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Starting in November 2009, Kurrajong Natural Medicine Centre will begin running a series of courses covering a range of Natural Therapies.

Courses include ‘the layman’s guide to natural therapies’, which has been a popular course for people who are interested in alternative medicine and it’s range of disciplines, but because they lack information, have not yet sought such treatments.

This course will look at the major natural medicine modalities and discuss:

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It’s common knowledge that excess weight leads to health problems. However, knowing obesity is bad for you isn’t always enough to help you lose the weight. Weight loss, much like smoking cessation, can be a difficult struggle.

Negative Health Results of Obesity

Some of the effects of obesity are very dangerous to your overall health. Many debilitating and even life-threatening conditions have been found to be caused or worsened by the added element of obesity. Some of these conditions include:

• Type two diabetes

• Some forms of cancer

• Liver disease

• High cholesterol

• High blood pressure

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It doesn´t matter which way you turn, you´re going to run into someone discussing their BMI. BMI stands for Body Mass Index, and it is one of the most widely used diagnostic tools for patients with weight problems.

What is Body Mass Index Really?
In the 1800s, Belgian polymath, Adolf Quetelet, developed the BMI while studying social physics. Mathematically, the BMI is the person´s body weight divided by the square of their height. Because of its statistical consistence, the BMI is used throughout the world to identify if a certain person is underweight, just right, overweight or obese (grossly overweight, unhealthily overweight). In recent years, morbidly obese and super morbidly obese have been added to the BMI due to the increase in people weighing over 300 pounds.

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If we listen well enough to our bodies, we can directly sense if there´s something wrong. Our bodies continually communicate with us and more often than not, we don´t listen to what they´re saying. A lot of times when they´re something wrong with our body and it tries to tell us that, we ignore it. Small, minor pains are ignored, but when these escalate and turn into excruciating ones, that´s when we´re brought to our attention.

When these pains are noticed, we tend to rush to the nearest clinic and hospital and have ourselves diagnosed right away. There are others though, who instead of wanting to have themselves checked by someone else, choose to take the situation in their own hands and treat themselves. There are many reasons, but there are people who simply look at a medicine book (like MIMS) or go online and look for treatments.

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Millions of people worldwide try to lose weight. Lots of them don't get to the weight loss targets they set, why? Possible causes could be: unrealistic weight loss goals, choosing the wrong weight loss pill(s) or ignoring the possibility of asking for the help of weight loss experts. So how can you make your weight loss plan a success?

Many people that try to lose weight fail with their weight loss because they set too high or too low targets, try to set realistic goals for your weight loss plan.. The extra pounds were added to your body gradually over a long period of time so you can't expect to lose all the extra weight in a couple of months.

Many people start a weight loss plan without using the advice of health professionals (like a doctor or a nutritionist). If you want your weight loss plan to succeed, consider using the help of such experts. Those experts probably got tons of knowledge and experience, take advantage of the tips they can give you.