Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is an expanding global health problem, closely linked to the epidemic of obesity. Historically speaking, diabetes is mentioned in Egyptian texts (1500 BC) way back in antiquity, describing the condition as ‘passing too much urine’. During the same period, Hindu medical texts discussed madhumeha or ‘honey urine’. By 250 BC the
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How To Successfully Reduce Alcohol Part 4: Maintenance and Goal Review
If you have managed to achieve your SMART goal consistently, you should start to notice some of the benefits of reducing your alcohol content, such as less hangovers, losing weight or saving more money. Now you can focus on maintaining the behaviour to help it become a habit. To do this, firstly, keep checking in
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At this point you will be starting your goal, and therefore performing the behaviour change itself. It is at this point when your helpers and hindrances to success will appear, so keep your goal and reasons behind it in mind, as well as your action plan for dealing with any barriers. It is also this
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So you’ve now decided you want to change your drinking behaviour, GREAT! Now you need to prepare to make that change. This is an especially important stage as it is building your behaviour change support system. Maintaining your mindset Firstly, make sure you’re maintaining that mindset we established in the first post so keep the
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Mindset This October Healthy You are supporting Macmillan’s Sober October campaign and we thought it would be a great opportunity to talk about behaviours around alcohol consumption and reduction. Please keep reading to hear from one of Healthy You’s Alcohol Health Trainer Philippa! Welcome to a four-part series on how to successfully change your behaviour
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All tobacco products whether smoked, rolled or chewed are harmful. Tobacco contains nicotine which is addictive, and all tobacco products have serious health consequences. Outlined below are some of the tobacco products you may need help to quit. Cigarettes Cigarettes are made up of tobacco, a range of chemical additives, a filter and paper and
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