Concept Nutrition: Weight Management & Health
Live a healthy life you love – a Dietitian's Contribution
Posted in Blood Pressure, Cancer, Cholesterol, Diabetes, General, Glycaemic Index, Heart Disease, Hypertension on Mar 31st, 2009
This article is about lifestyle medicine and its role in mainstream medicine in the prevention of chronic degenerative disease like hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, erectile dysfunction, arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease, cancers and dyslipidaemia.
Posted in Blood Pressure, Cancer, Cholesterol, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Hypertension, Insulin Sensitivity on Dec 16th, 2008
The article shows you the 5 simple changes that may just save you from some of the most common life-threatening diseases.
Posted in Blood Pressure, Cancer, Cholesterol, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Hypertension, Insulin Sensitivity, Stroke on Dec 10th, 2008
In this article, I will share with you the ten simple rules to look and feel the best you have ever felt in your life! There is no reason why you cannot have it all. Weight management should not be an exercise in extreme denial and severe punishment. Banish all thoughts of lack and embrace [...]
Posted in Cholesterol, Heart Disease on Nov 25th, 2008
Most people are looking to cut down on foods that increase their cholesterol – and rightly so! But how about adding some foods in your diet that can actually reduce your cholesterol? In this article I will show you what they are and give you some scientific background on how they were discovered and how they work.
Posted in Diabetes, Glycaemic Index, Heart Disease, Insulin Sensitivity on Nov 25th, 2008
The underlying cause of Polycystic Ovarian Disease is insulin resistance. This is a condition in which the body resists the action of the hormone insulin (this hormone is produced by the pancreas which resides near the stomach). Did you know that PCOS afflicts one in four women in developed nations? This article is about PCOS [...]
Posted in Heart Disease, Insulin Sensitivity on Nov 23rd, 2008
Large prospective studies have linked alcohol consumption with lower risk of metabolic syndrome particularly heart disease and type 2 diabetes (also known as mature onset diabetes or non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitis). Mechanisms underlying this marvelous protective effect are unclear but it has been suggested that alcohol could raise good blood fats (HDL-cholesterol), thin the blood [...]
Posted in Heart Disease on Nov 22nd, 2008
Recent interest in the potential of omega-3 fatty acids to reduce inflammation and cardiovascular disease risk has spawned a negative view of omega-6 fatty acids. For some reason, it was thought that omega-6 fatty acids had the potential to out compete omega-3 fatty acids and displaced their beneficial effects. This hypothesis has now been proven [...]
Posted in Blood Pressure, Heart Disease, Hypertension, Stroke on Oct 28th, 2008
In 2007, Asaria P et al. published in the Lancet proclaiming the bold statement that “Reductions in dietary salt consumption have greater potential to avert death and disability than stopping smoking!” What a verdict for a major research project! Of course this conclusion is drawn from the assumption that salt is a health issue that [...]
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