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Our purpose is to help members (and our community) live healthier lives - by staying physically active, eating healthy and having a deeper knowledge of their physical wellness through every stage of life. Our healthy lifestyle experts provide exercise tips, recipe inspiration ideas and wellbeing advice to help you move, eat, and feel better.

Top 10 Nutrition Tips for a Healthy Heart

Top 10 Nutrition Tips for a Healthy Heart

Jaime Rose Chambers
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It has long been recognised that there is a strong link between what we eat and the health of our heart, but traditional guidelines could be hard to follow as they weren’t practical. Recently, the guidelines have shifted to focus on overall eating patterns rather than individual foods and nutrients. It also considers the practical aspects of eating such as our environment, as people are commonly eating outside of the home. As a heart healthy diet is a healthy diet for everyone at every stage in their life, these tips can benefit most of us. 
Category:Nutrition, Healthy Living, Heart Health
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Hospital Cover

No one wants to go to hospital, but if the worst happens, having Hospital cover can make a stressful experience easier and more comfortable. You may be thinking, “But why do I need private health insurance when we can have the public health system, Medicare?” Well, there’s a number of reasons why private hospital insurance is a better option than relying solely on the public system – one of the most important one being that your policy allows you to choose your own hospital and treating doctor. Plus, you’ll typically have a much shorter wait time for any elective surgeries that you may need in the future.

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Happy (Healthy) Halloween

Happy (Healthy) Halloween

HIF Australia
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Happy Halloween weekend! Whether you're attending a costume party or trick-or-treating with the kids, we hope you have a spook-tacular day! And speaking of your little ones, here's some quick and easy ways to inject a fun dose of 'healthy' into Halloween...

Category:Recipes
Feel Good Foods

Feel Good Foods

Rosie Mansfield
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Feeling low? It’s time to use food as medicine. According to nutritionist expert, Rosie Mansfield, "Good nutrition can provide nutrients that can calm the mind and body whilst also increasing energy and stabilizing your mood. A really smart move is to adjust your diet to one that is supporting your nervous system and not stimulating it. The foods we should commit to reducing include caffeine, alcohol, sugar, high glycemic carbohydrates and fried foods. But don’t worry there are a plethora of delicious foods you can easily add to your diet to soothe an excitable nervous system. Remember, you are what you eat." In her latest article for HIF, Rosie delves in the foods that will improve your mood, energy and overall health. 

Category:Nutrition, Mental Health
Most Common Injuries for Gen Y. Is There a Trend?

Most Common Injuries for Gen Y. Is There a Trend?

Em Batger
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Gen Y’s – have you ever wondered what the most common sporting injuries are for your generation? According to HIF’s new physio guru Em Batger from Active RX Physio, "Recently I’ve started to notice a consistent flow of Gen Y gym goer’s who are engaged in high intensity exercise and it’s wreaking havoc with their hips and shoulders." So with this in mind, we caught up with Em to discuss how each injury is occurring and what we can do to help stop it.  

Category:Fitness, Physiotherapy, Injury and Rehabilitation
Easy Tuna Salad

Easy Tuna Salad

Helen Schofield
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Do you need an easy healthy and delicious salad that will have you making it week after week? HIF foodie Helen, shares her go to easy tuna salad, with ingredients you will nearly always have in the fridge. We know you won’t be disappointed.

Category:Recipes
Fitness in the Workplace

Fitness in the Workplace

Matt Fuller
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Ever thought about the consequences of being sedentary at work and what you can do it change it? According to HIF fitness guru Matt Fuller, “The ramifications of being sedentary at work for such long periods of time, can cause office workers to suffer from a myriad of ailments”. With this in mind, Matt shares is top tips to ensure you’re up and moving around the office.

Category:Fitness
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