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Learn how to be a healthier version of yourself with our free advice.
Learn how to be a healthier version of yourself with our free advice.
Breastfeeding is a privilege, but not one that comes without trials, tribulations and no end of well-meaning advice from friends, family and popular media. It can be difficult to tease out what is fact and what is fiction, particularly when your brain is muddled from lack of sleep. Let me break-down a few of the most discussed topics for you.
It’s that hot and sticky time of the year again. You may be competing in one of the many summer season sporting events or you may be training through the hot season for an event later in the year. Keeping yourself well-hydrated in the hot weather and high humidity is particularly important for your training and competition performance.
1. Planning ahead
It mightened seem obvious but writing a food and gear list is essential – it was something Sir Edmund Hillary excelled at:
- make a list for each day of all the meals required and the food you need to take. What cooking gear do you need?
- how many mouths are you catering for?
What is coeliac disease and what are the symptoms?
Coeliac disease is a permanent intestinal intolerance to dietary gluten, a protein found in some plants. It induces an autoimmune reaction in the lining of the small bowel which causes villous atrophy (flattening of the mucosa). Everyone is different, common symptoms can include stomach and joint pain, tiredness, vomiting or diarrhoea.
Training for the Hamilton Half Marathon and Auckland Marathon has begun! Here's some helpful advice on fuelling yourself to get the most out of your training.
Planning and actively delivering on healthy family food is part of good parenting and bringing up our children. Setting an example is really important. Setting expectations about what is normal food to provide to share with others as part of social engagement is really important.
Do your New Years resolutions include a healthier you? Here are ten practical tips for living healthier in the holiday period and the new year.
Young children joining weight-loss schemes but experts believe it's no solution.
There has been much said, written, posted and filmed about sugar. Products labelled ‘lite’ or ‘light’ may have extra sugar added when the fat content is reduced. That Sugar Film was brilliant in raising our overall awareness of sugar that is contained in processed foods. But what about milk?