Based on my experience at the gym, I can tell you that there is a large number of people who realize around April that bathing suit season is quickly approaching. The gyms fill up for about three months with people hustling to lose their winter weight then dies back down again when summer hits. These are also the same people whose cookware has dust on it in the summer time because they are never around to cook at home. Fair enough, I understand first hand that summer is a busy time. I have to ask you though, why work so hard for those three months to achieve moderately good results, when you can maintain this summer slim down all year round? The results you receive will be far better then moderate I assure you that.

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Reported this week on the Guardian website.

A doctor says you put your health - particularly your child’s health at risk if you buy drugs online.

Dr Nadeem Afzal, a consultant pediatrician at Southampton General hospital carried out an investigation of medicines for sale on eBay for common gut complaints such as constipation, diarrhea, colic and abdominal pain.

He found that 53% of the 186 gastrointestinal drugs on offer were advertised for children. One of these, Infacol for colic, was being sold with a broken seal and the description ‘slightly used’.

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Being in the complimentary health business is a very rewarding and satisfying area to work in. We all have a body and we all have the ability to look after and nurture our body but what I notice, through my work, is how people can become distanced from their real physical needs and lose touch with their body.

I do a range of treatments that hopefully can offer something suitable to a broad spectrum of people. The majority of my work is massage in the form of Aromatherapy, Hot Stone Treatments and also Indian Head Massage. I am also a practitioner of The Bowen Technique, which is a very light touch therapy that has a profound effect on a whole range of conditions from neck and back pain, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, asthma, migraine, constipation and lots more. It triggers or prompts the body’s own healing abilities in a subtle way that helps the body ‘to heal itself’. I also offer Reiki treatments – this works with our energy field and harnesses ‘Universal Energy’ to restore and rebalance our body.

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Vegetables are amazing foods, not only are they jam packed with vitamins, minerals, fibre and antioxidants, but they are also rich in a particular type of nutrient called ‘phytochemicals’ which are specific to plant foods. These fascinating protective plant compounds have a health enhancing effect and help to protect us against a number of diseases such as heart disease and cancer just like they help to protect the plant from disease. Hundreds of different phytochemicals have been discovered in plant foods and are responsible for giving plants their colour, flavour and smell.

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In recent years there has been a proliferation of information that has been made available to readers concerning recommended calorific dietary requirements and associated indices such as the BMI index.

As consumers we have access to food contents, sugars and so on. It has never been easier to budget our calorific intake! So why it that some of us are having trouble in achieving is targeted goals we often employ with our dietary requirements?

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Over the last few years there have been dramatic increases in the understanding of how cancer operates at a cellular level. There are now moves towards a more intelligent way of dealing with cancer that work with the body, and a gradual shift away from the toxicity of therapies like chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

This greater understanding has, in some quarters, changed the concept of what cancer actually is. A recent scientific paper suggests that a tumour has a lot of similarities to a wound, and has been likened to ‘a wound that doesn’t heal’. A wound induces rapid growth but then switches off the growth when the wound has healed – in cancer that ‘off switch’ fails.

We do know that a diet high in fresh fruit and vegetables can greatly reduce our chances of getting cancer, and also, being overweight can increase our chances of getting cancer. What has been missing up until now has been the fine detail of the processes involved.

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It’s official – Diet Debate is pleased to announce the launch of its brand new Health Blog. Covering a varied and growing number of health related subjects, the Diet Debate Health Blog aims to uncover and educate readers on various issues that contribute to and support the process of dieting and weight loss.

Whether you want to learn more about Food and Nutrition, Exercise and Fitness or Body and Mind, our new Health Blog will gradually grow to provide a concise yet straightforward resource written by industry professionals and specialist journalists.

Our first month of publications provide an in depth look at the connection between Nutrition and Cancer, the Power of Vegetables and Getting to Know Your Body through the principles of Massage.

As well as our contributions from industry specialists we have a growing number of dedicated health journalists; each eager to bring you the very latest in current health news.

As with the development of the entire Diet Debate website, we want our new Health Blog to be a truly useful resource. If you have any suggestions or feedback, get in touch via our contact page – we’d love to hear from you, especially if you’ve got some recommendations or ideas for future articles.

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