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‘I have maintained an 18kg weight loss’

I lost 18 kilos two years ago on a low-carb diet. The surprise is that I have maintained this weight loss — I have been dieting since I was 13-years-old, now I’m 53. It is the first time in my life I have achieved this. I am very proud of myself and even though people […]
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Red Cross Calling supporters Sabrina Houssami and Abang Othow

Red Cross Calling

By Annette Campbell Every day, the Australian Red Cross goes to the aid of people in need but this month, the Red Cross needs you. Throughout March, an event named Red Cross Calling will run and, it represents the organisation’s major appeal for funds. During Red Cross Calling this year, 150,000 Australian Red Cross volunteers […]
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What do you know about diabetes?

What do you know about diabetes?

By Annette Campbell This April, feel free to chomp, munch, chew and enjoy any of your favourite meals, all for a great cause — the fifth annual ‘Great Australian Bite’, to raise money and awareness for diabetes. According to Diabetes Australia, more than three million Australians have diabetes or pre-diabetes. While family history does play […]
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Motor neurone disease

Motor neurone disease

By Annette Campbell Motor neurone disease (MND) is the name given to a group of diseases in which the motor neurones (nerve cells which control the movement of voluntary muscles, including the muscles of the trunk, limbs, speech, swallowing and breathing) die. Every day, at least one Australian is diagnosed with this debilitating condition, and […]
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Japanese diet secrets

Japanese diet secrets

Returning to her roots was the answer for the author of Japanese Women Don’t Get Old Or Fat. Why is it that the people of Japan live longer than those of any other country, obesity is virtually non-existent and the women look many years younger than they really are? According to husband-and-wife team Naomi Moriyama […]
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Judy Davie

Step-by-step guide to reading food labels

**I feel a bit stupid asking this question; I know we’re meant to eat less fat, sugar, salt and less kilojoules to lose weight, but I don’t really know what I should be looking for on food labels to work out what’s good or bad. How much sugar is a lot and how do you […]
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Celebrity diets under the microscope — part 2

If one of your resolutions is to get into shape, here’s part two of our review of the latest diet and food fads. Low-carbs foods There are many new products on the supermarket shelves labeled ‘low-carb’ but, unlike terms like ‘low-fat’, it’s interesting to note that there is no formal standard on what a low-carb […]
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