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Gestational diabetes

Health: The Pulse - 14/08/2008

Gestational diabetes - pre-diabetes in pregnancy - is on the rise, increasing a woman's risk of subsequent diabetes.

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  • Vitamins: who needs them?
    Taking vitamin supplements can be useful – but which ones and when?
    Healthy Living Broadband 29 July 2008
  • Beating tiredness
    Effective treatments for tiredness could be closer to hand than you realise.
    Healthy Living Broadband 22 July 2008
  • How to eat more vegies
    Getting more vegies into your day isn't as hard as you think.
    Healthy Living Broadband 08 July 2008
  • The best way to burn fat
    Finding the 'best' exercise to burn fat is less important than keeping at it.
    Healthy Living Broadband 24 June 2008
  • The winter fitness survival guide
    Does your fitness routine go into hibernation during the colder months? It doesn't have to: there are plenty of ways to stay active and prevent weight gain during winter.
    Health: Features 24 June 2008
  • Joining the 100 club
    Forget the baby boom, the fastest growing age segment in Australia's population is those aged 100 and over. How can you make it - and in good health?
    Health: The Pulse 19 June 2008

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Butter or margarine: which is better when it comes to fat?

Butter - it's all natural and therefore healthier
Margarine - it has less saturated fat and that's all that matters
Margarine - most margarines have less saturated fat and no synthetic trans-fats

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