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2-4 weeks to healthier blood pressure Today I continue my occasional series of articles which compares and contrasts lifestyles and eating patterns which promote good health.  This one is a bit different as it isn’t an eating pattern typically found in a region somewhere in the world, it is about a way of eating developed

10 ways to stay fit during Winter With our Winter months fast approaching the weather has finally started to feel cold.  In Brisbane, where I live, we have had our warmest Summer and Autumn for many years, so it’s nice to feel the tingle of coolness without having to put the air con on.  But how

How to gain confidence in making change for better health & wellbeing Sometimes we notice a problem about our health or wellbeing, but we aren’t ready to do anything about it – we act like ostriches, until something else sparks us to act or intervenes. What actually makes us make changes?  Our personal life philosophy

Live and eat like an Okinawan The traditional eating pattern of people from the Japanese island of Okinawa from the Ryukyu Island group is believed to have given its inhabitants one of the longest life expectancies in the world and low rates of lifestyle diseases like heart disease and some cancers.  It’s one of the

Controversy with coriander Coriander is a flavour which will divide a room – some people love to eat it while others love to hate it.  I used to not like it but now I can’t get enough of it – weird, eh? The herb we know as coriander has the botanic name Coriandrum sativum, while the name

3 steps to an effective warm up How often have you arrived at your exercise class, PT session or sports training just in the nick of time – or 5 minutes late – and launched yourself enthusiastically into whatever everyone else is doing?  It could be a recipe for disaster – a torn muscle or a pulled tendon. 

So… what is a healthy lifestyle? What does ‘healthy lifestyle’ mean to you?  I asked a few people what they thought a healthy lifestyle was.  These are some of their answers: My thoughts of what a healthy lifestyle is My own thoughts on what healthy lifestyle is, and what scientific research seems to be pointing towards,

The pros and cons of rapid weight loss I was reading in the media today how athletes in some sports cut weight rapidly to reach a target weight for pre-competition weigh ins.  Some will lose between 5-10% of their body weight in the days before a competition which has resulted in deaths! To me – someone

7 easy ways to include nuts in your everyday eating When I was a kid nuts were kept for special times – expensive cashews were served at Christmas time while salted peanuts were eaten by adults at barbies.  Nowadays a wide range of nuts are available at reasonable prices so we can use them in our

Easy ways to get more activity in your day We all know we should exercise most days and we all know we should walk at least 10,000 steps each day.  But do we do it?  Not always, maybe, sometimes, never, everyday – everyone gives me a different answer.  But how much incidental activity do you get? Inci-what?