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Ask Marilyn: What should I eat to improve the condition of my hair, nails and skin and help me look younger and healthier?

Marilyn — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:40:37 +0000

Q: My hair and nails are dry and brittle and snap easily. My skin also looks dull and creased. Are there any foods I can eat to make me look healthier and younger?

A: You don’t mention your age in your letter but, whatever age you are, the condition of your hair and nails is a good indication of your health in general. So it seems to me that your diet, life style and stress levels could do with some attention.

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Quick tip: Eating for two

Marilyn — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:10:11 +0000

I’ve long stressed the importance of sensible and healthy weight management before and during pregnancy and now new research has suggested that women who are overweight before and during pregnancy could be ‘passing on’ their problems to their babies. Researchers believe that genetic mechanisms that control the weight of an infant may be altered if the mother is obese. And this change could lead to the baby becoming heavier than normal – and a cycle where each successive generation is heavier than the last.

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Ask Marilyn: I keep snacking and I’m putting on weight – what can I eat to fill me up for longer?

Marilyn — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:50:13 +0000

Q: My job is a sedentary one. I also have a tendency to snack on a lot of sweet foods and am steadily putting on weight. What foods can help me feel full naturally?

A: First of all don’t stop snacking as eating meals or snacks every three or so hours is a great way to keep your blood sugar levels and your weight stable.

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Foods that fight the winter blues

Marilyn — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:20:13 +0000

If your mood is dark and your temper short – just like the days at this time of year – increasing your intake of the following foods may help boost your mood.

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Healthy resolution for 2009: Eat at least five or more servings of fruits and vegetables per day.

Marilyn — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:10:27 +0000

Study after study has shown that people who eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day live healthier and longer lives so make a commitment this year to eat more fruit and have at least two servings for vegetables for lunch or dinner.

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Case Study: New Year detox

Marilyn — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:50:08 +0000

This month’s case study is 40 year old ‘Suzanne’ who came to the Clinic for a New Year detox!

For the past year I had generally been feeling lethargic, my skin was dull, I felt bloated a lot of the time and I was gaining weight. I knew my diet could be better but never really got around to changing it. I worked long hours and often got home late so the last thing I wanted to do was prepare time consuming meals. A colleague at work had recently been to see a nutritionist at the Dr Marilyn Glenville Clinic who changed her diet and she was like a new person! I decided that a New Year meant a new me and I was the only person who could make the changes. I was fed up never feeling 100% healthy so I picked up the phone and booked my first appointment.

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Ask Marilyn – Star Question: are oatcakes really good for me?

Marilyn — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:20:30 +0000

Q: I thought that oatcakes were a healthy snack, but was surprised to see that the nutritional information on the packet shows them to be high in calories, fat and particularly saturated fat. They are even labelled as red for fat under the traffic light scheme. Should I avoid them and can you suggest any alternatives?

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Ingredient spotlight: pears

Marilyn — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:10:03 +0000

Pears are full of fibre, with 100g – roughly half of one large pear – providing 3.g, which is a generous 17% of your daily recommended amount. Fibre-rich diets have been shown to lower the risk of diverticulitis, an inflammation of the intestine that is extremely common as we get older, and epidemiological studies have identified an inverse correlation between vegetable, fruit and whole-grain intake, plant-food intake and the risk of rectal cancer. The soluble fibre, pectin, found particularly in the peel also helps to reduce ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol and can lower the risk of dying from heart disease by around a third.

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In the News: Five steps to a longer life

Marilyn — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:50:45 +0000

A new study from Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital has found that women can dramatically reduce their chances of dying earlier by adopting simple diet lifestyle rules.

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Have yourself a healthy Christmas: Simple ways to avoid winter weight gain

Marilyn — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:30:10 +0000

The 16^th century English poet Thomas Tusser quite rightly urged us all to make ‘good cheer’ at Christmas time because it ‘comes but once a year.’ The problem is that five hundred or so years later the great majority of us aren’t facing an uncertain future and possibly starvation in the New Year so there really isn’t the same justification for eating about 6,000 calories in one day – which is what the average person is estimated to eat on Christmas Day.

In addition, what was once a one or two day holiday has now become a four week festival of parties and celebrations and with so much tempting food and alcohol on offer it’s incredibly hard to keep weight gain at bay. According to the British Nutrition Foundation most people put on around five pounds or two kilograms over the Christmas period which isn’t surprising when you consider that you only need to eat an extra 3,500 calories to put on one pound and just an extra sausage roll, glass of wine and mince pie a day can make your daily calorie allowance shoot up, and the winter pounds pile on.

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