Health & Wellbeing
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Athlete Fitness
Most people already know that inactivity leads to poor health, but too much exercise has its own set of problems. Health and fitness writer Andrew Cate looks at how to strike a healthy balance.
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Recipe Makeover
Giving your favourite family recipes a nutritional makeover can help you cut down on fat (especially the undesirable saturated type) and include more of the right carbohydrate and incorporate foods known to fight chronic diseases.
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A Gout-Prevention Guide
A study of some 47,000 male health professionals has confirmed long-standing suspects-beer and red meat-as significant factors in increasing the risk of gout.
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Nature's Pure Drop
Rather than water, too often we choose carbonated, high-sugar or caffeine-laced beverages. We also confuse thirst with hunger and eat instead.
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Medical Hotline: November 2005
James Wright
Dr James Wright looks into some medical and health related issues
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Dieting Pitfalls
Kelly James-Enger
All-or-nothing approaches to dieting don't work in the long run. Better to try something that allows success over the long term, proposes nutrition expert Kelly James-Enger.
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Kitchen Gadgets for Healthier Cooking
Healthier eating begins with the right choice of foods. How you prepare it determines how healthy it remains.
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No Butts, take control and quit smoking
Take control of your life again, and break the smoking habit with 8 ways to help you quit
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Medical Hotline: September 2005
James Wright
Many feel miserable and fear they are headed for serious depression and need treatment.
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Medical Hotline: August 2005
James Wright
Dr James Wrights answers questions relating to various medical issues
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Family Meals Matter
A regular family meal brings a thread of cohesiveness in our fast-paced society.
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Salads for Satiety
Eating a low-fat salad as your first course may significantly reduce your overall kilojoule intake during a meal, an effective strategy for weight management.
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Medical Hotline: April 2005
James Wright
Dr James Wright answers questions relating to medical issues
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Time to Tackle Obesity
Health and fitness expert Andrew Cate looks at the current and growing problem of obesity, as not so different to the smoking debate of three decades ago.
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Healthy, Not Hyper, Kids!
Is the epidemic of hyperactive and ADD kids, at least in part, the result of what we're feeding them? Quite possibly, if the experts are to be believed.
