Sugar – when it’s not sweet as

Sugar has been part of mankind’s diet from the start.  Our bodies need sugar to break it down to glucose and fructose. Glucose is the body and brain’s number one energy source, so much so that we can even get a little shot of dopamine as thanks, while fructose helps the body store fat, handy […]

Diabetes

Diabetes is New Zealand’s fastest-growing health crisis, affecting around 350,000. That’s something like the population of Wellington, Lower Hutt and Upper Hutt combined. The number of New Zealanders living with diabetes is growing. Twelve years ago is was estimated that the prevalence of diabetes was 36.6/1000 of population; today is is almost 47/1000, with more […]

Big Health Issues

Men’s Health – these are the big ones Diabetes Diabetes is New Zealand’s fastest-growing health crisis, directly affecting almost a quarter of a million people. Ministry of Health figures show there are over 240,000 people in New Zealand who have been diagnosed with diabetes (mostly Type 2). It is thought there are another 100,000 people […]