Here’s a belated update about my personal dealings with the new Atkins ketogenic diet. Brief recap: It’s a ketogenic diet and in theory I’m on 20 grams of carbohydrates per day, I might stray a little up to 25 but I’m not bad. I don’t have to be because it’s one of those ways of […]
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What Sorts of Depression Symptoms Are There? Depression is a blanket term that describes an overall emotional state and the depression symptoms appear different in different people. Each person has their own set of symptoms and the severity of each one is also different for each person. For example some people exhibit a noticeable lack of self […]
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What Sorts of Signs of Depression are we Looking for? Signs of depression fall in to three main categories: Personal emotional state signs Personal physical signs Social signs It’s useful to break it up like this because it allows us to realise that there are personal issues being faced that are both emotional and physical. […]
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What is Sleep Sleep Apnoea? Sleep apnoea is a sleep condition that is often discovered accidentally by a partner who notices that during sleep a person stops breathing. Sleep apnoea is a condition where the walls of the throat relax during sleep and gradually cause the throat to become narrower and eventually to close. This […]
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What is Sleep Apnea (Sleep Apnoea)? Sleep apnea (apnoea) is a sleep condition that is often undiagnosed and undiscovered for a long time. It is often detected by a partner who notices that during sleep a person stops breathing. The condition sleep apnea (apnoea) occurs when the walls of the throat relax during sleep, this […]
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Why would you need a depression test? A depression test is as you would expect a test to see if you have depression. I know there are depression tests on the net and they may give a result that is reasonable. But this is where I have a real problem with a depression test. There […]
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Lots of us want to change our lives. It’s a fact. But how many of us get on and to it. We are waiting for that divine inspiration, that flash of genius. We’re wasting our time! The bottom line is that we have to get on and do it. And that includes me. There are […]
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The New Atkins Diet For A New You, 2 weeks in. At this point I could have lost 15lbs, but I haven’t. I’ll come clean about that later… At this point I could be spotty and miserable from all the meat, but I’m not. At this point I should be coming off induction and moving […]
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I had a bit of a thing happen this morning. Like most other people I want to be happy but sometimes it’s not easy. “I want to be happy” is one of those things that sounds so simple but when it comes to doing it consistently something always appears to get in the way. That […]
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Perfectionism and not wanting to get things wrong are some of the biggest mental hurdles that we have to jump in order to get started on something. Interestingly, of the people that I know the ones that appear to do best are the ones who just get on and do something. Anything that they need […]
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