Live a healthy life you love - a Dietitian’s Contribution
Jun 2nd, 2009 by Giselle
Are you looking for a powerful fat fighter? How about a magic bullet to increase insulin sensitivity? Want to lose weight and keep it off permanently? Prioritise exercise in your life and make exercise a habit! Approach it with the most unwavering commitment you can muster and you will reap huge dividends. This article examines intentional exercise and how to sustain it.
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Now that we have listed the payoffs that feed the negative behaviour in our lives, let’s get present to the impact of these payoffs. As discussed previously, weight gain is not something that happens in an instant, it takes perhaps year or more to put on 25% of your body weight. It takes special commitment to behave our way into being consistently big. This article examines the impact of our desperate commitment to our short term toxic payoffs.
(3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Apr 27th, 2009 by Giselle
Have you struggled with managing your weight most of your adult life? If the answer is “yes”, it might be time to get honest with yourself and have a look at some of your actions that are leading to being overweight or obese. Take a “fly on the wall” view of your life and audit your behaviour. This article examines your bad habits and why they persist. Read on to find why you repeatedly do them.
(7 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Apr 27th, 2009 by Giselle
Eating cues in your internal and external environment serve as powerful triggers to eat. Research has shown that overweight individuals are more vulnerable to these cues than their thin counterparts. If you eat only from physiological hunger, you are most probably slender and fit. If you eat from psychological hunger, you will most probably be overweight or obese. Read on to find out how to render psychological “eating cues” powerless.
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We are living longer, thanks to medical advances. However, we are getting sicker earlier and staying sick longer. Read on to find out why.
(7 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Mar 31st, 2009 by Giselle
I recently attended the Australian Lifestyle Medicine Conference organised by the Australian Lifestyle Medicine Association. This article examines the hot conference topic - “low-level systemic inflammation” and its astounding link to chronic degenerative diseases like heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, cancers, Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis and high cholesterol levels!
(3 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5) Loading ...Mar 5th, 2009 by Giselle
This article examines how premature aging occurs and how tucking into certain groups of vegetables daily could be your powerful elixir of youth! Read on to get your list of anti-aging foods.
(7 votes, average: 4.71 out of 5) Loading ...Feb 10th, 2009 by Giselle
They say you are what you think. In that context, one can safely say that changing one’s thinking leads to changing in one’s weight. For successful weight management, we have to first get our thinking right. In this article, I will examine the power of some of our thought patterns and how to overcome negative ones.
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Metabolic syndrome - also known as ‘syndrome X’ or insulin resistance is the epidemic of the 21st century. Lifestyle changes and weight loss are the first lines of defense to enhance insulin sensitivity. Find out how simple but effective dietary changes can stall disease progress.
(9 votes, average: 4.56 out of 5) Loading ...Dec 20th, 2008 by Giselle
Do you have diabetes? Have you been prescribed medication to help manage your blood sugar levels? Are you wondering about all the options that are available to you and their side effects? If the answer is ‘yes’ then this article is for you!
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I am an Accredited Practising Dietitian, operating in Epping / Sydney, Australia. On this site I share with you my latest thoughts, lessons learnt and resources for leading a long and healthy life.
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