Health Professionals April 2017

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With the weather cooling down, now is the time to start, or get back into your health and wellbeing routine.

See inside this feature for useful health and fitness information.

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HEALTH

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HEALTHY BODY AND MIND… From left, Primary Care Connect Exercise Program personal trainer, Lyn Gagliardi and program participants, Rita Schepis and Helen Bassani understand the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Photo: David Lee.

Keeping up with a healthy lifestyle ENSURING you are healthy, especially while you are ageing, is perhaps one of the most important parts of life and Primary Care Connect has a multitude of programs and activities on offer to help you achieve, and continue, a healthy lifestyle.

Exercise, healthy eating and a healthy mind are essential and should be made a way of life according to Primary Care Connect manager of clinical services, Megan Lorains.

“It is important to exercise daily, eat a variety of healthy foods and drink plenty of water.

“On top of this, keeping up social connections and friendships are also important.

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“You should start exercising from a young age and keep it going as you age. You don’t have to go to the gym, it’s about keeping active in everyday life.”

Primary Care Connect offers a holistic health and wellbeing program which includes modified strength training, balancing, modified circuit classes, active heart program, walking groups, women’s health and wellbeing and even caters for different cultures. The programs at Primary Care Connect are run by personal trainers, community health nurses, diabetes educators and dieticians.

For further information, phone Primary Care Connect on 5823 3200.

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Your vitamins and minerals from A to Zinc

VITAMIN E VITAMIN E is a fat-soluble vitamin, which plays a role as an antioxidant in the body. It also helps to prevent free radical damage to specific fats in the body that are critical for your health.

Vitamin E is an important vitamin that is required for the proper function of many organs in the body and is extremely useful in

naturally slowing ageing. It is found in many foods including certain oils, nuts, poultry, eggs, fruits and wheat germ oil. It is also available as a supplement.

Vitamin E benefits include treating and preventing diseases of the heart and blood vessels; such as chest pains, high blood pressure, and blocked or hardened arteries.

Foods rich in Vitamin E • • • •

Almonds Broccoli Corn Oil Hazelnuts

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Kiwi Fruit Mango Peanut Butter Peanuts

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Soybean Oil Spinach Sunflower Oil Sunflower Seeds

• Tomato • Wheat germ oil

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