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Health: Library - 25 April 2007
What is a balanced diet? Dietitian Sharon Natoli explains the basics of good nutrition.
Health: Library - 23 April 2007
Dietitian Sharon Natoli explains how to spot the difference between a healthy meal and a health hazard.
Health: Library - 25 September 2006
Symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, include constipation, diarrhoea (sometimes alternating), and abdominal pain.
Health: Library - 03 August 2006
Cholesterol is essential in the body, but too much of the wrong kind of cholesterol increases your risk of heart disease. How do you keep your cholesterol levels healthy?
Health: Library - 27 April 2006
Caffeine is our favourite legal drug and the world's most popular drink. What does it do to your body, and how much is too much?
Health: Library - 09 December 2004
Many of us are anxious about our weight, but for people with eating disorders, dieting becomes dysfunctional, even dangerous.
Health: Library - 19 December 2002
Diabetes occurs when something interferes with the action of the hormone insulin, which controls blood sugar levels. In Type 1 diabetes, the body does not make enough insulin. In Type 2, it doesn't work properly.
Health: The Pulse - 14 August 2008
Gestational diabetes - pre-diabetes in pregnancy - is on the rise, increasing a woman's risk of subsequent diabetes.
Health Minutes - 11 August 2008
Where you get your iron from might make a difference to your health. That's the implication of a multinational study comparing diet to blood pressure.
Health Minutes - 11 August 2008
An Israeli trial has compared three diets: a traditional-low fat/low-calorie diet, a reduced-calorie Mediterranean diet, and a low-carb diet.
Health: Talking Health - 06 August 2008
Are you a butter or margarine person?
Health: Healthy Living - 22 July 2008
Effective treatments for tiredness could be closer to hand than you realise.
Health: Healthy Living - 08 July 2008
Getting more vegies into your day isn't as hard as you think.
Health: Features - 24 June 2008
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 Minutes - 23 June 2008
A study in Spain has found that people who stick closely to the Mediterranean diet have a lower chance of type 2 diabetes.
Health: The Pulse - 19 June 2008
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: Healthy Living - 27 May 2008
Go on have an egg; it's not the dietary evil we once thought.
Health: Talking Health - 14 May 2008
Do you ever use the 'health' argument to justify your chocolate consumption?
Health Minutes - 29 April 2008
A review of the available evidence from weight loss trials shows it's possible to get weight off and keep it off.
Health: The Pulse - 10 April 2008
Spiralling food prices, fuelled in part by climate change, may pressure us into changing our diet -- perhaps for the better.
Health Minutes - 02 April 2008
Soy may help heart disease and cancer, but the evidence is patchy - and bingeing on it may do more harm than good.
Health Minutes - 02 April 2008
Losing weight is hard; keeping it off is harder still. Can it be done, and how? US researchers compared some strategies.
Health: The Pulse - 27 March 2008
If you're going to use raw eggs to make mayonnaise, sauces, salad dressings or ice cream, take care lest you poison your guests, say food regulators.
Health: Talking Health - 19 March 2008
Do you chomp on carrots to keep night blindness at bay?
Health: The Pulse - 06 March 2008
Australian researchers say probiotics can help some common bowel conditions. But how do you know what you're buying?
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