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How to Keep Healthy while in Isolation
Being in isolation is an unfamiliar experience for most people, and it can be really tough for some. First, know that you’re doing the right thing. You’re not only protecting the community this way, but you’re also helping those people who are at a higher risk of developing a severe illness from COVID-19 and all the health and other frontline workers who have been working tirelessly to protect us.
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Seven-point Plan to Beat Winter Weight Gain
Weight gain is a common problem for most people during winter. From vitamin D deficiency to reduced body temperature, there are several potential factors that may contribute to this. While it’s deemed quite normal to gain winter weight, there are simple measures we can take to prevent this and get through winter in a healthy manner.
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How to Shed Festive Weight the Healthy Way
The holidays are always a good excuse to overindulge. You might have had a few extra shortbread cookies or Lindt chocolates, but that’s no reason to beat yourself up. As long as an occasional splurge doesn’t become a repeated excuse, you should be fine.
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Getting summer-ready with portion and calorie controlled meals
Counting calories and controlling portion sizes have long been the calling cards of restrictive diets for those wanting to lose weight ahead of the summer and holiday season.
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National Stroke Week: Let’s all become stroke aware
The World Health Organisation estimates that there are at least 62 million stroke survivors around the world. With these statistics, it’s likely that you, or someone you know, have has been personally affected by stroke.
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How to get your health and budget back on track in the New Year
The holiday season is a great time for enjoying entertainment, recreation and time with family and friends. After the busyness of the festive period begins to settle down, however, the distractions of family, fun and food fade away and we return to our regular routines.
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Making change happen now
Looking back at 2019, it has proven to be a disastrous year with regards to droughts and bush fires causing such destruction and hardship for so many. Our farmers are leaving the land in droves and food prices, as a result, are going through the roof. Water restrictions are being put in place, Victoria has been declared a State of Disaster and NSW a State of Emergency. An unprecedented number of lives has been lost, and there is a widely reported estimate that close to a billion animals have perished as a result of the devastating fires.
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National diabetes week kicks off 14th July
National diabetes week is a great platform for creating awareness for the disease and to start conversations about it. We’d like to take this opportunity to discuss ‘Hypos’ and what they mean to those living with diabetes and what you can do as a friend or family member to help someone through one as they usually happen when least expected.
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Winter is well and truly here
This time of year, we all notice the drop-in temperature and start to crave different taste sensations and warm, hearty meals. It’s also the time of year where we like to hibernate a little and not have to go grocery shopping as often or duck out for ‘one or two’ ingredients we need to make the dish we had in mind to satisfy our hankerings.
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A women’s heart
Are you aware that this week is Heart Week? There is a lot of speculation surrounding the topic of heart disease, and much of it is far from the truth, however, knowing some of the actual facts now will help you, and other women in your family and friendship circles, prevent contracting this deadly condition in the future.
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