Posts Tagged ‘Health’

After the #party’s over: #guilt #regret #acceptance

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*+-So, the Moveable Feast of Eostre, the goddess of spring fertility, is upon us once again. It’s Easter. We have a full moon, rabbits & chickens, chocolate & sweet fruit buns with a cross baked into the top. For some religions, there are other, more sombre & deeply significant symbols associated with this part of…

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A closer D-look at Australian Dietary Guideline 3

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Delicious snacks can fit easily into Guideline 3 with a little help from your friends <3

*+-To date we’ve covered quite a few topics from our Australian Dietary Guidelines including Guideline 1 – ‘Diabetes and healthy weight with a twist’, Guideline 5 – ‘Food safety – a major consideration in the heat of the Aussie summer’, and a few from Guideline 2 – eating a wide variety from the 5 food…

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Protein and diabetes – do you get the balance right?

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*+-With diabetes it’s important that we consider all the nutrients that contain energy (macronutrients) and understand what their roles are and how to ensure that we have enough of them for our Wellbeing. Protein is one of the four macronutrients that also include carbohydrates, fats and alcohol. Also, as protein is one of the 5…

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Wonderful wholegrains help with d-management and much more

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*+-So often I refer to the Australian Dietary Guidelines, and today’s blog is no exception as I thought that Grains would be a great topic to explore as they’re so helpful for our diabetes management, weight management, avoidance of cardiovascular disease and to help us maximise nutritional requirements! I’ll first look at why grains are…

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