There are 7 classes of diabetic medications commonly prescribed in Australia. This article examines the action of these drugs and their side effects. Hopefully, with this knowledge you can have a better understanding of the options available to you.
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Tags: Metabolic Syndrome
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Are you a cyclic exerciser? Do you have sporadic episodes of pushing yourself too hard on new exercise programs and burning out? Overall, you never stay on any program very long. If this sounds like you, this article is for you.
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Tags: Exercise
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Dec 24th, 2009 by Giselle

“Concept Nutrition wishes all subscribers a joyful Christmas;
And happiness and health in 2010!”
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Dec 21st, 2009 by Giselle
Do you wish you could have a celebrity cosmetic surgery and be instantly popular? Do you constantly feel vain and ashamed about your preoccupation with your appearance, exercise, eating and weight? Are your feelings so pervasive that you are tormented by them to no end? Do you also go to great lengths to hide your concerns? If you answer is ‘yes’ to any of these questions, this article is for you.
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Tags: Bariatric Surgery
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Find out how to stop sugar cravings. Are there times when you find yourself violently craving sugar? When you start eating a jelly bean, you cannot stop until the whole packet is demolished? If that is you, you have a sugar addiction. As a dietitian, I can assure you that this addiction is not unlike alcohol or drug addiction. A force much larger than you takes over and has a life of its own. Discover how to stop sugar cravings using the resources and strategies in this article!
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Tags: Blood Sugar Level, Healthy Eating, Stop Cravings
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Our environmental cues can cause us to eat far more than we need. Do you have sweets and chocolates openly displayed in glass containers or candy bowls in your living room, dining room and kitchen? Do you use trendy large plates, short wide glasses and massive serving bowls at main meals when the family sits down to eat? Do you encourage family members to go for second or third serves at mealtimes? Do you urge each other to eat more with words like, “Common let’s eat first and diet later, you live only once.” If you answer yes to any of these questions, you could be consuming way more than you realise. Read on to find out how you could engineer your environment so that you eat less.
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Today, I will share a poem that I absolutely love. This poem is about life and our view of life. According to the poem, the problems we encounter in life are merely our “lessons” in the school of life. As long as we are alive, these lessons will keep coming and even repeat if we do not learn them. They will only disappear when we get them. The light bulb moment comes when we realise that these “problems” exist mostly in our heads. And if we mindfully tune in to our inner wisdom, all the answers are there. Therefore, we can be at peace and absolutely relax because LIFE JUST IS. Life inherently has no meaning, no struggles and no stories…
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Fats have received such bad reputation that individuals attempting to lose weight quickly often try to eliminate this food group totally from their diets. Consequently, their intakes of omega 6, omega 3 fatty acids and vitamin E become marginal. Let’s find out how we can control our fats intake without compromising our intakes of these nutrients. This article examines which nuts and seeds deliver the greatest density of these nutrients and how we can make them a part of our weight management diet.
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