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Brr, it’s getting cold outside 🥶
But don’t let that put you off getting some fresh air. Research has shown that fresh air helps to digest food more effectively, improve blood pressure and the immune system and have a positive impact on mental health.
So whilst it’s tempting to stay rugged up and indoors, make sure you make some time this week to take a walk in the outdoors.
Take care and stay healthy 😘
Dr Nora 💉
A new week brings new opportunities and achievements 💪
Each week, I make a list of the things that I want to achieve. These are tasks that are realistic and can be done with a little motivation. This week I plan to write some useful blogs to help you feel empowered and knowledgable about your health.
What are your goals for this week?
Take care and stay healthy 😘
Dr Nora 💉
And How to Combat Them — Doctor Explains
With winter officially settled into Australia the cooler climate has a number of health effects. Here are my top 5 changes that can happen to the body and the ways to help combat them.... Read More
What’s in your basket? 🍇
Australia is blessed with fabulous climates and fertile soil. We are so lucky to have access to local fruit and veg helping to keep food tasting as it should.
It’s surprising therefore, to know that most Australians eat only about half of the recommended quantity of fruit.
For an average adult, 2 serves of fruit and 5 serves of vegetables are recommended on a daily basis.
Not only are fruit and veg packed with vitamins and minerals essential to good health, but they contain fibre which is thought to reduce the risk of some cancers, such as... Read More
In today’s episode I take you 5 top changes that can happen to the body and the ways to help combat them.
DRY SKIN
For most of us this happens due to a number of factors, the drop in temperature, drop in humidity and indoor heating all lead to the degradation of the skin barrier. The net result? Dry itchy flaky skin.
The cold weather also exacerbates those with exisiting skin conditions such as eczema - a condition causing red, itchy irritate skin. The best solution to mitigate this is to keep the temperature indoors at a lower setting so that skin can acclimatise better.
Failing... Read More
