Nutrition

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The Role of Nutrition in Breast Cancer

The Role of Nutrition in Breast Cancer

Jaime Rose Chambers
When it comes to breast cancer, we can’t control risk factors such as genetics and age, but certain diet and lifestyle factors we can. More women these days are surviving breast cancer and research is showing that there are some specific things we can do, such as eating more plants, exercise and limiting alcohol, that may either prevent breast cancer developing, and it’s recurrence and survival after a diagnosis.  
Nutrition and Osteoporosis

Nutrition and Osteoporosis

Jaime Rose Chambers
Our bones form our physical structure, they hold us upright and keep us moving. When our body takes calcium from our bones to use in the body and doesn’t have the nutrients available from our diet to replace them, over time bone becomes brittle. This leads to osteopenia, and the more serious, osteoporosis and increases the risk of bone fractures. It’s estimated 1 million Australians have osteoporosis. We can’t reverse it but we can make some diet and lifestyle changes to stop further bone loss and potentially build back some bone.  
Alcohol and Our Health - Is there a safe drinking limit

Alcohol and Our Health - Is there a safe drinking limit

Jaime Rose Chambers
Alcohol has long been part of many cultures and is still an integral part of many celebrations and events. It’s often also abused and used in excess, at the least making you feel pretty awful, and at its worst, can be fatal to you and to others, such as from road accidents and domestic violence. After decades of research and data collection, The World Health Organisation has recently released a statement on the safest level of drinking and guidelines to keep you and others around you safe from alcohol harm. 
Hypertension and Diet

Hypertension and Diet

Jaime Rose Chambers
High blood pressure occurs when the force of blood pumping through the arteries is considered too high and puts pressure on the vessel walls. This can make you feel dizzy and give you a headache, but long term it can lead to serious health conditions like stroke, heart disease and kidney disease. Diet plays an integral role in controlled blood pressure and one of the best diets in the world, known as the DASH eating plan has been shown to be comparable with medication in helping to reduce blood pressure.  
Top 10 Nutrition Tips for a Healthy Heart

Top 10 Nutrition Tips for a Healthy Heart

Jaime Rose Chambers
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. 
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