Diabetes is the fastest growing health problem in the world today. Linked with obesity it can cause all kinds of problems including heart disease, amputations and eventually death. Let’s talk below about type 2 Diabetes. This is predominantly because of today’s western diet which I will elaborate more on now. IN THE EARLY DAYS In […]
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Obesity is on the rise in Australia still! Even with all of the education out there informing people of the dangers of being overweight and obese. In August this year there were figures released on just how bad this is now….. 63.4% of Australian adults (11.2 million!) are overweight or obese, 10% are severely obese. […]
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This type of diet, and there are many versions of them, have been widely promoted as a “quick” way to lose weight through eating 30%-50%, if not more, of your daily calories from protein sources. Whilst this way of eating does help you lose weight quickly, there are many dangers associated with this form of […]
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Lifting weights isn’t just for the young, or people wanting to look “buff” or sports people. Lifting weights should happen at any age, especially as you start to get older. As you get older everyday activities are more difficult, muscle mass is lost, changes in your body occur which sometimes makes things more difficult and […]
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Coconut used to be considered a tropical luxury – only available miles upon miles away from your nearest grocery store. But nowadays, store shelves from New York to London are packed with coconut products. There’s coconut water, oil, sugar, milk and yogurt – and the list of foods containing coconut as an ingredient goes on […]
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Benefits of apples Eating an apple a day slashes the risk of dying early by 35 per cent, a study has found. Women who ate more than 100 grams of the fruit each day – one small apple – were likely to have a longer life expectancy than those who didn’t. Researchers at the University […]
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There are equations out there that tell you to work at a certain heart rate to achieve certain results, such as, working at 50% of your maximum heart rate will make you burn more fat. This is way too broad. Let’s take a marathon runner – a 30 year old marathon runner’s max heart rate […]
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I’ve been saying it for years but now a study has been done and scientists have come up with the conclusion that Regular exercise is the best way to treat back pain. The study has shown that stretching, muscle exercises and stamina training are far more successful at tackling lower back pain than other treatments. […]
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