What is the cause of our rising obesity rates – is it junk food and sugary drinks, or overeating generally and lack of exercise? Or is there a deeper reason – our relationship to eating and exercise?
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Since 1980 obesity has doubled worldwide, with about 13% of the global population now registering as obese, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). It is estimated that being overweight or obese is responsible for 5% of global mortality, and physical inactivity is rising. In addition, being overweight is a contributing factor in non-communicable diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer, and these have all risen exponentially over the last 20-30 years.
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The words we use carry meaning. It may take only one word or a single conversation to tip the balance from trust to distrust. Be mindful of your conversations and the emotional content you bring – either pain or pleasure……Are you sending friend or foe messages? Remember the words we use in our conversations are rarely neutral.
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The theory of which Chinese Medicine is based on is many thousands of years old and can still be applied today, because we as humans have not really changed. Our environment has changed but our body-mind system has not changed.
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As I deliver my presentations about Stress, entitled ‘Head Re-conditioning,’ I am continually reminded that the world in general thinks of stress as something that is happening to them from their outside circumstances. Their boss, their family, the juggling of life. However stress is actually the response in your body to all sorts of things including your thoughts, beliefs and reactions to both the external and internal stressors.
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Have you ever wondered what happened to that delicious lunch you ate? Or have you considered how amazing your body is, that it is able to take the essential nutrients it needs from your lunch, digest it and absorb it into your blood stream and the cells throughout your body. AMAZING! Find Out My Top Ten Tips for your digestion....
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One of the common complaints I get from my patients is that their doctor has diagnosed Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis or sub-clinical or clinical hypothyroid and popped them onto medication with little advice as to what could have caused the issue in the first place and what else they can do to manage or even reverse the condition.This article aims to provide this information. By arming you with the most probable causes you will be better equipped to reduce the symptoms and prevent further (or any) thy
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Historically we have seen the impulsiveness of an adolescent both hated & applauded, their emotional unpredictability scoffed at and praised, and their vitality has been mocked or resented – so what is it that makes our teenage years so enigmatic??? – I think TRANSFORMATION!!
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We are seeing a growing problem with the many spectrums of behavioural troubles in our kids in the Western World. Many are intrigued as to why this may be? Blame is placed on vaccines, antibiotics, chemical exposure; but there are much simpler places to look in our own homes before we look abroad. Here are some simple starting places to look that will affect your child's behaviour...
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Exercise can be one of the most important contributors to your health. We know this, it is in the media everywhere. But just like the food you put in your mouth, there is no “one fit” model to follow. Something that may boost the cardiovascular health of one person, may cause the next to drop dead of the very thing that the exercise was meant to prevent! Morbid but true!
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