthy mind, as well as a healthy body, are equally important in living a long and happy life. Depression and dementia are two of the most common conditions that affect the health of our minds. Read on for more information.

A lot of Australians are deluding themselves about the health benefits from alcohol. Alcohol is high in kilojoules and drinking excessively increases body weight, raises blood pressure and blood cholesterol levels. Long term harm from alcohol includes diseases such as cancer, diabetes and damage to liver and brain cells.

The benefits of drinking less alcohol is immediate, you will feel sharper and more energetic. For more information on safe alcohol consumption and how you can cut down click read more.