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Nutrition

Types of hunger and how to manage them

Shani Shaker

May 1, 2016

How you think about food and respond to hunger and cravings affects your diet and overall health. As babies we eat intuitively but years of advertising, imposed meal times, food-based celebrations, comfort eating and dieting ...

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5 common nutrition mistakes that keep us overweight and sick

Shani Shaker

May 1, 2016

Unfortunately, there’s a lot of misinformation and confusion when it comes to nutrition. Here are 5 common nutrition mistakes that keep us overweight and sick: Eating fat makes you fat This myth is based ...

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Nutrition

Understanding your food Cravings

Shani Shaker

May 1, 2016

Popular culture is littered with examples of characters on the rampage for food. Cookie Monster spends his days stuffing his face with any cookie he can get his shaking hands on, Shaggy and Scooby regularly ...

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Keep bugs at bay

Shani Shaker

January 6, 2016

Tips to keep your immune system up and bugs at bay The common cold, including chest cold and head cold, and seasonal flu are caused by viruses, whether you succumb to a virus depends on the ...

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Deprivation doesn’t work

Shani Shaker

August 25, 2015

Counting calories and faddy diets are generally unsustainable, especially with today’s hectic lifestyles as they lead to a sense of deprivation, so within weeks, most of us fall off the wagon and invariably feel worse ...

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Foods that accelerate ageing

Shani Shaker

August 25, 2015

As a rule I wouldn’t advise avoiding any foods, but there are foods that, if consumed frequently, accelerate ageing. Sugar attaches itself to collagen, and trans-fats found in fast and packaged foods clog cell walls, ...

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What can we do about comfort eating?

Shani Shaker

August 25, 2015

How we think about food and respond to hunger and cravings affects our diet and overall health. As babies we eat intuitively but years of advertising, imposed meal times, food-based celebrations, comfort eating and dieting ...

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Eat to beat stress

Shani Shaker

July 16, 2015

Can you eat yourself calm? You’d be surprised. Here are 5 key changes that can make a big difference: Eat a low GL diet Anxiety is associated with raised levels of stress hormones adrenaline ...

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Your Healthy Living April 2015

Shani Shaker

May 27, 2015

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