All articles by: Maria Bell

Love food but hate diets? Time to welcome these healthy cookbooks into your life. We all probably need to take reality check with the food that we put into our bodies, but when...

The majority of us want to cut down on our sugar intake but where on earth do you start? With programmes on TV telling us we’re eating too many 'toxic' sugars and warnings about...

Forget the fad diets, forget the cycles of gut wrenching hunger, major binges and subsequent shame spirals – this diet concept is about to change your relationship with food forever...

It’s a well-known fact that tracking your progress only helps keep you motivated and focused on your fitness goals. So if you’re looking to get fitter and healthier – new year...

Good things don’t always last, but the very best do have a habit of coming back again. This year in the food and drink world, it’s sherry’s turn. We’ve been behind the sherry...

If you’re anything like us at sofeminine HQ, your smartphone is like a fifth limb. And this extra adopted body part comes in particularly handy when you’re planning your wedding...

Cooking Christmas dinner can be a total nightmare, we know. We still remember the horrors of our first go. But once you know what you're doing, cooking a Christmas feast for your...

Last week @EverydaySexism asked their Twitter followers to tweet out their best responses to sexist comments and seriously, they're so good we want to give them a medal. We've...

Does feeling, tired, bloated and headachy all sound familiar? New research shows that food intolerances could be behind these symptoms and rather than putting up with them, there...

When your baby gets a fever it’s understandably very hard not to worry. However much you plan, nothing will prepare you for the nerves and anxiety when you’re forced to deal with...

We've come around to the idea that the Christmas season is less about chocolate and a whole lot more about cocktails, lots of them. Of course what that means in reality is we're...

Move over Lily Allen, there’s a new feminist video in town. A badass ad campaign by GoldieBlox aims to get more young girls into engineering while taking down a hella load of...

Your wedding day will no doubt be the best day of your life but that cloud nine feeling doesn't end when you take off your dress. If you book the right honeymoon destination the...

We’ve all had that brief, curious, contemplation - what it would really be like to work in the sex industry? For most of us, after clearing up those empty bottles of wine and...

If the happiest day of your life was when croissant met doughnut and spawned a sugary lovechild then never fear, the cronut craze isn't over yet. Luckily for you, there are also...

If we told you that you could get Kelly Brook’s bod in 4 minutes you’d probably think we were lying right? What about if we told you that that same 4 minutes could see you burn...

Yeah we get it, everyone LOVES a burger, but seriously guys, lets not forget about sausages eh? As of this week, it's time to put our foodie focus firmly back on the frankfurter...

If, like us, you can’t remember life before the Great British Bake Off, don’t worry, we’ve found a way struggling through the impending months of mundanity – Great British Bake...

You might assume that the idea that women should vote, work, or have rights is, you know, obvious - but think again. If you really want to know how much of a sexist place the...

Ever since late Sunday night, Downton Abbey has hit the headlines. Around 10 million viewers were shocked as living room favourite, Lady’s maid Anna May Bates (Joanne Froggatt)...