5 Tips to Help Prevent Diabetes
Diabetes is one of the fastest growing health threats of our times and an urgent public health issue.
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Diabetes is one of the fastest growing health threats of our times and an urgent public health issue.
Know Your Numbers – Diabetes It is expected that by 2030 approximately 4.6 million people in England with have diabetes (both diagnosed and undiagnosed). Monitoring your weight and knowing how much you should weight is important, but the only way of knowing if you have diabetes is by having a blood glucose test. Having high…
5 Tips for Lowering Blood Pressure Having an unhealthy lifestyle can raise your blood pressure over time. Suffering with high blood pressure, increases your risk of having a stroke or heart attack in the future. If your blood pressure is too high your doctor will prescribe medication and review this regularly. However you can make…
There are two main types of fat in our diet, saturated and unsaturated. Cholesterol builds up in the walls of the blood vessels if you eat too much saturated fat, this can stop or slow the flow of blood to your heart, brain and rest of your body. To lower cholesterol levels it is important…
Broadly speaking, stress is a challenge to the body or psychology, rather than a support. Although stress is a part of everyday life, how you process it and what you do to reduce the impact of everyday tensions, will determine how your body performs in the long term. Incorporate these 5 simple changes into your…
Stop running with the herd – adapt and improve your training with good nutrition! Hurling yourself into a fitness regime, whether it involves running or any other form of exercise, will not compensate for the everyday challenges to your health. It is more likely to overload your body and deplete your core energy if it…