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Diet over the festive season
The festive season is a time when we get together with family and friends, and often have more social gatherings than at other times of…
22 Dec 2009
Improving your diet
The beginning of the New Year is a time when many people resolve to improve aspects of their health and lifestyle. Many will resolve to…
22 Dec 2009
Energy Expenditure: How the Body Burns Calories
The human body converts the food consumed by the individual into energy. Energy produced from food in the human body is used to maintain the…
18 Aug 2009
How much weight to gain during pregnancy
Added weight during pregnancy results from the growing baby, the amniotic fluid and placenta which surround and protect the foetus, additional fat stores, growing breast…
22 Jul 2009
Physical Exercise and Eye Health
The role of exercise in protecting eye health is relatively unknown in the general population and scientific studies. However, available evidence suggests that regular physical…
15 Jul 2009
Effect of Diet on Sperm
Unhealthy eating patterns, including excessive total calorie intake and excessive fat and sugar intake, are associated with sub-optimal sperm production and/or infertility in men.
18 Jun 2009
Heart health: Dr Joe
Keeping a healthy heart by quitting smoking and healthy eating reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases like heart attack and high blood pressure.
05 May 2009
Mediterranean diet
A Mediterranean diet is a diet based on plant foods. It is high in N-3 fatty acids, antioxidants and phytochemicals. Fat intake under the Mediterranean…
01 Oct 2008
Metabolic Syndrome and Diet
Metabolic syndrome is a prediabetes condition that causes cardiovascular disease. Healthy eating of a diabetic diet prevents progression to diabetes.
28 Aug 2008
