July Diet Bytes
Weight Loss Resources dietitian Juliette Kellow uncovers the
diet and food stories to hit the headlines in the last month.
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Diet Bytes
July 2006
By WLR Dietitian
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A Fruity Way to Relieve Muscle Pain A small new study
published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has found
a potentially natural – and tasty – way to relieve sore
muscles. And that’s to drink cherry juice!
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Free Blood Pressure Testing from Tesco New research
from Tesco shows that many of us don’t know what the blood
pressure test measures or what is generally accepted as
‘normal’ blood pressure. Meanwhile, even though it’s
recommended that everyone has his or her blood pressure
checked at least once every five years, this research revealed
almost a quarter of us haven’t had it tested within this time.
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Clubbing to Shift those Pounds At last! Health experts
have finally recognised that commercial diets, including
slimming clubs, do actually help people to lose weight – and
keep it off. And better still, they agree that people are more
likely to stick to a plan and stay slim if they have
additional weight loss support such as with a club, rather
than going it alone.
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Turn Housework into a Workout According to a new survey by the Discovery Channel,
many of us find cleaning our homes ‘mentally therapeutic’
and say it helps us feel in control of our lives. However,
more than 40 percent of us believe we are addicted to
cleaning and describe ourselves as ‘cleanaholics’.
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The Simplest Way to Monitor Children's Weight... Ever! As childhood obesity continues to grow in the UK, health
experts have increasingly recommended monitoring children’s
weight, particularly throughout the school years. However,
some experts believe focusing on weight may encourage eating
problems and disorders in susceptible children.
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Breast Cancer Risk New research this month reveals that gaining weight
throughout adulthood significantly increases the risk of breast
cancer in postmenopausal women – and the more weight you gain,
the greater the risk becomes.
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Working Mums Stay Slimmer and Healthier If balancing a hectic schedule at work with children and
family life often leaves you feeling stressed out, you’ll be
pleased to hear it might actually benefit your waistline and
health.
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