Popping a daily vitamin has become as routine as brushing our teeth, with around 50 per cent of Australians using vitamins or mineral supplements every year.

It’s big business too: we spend around $230 billion annually on therapies, supplements and alternative medicines in our search for wellbeing. But do vitamins work? Or are we throwing our money – literally – down the drain?

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HEAD to your nearest book store and take a look in the health and fitness aisle.

Not only will you see an enormously vast number of diet books, you’ll see just as many different messages.

They promise results from 21-day diets, to a week, to a day, even down to a new you in three hours. On the surface these books have little in common, but they do share one common trait. They promise the kind of quick fix that rarely works if you want to achieve longterm weight loss.

Weight-loss expert Dr Leon Massage says the most sustainable goal for weight loss is 1kg a week...

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Outline

• The causes of stress
• The consequences of stress
• Stress, health and the mind-body connection
• Strategies for lifestyle change
• Stress management and relaxation techniques

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DR LEON (AMA Victoria spokesperson – Weightloss & Nutrition)

Research reveals women gain momentary motivation and inspiration from health and beauty magazines showcasing “ideal” body shape, particularly women actively dieting. But as dieting takes time and effort, and women still report their weight as the greatest source of unhappiness – it’s a short-term high which dissipates to the usual dissatisfaction.

DR LEON has spoken about the media use of unrealistic body images (in health and beauty magazines), expectations for quick weight-loss (Biggest Loser) and products promising rapid weight-loss (detox and diet programs) – and has medically sound, metabolic based practical advice for people keen to achieve sustainable long-term weightloss.

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DR Leon Massage has helped thousands of patients lose weight, regain their health and adopt a clear understanding of healthy eating, nutrition and exercise as a lifestyle for over 20 years. Founder of the Body Metabolism Institute (BMI), Dr Massage became concerned by the misinformation on weight loss and quick-fix, fad diets and thus created his life-changing BMI Weight Loss Program to help people address and win their battle with excess weight.

This total weight loss solution (as opposed to a diet), is presented in a set of 12 modules - designed to educate, motivate and equip patients with all the tools they need to boost their metabolism, lose weight and improve their health. The key to the weight loss puzzle is keeping the weight off forever! According to Dr Massage, “You can only achieve healthy weight loss by addressing all the pieces of the puzzle.”

Any or all of the following problems can make you pack on the pounds:

• A slow metabolism
• Eating the wrong food for your metabolic type
• The wrong exercise
• The wrong mental approach

We don’t even need to set foot out of our front door to be inundated with crash diets and exercise routines that would suit an Energiser bunny. Most fad diets cause your body to retaliate with a rebound weight gain that produces even larger fat deposits in the body. These diets are not only unhealthy but can also end up damaging your metabolism and stopping you from losing weight.

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If you only see a Doctor when you're sick, read on to discover how you can stay healthy and informed.

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F unny twinges, ongoing infections, not feeling ‘right’… these can all be signs of your body’s red-flag system. And if you stop and listen to your symptoms, says GP Dr Leon Massage, you’re more likely to catch things before they become chronic – or serious. “Keeping a health diary is probably overly neurotic, but it’s essential to keep an updated list of the tablets you’re on – and to know what they’re for.” Also, monitor any worrying symptoms on a calendar, especially if they’re increasing in severity, occur at certain times or via definite triggers.

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