Lauren Shirreff

5 days ago | nzherald.co.nz | Lauren Shirreff

Couples who meet each other’s needs both in and outside the bedroom tend to enjoy stronger, longer-lasting intimacy. Photo / 123RFDon’t expect the animal magnetism of the early days, but you can sustain things if you focus on “foreplay” outside the bedroom. Gurit Birnbaum loves sex. So fascinated is she by everything to do with human sexuality that she got a PhD in the subject, from Bar-Ilan University in Israel, nearly 30 years ago.

5 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Lauren Shirreff

It's also wise to avoid drinking coffee until later in the morning, or at least until you've had breakfast. "Coffee artificially boosts cortisol levels, and in the mornings you want to let your cortisol levels run naturally instead of interfering with them," says Alderson. "Regularly loading up on caffeine on an empty stomach can lead to excessive cortisol levels, which could eventually flatline as this overloads your system.

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Lauren Shirreff

Have you thought much about your potassium intake before? It may only cross your mind when you tuck into a banana, one of many fruits and vegetables that's crammed with the stuff. It gets less air time, but potassium is a mineral that is essential to our bodily functions. "It's crucial to your muscle function, particularly to the function of your heart, as well as for nerve signalling and balancing the different levels of fluids in your body," says Dr Helen Wall, an NHS GP.

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Lauren Shirreff

Early-onset dementia can affect vision, language, and behaviour before memory issues appear. Photo / 123RFThe number of younger people with dementia is rising fast. But what are the red flags and how can you protect yourself? Most of us try not to think about dementia in our younger years. We imagine it as something that, if it must strike us, will only rear its head decades down the line when we’re already elderly and frail.

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Lauren Shirreff

Don't expect the animal attraction of the early days, but you can sustain sexual attraction if you focus on 'foreplay' outside the bedroom Gurit Birnbaum loves sex. So fascinated is she by everything to do with human sexuality that she got a PhD in the subject, from Bar-Ilan University in Israel, nearly 30 years ago. Now she is professor of psychology at Reichman University, and a world-leading expert on sexual behaviour.