Lifestyle

Type 2 diabetes can be reversed by going on a low calorie diet, according to new research. A new study found that excess calories lead to a fatty liver, which causes the liver to produce too much glucose. The excess fat is then passed on to the pancreas, which causes the insulin-producing cells to fail and thus causing diabetes. The team from Newcastle University found that losing less than one gram of fat from the pancreas can re-start insulin production,...

A pair of busty best friends frustrated at being unable to find sexy lingerie that fitted their well endowed assets have set up shop to cater for women in a similar predicament. Alice Holden, 25 and 30GG, and Fleurette Mulcahy, 24 and 28FF/G, both struggled to find bras to fit since the age of 14, and became sick of unflattering and frumpy underwear. Instead, the pair, who met studying Geography at King's College London in 2011, decided to set up...

A newlywed bride is lucky to be alive after she was bitten by a venomous spider on her HONEYMOON. Victoria Ross, 32, was just two weeks into her marriage with company manager Brian, 33, when she was nipped on the right leg by a tiny 1 cm-long violin spider on July 4 during her honeymoon to Jamaica. The account executive from Bingley, West Yorks, was left with an inflamed red raw leg covered in pus-filled boils so horrifying doctors were...

By Anna Power Like a lot of women I’m not very kind to my hair. I wash it most days and blow dry it with a heated dryer and I also colour my hair and have done so for years. To top it off, I have naturally fine hair – so I’m basically a hairdresser’s nightmare. With this in mind I head to Carol Joy London for their Intensive Steam Treatment and Signature Blow Dry in the hope of rescue....

A 'human snake' teenager who sheds her skin every six weeks because of an ultra-rare condition is set to get life-improving treatment in Europe. Shalini Yadav, 16, needs to constantly smear her body with moisturiser and have a bath every hour to stop it from hardening and seizing up. But her family are so poor they couldn't afford any specialist treatment to ease her ailments, leaving her unable to walk without a stick or straighten her limbs. A 'human snake'...

A father has vowed to withdraw his son from school until teachers stop giving him a daily detention - for wearing the wrong SHOES. Noah Stott, 12, has been given a detention three days in a row for wearing what teachers at Treviglas College said were trainers. His father Phil insists the black pair of Nike Air Force 1s, which retail at £74.95, were shoes as described on the brand's website. Noah Stott's Nike trainers. But the school said otherwise,...

Last year London was overcome with Hygge, the Danish art of getting snug and indulging in all the good things and people around us. Sales of Nordic-style knitwear soared and cosy bakeries specialising in pastries and cinnamon rolls proliferated across the capital. But now there’s a new lifestyle trend infiltrating the London mainstream, and this time it comes from a little further afield. Wabi-sabi is a Japanese concept centered on the affirmation of transience and the appreciation of a naturally...

The parents of a toddler who recently lived through a life-threatening liver transplant are terrified his four-year-old brother may face the same ordeal. Laura and Liam Keenan had to watch as their 14-month-old son Harry battled through a liver transplant operation in late August. He was diagnosed with a rare genetic protein deficiency. But now 29-year-old primary school teacher Laura says their four-year-old son Max is also showing one of the same symptoms as Harry. Max's veins are protruding which...

The world's most elite nanny training school has unveiled this year's new recruits - including its largest ever intake of MEN. Graduates from Norland College go on to look after the children of some of the richest people in the world - including celebrities and royalty. Prince George has a Norland Nanny - Maria Borrallo who trained at the exclusive academy in Bath, Somerset. This year's intake of 'Mary Poppins' includes four men - the highest number of male recruits...