Lowering your cholesterol

Date 27 June 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
We all know that high cholesterol increases our risk of heart disease and heart attacks. Whilst it is possible to reduce cholesterol with medication, we can also make changes to our lifestyle to help reduce it too.  Here are five healthy lifestyle changes that individually and combined can contribute ...
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Social ties and Longevity

Date 16 May 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
According to new research publicised recently, a healthy social life may be as good for your long-term health as not smoking. Social Connections Research  Research was carried out at Brigham Young University and the University of North Carolina, where data was compared from 148 studies on health outcomes and social…
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Iron and its role

Date 9 May 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
Iron is needed for a number of complex processes that continuously take place in the body such as the transportation of oxygen, called haemoglobin. The role of iron Iron is involved in the conversion of blood sugar to energy. The immune system, which is dependent on iron for its efficient functioning and…
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Our priorities

Date 5 May 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
However hard it is to look back at our own lives and feel cross that we missed out on things, it is our family that must be our priority. Often the decisions that were made for us, were based on what our parents expected us to do. Looking back on…
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The task ahead

Date 30 April 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
If like me you’re in the process of working on an exclusion and inclusion diet; not to lose weight, but to find out which foods are making you ill, you have my sympathy. It’s very slow and laborious. We need to be able to plan our life and make decisions…
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Emotions and Heart Health

Date 24 April 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
Did you know that emotional problems in childhood can alter our health in adulthood? Research suggests there is a link between heart disease in middle age and our emotional behaviour traits in children, more so in women. Emotions and Heart Health study The study looked at some 3,600 people who…
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Making adjustments

Date 23 April 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
Adjusting to a life without my parents hasn’t been difficult because I understand, but winding down from all the stress has. It’s amazing how resilient we are when we need to keep everything together, as our own feelings about what we’re dealing with are kept under wraps. When our situation…
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Emotional Awareness

Date 3 March 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
Emotions are what we use to connect ourselves to others. If used correctly they can give us a positive slant on our lives. Emotional Awareness Emotional awareness is all about identifying with your own thoughts and feelings so that you understand why you feel what you feel. Once you have…
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Cerebral Palsy and Sensory Problems

Date 27 February 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
If there is anyone out there with cerebral palsy who can relate to sensory problems, I would love to hear from you. It is common for anyone dealing with cerebral palsy to experience abnormal sensations and perceptions. Not knowing I had the condition, these are the things I’m having to…
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Emotional Stability

Date 23 February 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
As we live our lives, emotional stability is something that we constantly have to work at. Hurdles become inevitable. They’re not something we can always plan for and are often hard to comprehend and overcome. But it is our inability to deal with hurdles that means we’re less able to…
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Solving problems

Date 5 February 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
Problem solving is complex. It’s a mental process that we continually put ourselves through, so that we get to sort our problems out. It sounds easy, but in reality it’s far from easy. It also depends on the problem or issue, we’re trying to solve. So why might we fail:…
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Tips to reduce stress

Date 21 January 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
It doesn’t matter what anyone of us deal with, unless we find ways to reduce stress appropriately, we will always continue to live with stress. My tips to reduce stress These are my daily stress buster tips: If you have an issue to deal with, deal with the issue so…
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