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Get healthy and stay healthy in 2023 with these 5 tips

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A new year means many are looking to improve their health by embracing a new lifestyle, but not all strategies for changing up your habits are created equal.

Fad diets and expensive fitness programmes often become popular in January, but are hard to keep up and can even pose risks to your health.

Still, according to experts, some trends can actually help you get healthier.

And there are plenty of other long-term changes you can make in your life that won’t break the bank and will help you feel better in your daily life.

Here are some tips for creating a sustainable diet and fitness plan to get healthy in 2023:

Eat ‘real food’

Dr Shami Hariharan, an integrative medicine doctor with Atrium Health in North Carolina, Unite States, recommends to patients constructing a healthy diet around one of her favourite quotes from author Michael Pollan: “Eat real

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The powerful health benefits of herbs and how to grow them

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Herbs are not only simple to grow, they also burst with flavour. Their versatility makes them the perfect ingredient for some summer-fresh cooking! To help you get started, nutritionist Diane Murphy has curated this easy to follow list showcasing the health benefits of her top picks: parsley, rosemary, and oregano.

PARSLEY

  • Contains chlorophyll which helps our body produce red blood cells. These cells carry oxygen around the body, improving circulation and boosting energy

  • High in vitamin C which is a heart protective antioxidant

  • Can help decrease inflammation in arteries

  • Eat parsley raw for maximum health benefits

ROSEMARY

  • Helps to ward off blood clots and improves circulation which in turn can assist in preventing heart attack and

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Health Coaching and Human Performance

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Profession

Health coaches promote wellness through the development and implementation of strategies to improve the health of individuals and communities. Health coaches work in hospitals, nonprofit organizations, government, physician’s offices, private businesses and colleges. As more employers, health insurance companies and communities focus on disease prevention to reduce healthcare costs, there will be an increased need for trained health coaches to meet the need.

Career Opportunities

This program will prepare the certificate holder for health coaching and wellness positions at wellness centers, employee health clinics, hospitals, home care organizations and physician offices.

  • Health Coach
  • Health Educator
  • Wellness Coordinator
  • Personal Trainer
  • Community Health Worker
  • Nutrition Specialist

Job Outlook

Employment of health coaches and educators is projected to grow 21% from 2012 to 2022, faster than the average for all occupations. Growth will be driven by efforts to improve health outcomes and to reduce healthcare costs by teaching people about

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Health coaching | Nesta

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Health coaching is a form of coaching that aims to help people to set goals and take actions to improve their health or lifestyle.

We are sharing resources in this area below, please send suggestions to: [email protected].

NHS East of England

  • Health Coaching for Behaviour Change Programme
    From April 2013 onwards, Health Education East of England have run Health Coaching Skills Training Programmes for clinicians in acute trusts, primary care, community service providers and CCGs in the east of England. This website includes an introduction to the approach as well as a number of illustrations to bring to life some of the benefits of health coaching.

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The Health Benefits of Tears

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By Serusha Govender

The Rumor: Crying has health benefits

We all cried when we were babies. But now that we’re adults, many of us often try to hold back our tears in the belief that crying — particularly at work or in public — is seen as a sign of weakness, or as something to be ashamed of. But is it? Or is the act of shedding tears actually healthy?

The Verdict: Shedding tears can be good for your health — especially in the right setting

Having a good cry can sometimes be just what the doctor ordered. In fact, some psychologists even suggest that we may be doing ourselves a disservice by not tearing up regularly.

“Crying activates the body in a healthy way,” says Stephen Sideroff, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist at UCLA and director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Ethics. “Letting down one’s guard and one’s defenses

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Irish Cancer Society to offer free health checks at Sligo shopping centre

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Free health checks in Sligo next week.

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Sligo Champion

The Irish Cancer Society will be offering free health checks in Quayside Shopping Centre, Sligo next week.

As part of the ‘Your Health Matters’ Roadshow, nurses will administer health checks to the public from 9am – 6pm on Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31st, free of charge.

The health check is a free walk-in service. It will include a blood pressure check, body mass index (BMI) and carbon monoxide (CO) reading and information on cancer prevention, screening and ways to help spot the early signs of cancer. Each health check will take approximately 15 minutes and a referral for a GP can also be arranged where further help is required.

Early detection and diagnosis of cancer is essential to improve health outcomes. When cancer is diagnosed early, it can improve the quality of life

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Former HOD, director arrested for Kimberley’s mental health facility scandal

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Police have confirmed via an official statement that a 65-year-old former head of department for Roads and Public Works in the Northern Cape and a company director were apprehended on Tuesday by the Hawks Serious Corruption Investigation team.

They are set to appear in the Kimberley Magistrate’s Court on charges including contravening the Public Finance Management Act, fraud, corruption and money laundering.

SAPS spokesperson Nomthandazo Mnisi explained that the charges stem from a controversial project initiated back in 2003, where the Northern Cape Department of Health and Department of Roads and Public Works collaborated as implementing agents to construct a state-of-the-art mental health facility in Kimberley.

ALSO READ: Northern Cape health faces R1.2bn in lawsuits, with suits of R340m pending

Initially budgeted at a staggering sum of R290 million, it was anticipated to be a beacon of hope for mental health patients in the region, Mnisi said.

But now allegations

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Health Benefits of Nature | asla.org

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Health Benefits of Nature

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The idea that spending time in nature can make you feel better is intuitive. We all feel this to be true, and many of us have anecdotes of our own or from friends or family that support that idea. People who have been suffering from stress, sickness, or a trauma can spend quiet contemplative time in gardens or taken to the mountains or woods to heal. But nature is not just wilderness. The benefits of nature can also be found in our communities’ parks and green spaces.

Researchers are amassing a body of evidence, proving what we all know to be true: nature is good for us and has both long and short term mental and physical health benefits.

Below you’ll find hundreds of free research studies, news articles, and case studies, organized by adult and children health topics:


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iOS 17 to Include Mood Tracker and Health App for iPad, AI-Based Health Coaching Service Coming in 2024

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The iOS 17 update that Apple plans to show off in June will include several new health-related features, according to apple-aapl-developing-ai-health-coaching-service-ipados-17-health-app”Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. There will be a feature for tracking mood, plus Apple plans to bring the Health app to the iPad for the first time.

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Apple has long had a Health app, but it has been exclusively available on the iPhone, something that could change with the launch of ‌iOS 17‌. The Health app on ‌iPad‌ would give users more screen real estate for viewing health metrics, electrocardiogram results, prescriptions, lab tests from doctors, and more. Apple’s aim is to improve the popularity of the Health app in healthcare settings, where tablets are widely used.

In addition to bringing the Health app to the ‌iPad‌, Apple plans to introduce a new emotion tracker, which will let users keep track of their mood, answer questions

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Apple to Expand Health Initiatives With AI Health Coach, Report Says

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Apple is expanding its health and wellness efforts with a motivational coaching service that’ll use artificial intelligence to improve your exercise, diet and sleep, according to a report.

The service, called Quartz for now, uses AI and data collected from the company’s Apple Watch to curate specific wellness plans for users, according to a Tuesday bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-25/apple-aapl-developing-ai-health-coaching-service-ipados-17-health-app” class=”c-regularLink”report by Bloomberg, which cited people with knowledge of Apple’s plans. This means Apple AI could be suggesting nutrition, fitness or sleep hacks for you — which on paper isn’t too far a jump from the powerful health data that wearables have been providing for years. 

Quartz is reportedly planned for next year but could still be postponed or canceled. It’s also reported to carry a monthly fee. 

An AI health coach would still be a big step for Apple, which has been increasing its presence in the health realm

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