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If you're dealing with illness in the family then you'll know how difficult the holiday season can be. Additional allergies or extended versions of your allergies seem to all come together and the various foods, events and alcohol plays havoc with your  health. How do you cope? Here are some ideas. Allergies - pine needles and Christmas trees can be exhausting! It's time to resort to the fake, but grand, tree. Dress it up using beautiful handmade decorations and make the ornaments the story, not the tree itself. Food allergies - you'll know what you're allergic too, but the hidden traps lie in wait at events. Milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts (walnuts, cashews, etc.), fish, shellfish, soy, or wheat are the eight foods that account for 90% of food allergies. You must speak directly to the event caterer and understand which foods they serve contain what. At worst you may have to BYO. Continue reading →

If you're dealing with illness in the family then you'll know how important peripheral heath is. Things like keeping food poisoning at bay! A simple bout of gastro may not be quite so simple to someone in the family dealing with a bigger health issue. The Mayo Clinic recommends keeping leftovers for no more than four days in the fridge. If you don't intend to eat leftovers  immediately, freeze them. Contrary to popular opinion your grandmother's sniff test doesn't pick spoiled food! Bacteria doesn't typically change the taste, sight, or smell of food. If in the slightest doubt, toss. If you're dealing with a new health problem in your family consider our medical alert bracelets. A MedibandPlus medical alert bracelet lets professionals quickly diagnose the problem should you be out of the house and away from people who know what the problem is likely to be, and what the best action to take is. Continue reading →

We all know how a good night's sleep makes us feel - more energised, more alert and better able to face the day. Yet another study has emphasised just how true this is. The study, published online by the Journal of Adolescent Health analysed data from 2,700 US teens aged 13 to 18. Of these, 30% said they went ot bed later than 11.30pm. By the time they graduated, the study clearly shows that the sleep deprived kids had lower marks and more emotional problems than the other children. The message is clear - get your teen to bed at an earlier time. Here are some tips on getting teens to sleep earlier. 1. Turn off the wifi feeding phones and computers at 10pm. Continue reading →

  Today is World Diabetes Day. According to Diabetes Australia, 280 people develop Diabetes every single day and over 1.5 million have the condition. Diabetes Australia will launch the National Diabetes Service Scheme media campaign to coincide today for World Diabetes Day. General Practitioner, Dr George Forgan-Smith said with more than 1 million already diagnosed, diabetes is now the fastest growing chronic disease in Australia. “Left untreated diabetes is associated with increased risk of heart, kidney and eye disease, stroke and even loss of limb secondary to its complications,“ Dr Forgan-Smith said. “Early detection and treatment of diabetes can reduce the risk of Continue reading →

There has been a flurry of devices that track your fitness regimes, your sleep and your diet over the past couple of years and if you're serious about your health, maybe you should give it a shot too? Fitbit is a device that wraps around your wrist much like a watch and tracks the steps you take on a daily basis. It has rudimentary sleep tracking and an app that it uploads all the data to giving you a birds eye view of how much exercise you get. You can manually track your food intake through the app and, although it's a manual process, it will help the dedicated with calorie counts and more. Jawbone UP is similar but gets a better rap for the accuracy of the data and the usefulness of the app that powers it. Forums indicate, however, that the company has quality control issues. The beauty of these devices (and there are others), is that they let you take an active role in your health. You can drive your exercise routines and the competitive nature of humans will hopefully do the rest. If you're dealing with health issues in your family, medical bracelets are a worthwhile investment - and cheap at that! A MedibandPlus medic alert bracelet tells anyone on scene what the issue potentially is. Mediband medical alert bracelets are ideal for anyone Continue reading →