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Saturday May 19th 2012

Posts Tagged ‘Health’

Liar, liar, liarexic

Liar, liar, liarexic

Are you a liarexic? What, you’ve never heard of liarexia? It’s a condition, experienced mostly by women whereby they lie about their food intake? Hmm, imagine that—women with food issues. Anyway to put it succinctly it’s a condition [...]

So the water thing is wrong too

So the water thing is wrong too

So I'll just take a moment to say, between frantic dashes to the toilet, that I've got it all wrong. Apparently none of us needs to be drinking eight glasses of water a day so put that water bottle down right now. According to a study published [...]

Hendra virus–can someone think of a new name please

Hendra virus–can someone think of a new name please

The newspapers and TV headlines are full of my suburb's name. Not for anything good like increasing property prices, but rather for the killer disease that is identified by it--Hendra Virus. I think it's time for a new name like maybe Bat [...]

This is what happens when you get skin cancer

This is what happens when you get skin cancer

I haven't posted for a couple of days because I'm sulking. I'm sulking because I had PDT treatment done on a teeny, tiny BCC (basal cell carcinoma) hardly visible to anyone who has not a dermotologist's eye.  This particular BCC was conveniently [...]

This ad got pulled in the US. Is it really that offensive?

This ad got pulled in the US.  Is it really that offensive?

The National Eating Disorder people in the US have had this Yoplait ad pulled from the air. Gosh it's radical. It features a woman going through the consequences of deciding whether or not to eat some raspberry cheesecake. Really out there isn't [...]

Alice’s bucket list

Alice’s bucket list

Alice is a 15 year old British school girl who lists her profession as full time cancer fighter. She started a blog last week and listed some of her bucket list. Alice has cancer and in her words "the cancer is gaining on her and it doesn't look [...]

Remember…kombucha tea

Remember…kombucha tea

Do you remember the kombucha tea craze? It was all over the 80s and 90s. It's making a comeback. I love it when fads make a comeback--you know like yo-yos or roller skating. So what is kombucha tea? Basically a mix of tea, sugar and a magic [...]

Mouth flexing for eternal youth or even a part in a porno

Mouth flexing for eternal youth or even a part in a porno

Have a look at this tortuous device. It sort of looks like a work out for a porn star who specialises in BJs, but no, it is a tool for everlasting youth. According to the infommercial all you do is insert the device (which comes with its own case [...]

All about gratitude

All about gratitude

I'm a happy person. I blog and write all day long, I love my husband and daughter, I live in a great house, have fab friends, have written a novel. Heck, even my dog gets cuter by the day (this is him in the picture). I'm grateful for all of this. [...]

Still think that tan was a good idea

I'll admit that I'm a bit of a sook.  Those labradors in the Kleenex ads make me cry.  Those mummy/baby cuddle ones--yep have me blubbering.  But this ad made me sad for a whole different reason. See as a typical Aussie girl I am a walking [...]

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