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-+*The other night I got confirmation that a couple of my friends from Sydney had booked their flights to Adelaide for my birthday. I was having a grumpy night and it was the perfect pick me up as it’s been over a year since I’ve seen them. Friendships like these are hard to come by,…

-+* For all people, exercise is an essential element of a healthy lifestyle. Without a daily dose of exercise all people risk the problems of heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure. More and more evidence is coming to the fore about how our lifestyles in front of a computer screen are causing many health problems,…

-+*Earlier this month we shared a thread in Diabetes and Food – let’s celebrate it! on what people’s favourite sauces were. There were some awesome ideas presented by our members on how to swap some of the more processed sauces for lower sodium/fat/sugar varieties and some great ideas for fresh, homemade options. I thought we’d…

-+*Today I am talking about dealing with diabetes and all that follows. There’s lots of words for it – acceptance and adjustment being two of the most common ones, but what we are talking about here is being able to deal with the fact you have diabetes, and get on with your life. It is…

-+*Forxiga is a relatively new prescription medicine used with diet, exercise and sometimes other medicines such as metformin or insulin to help manage the levels of blood glucose in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Type 2 diabetes mellitus Type 2 diabetes is the condition of having high levels of blood glucose (hyperglycaemia). This is…