A very smart guy has charted all of the Micky Dee’s in the US and produced this pretty impressive picture. I’m sure it is comforting to know that a Micky Dee is never more than 107 miles away…good grief.

You can check out the blog with details on why he decided to create this image.

cnn.com reports:
Two of the most common diseases in the United States — cancer and diabetes — are not often linked together in the public mind. But they may have a stronger link than most people think. Cancer patients who already have diabetes have a greater chance of dying of the disease than cancer patients who do not have the blood-sugar disorder, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

If researchers can tease out the reason why, they might have an opportunity to reduce cancer deaths by focusing on diabetes-related health problems, says lead author Frederick Brancati, M.D., a professor of medicine and epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in Baltimore, Maryland.

About 24 million people in the United States have diabetes, and about eight to 18 percent of newly diagnosed cancer patients also have the disease.

Kerryn was a dual Commonwealth Games marathon gold mealist and mother to three young children. She was only 41 years old.

Kerryn was an inspiration to many people in Australia, especially when at 38 years of age she defended her Commonwealth title in Melbourne, powering home over the final 200m to clinch gold just two seconds ahead of Kenyan Hellen Cherono Koskei.

Kerryn was diagnosed with breast cancer in August of last year during her pregnancy. She delayed having chemotherapy until after her sons birth.

They induced an early labour at 34 weeks and she begun an 18 week course of chemotherapy.

Kerryn beat breast cancer but was diagnosed four months ago with liver cancer.

She leaves behind her husband, Greg and 3 children Benton, 11, Josie, 5, and Cooper, 14 months. They were at her bedside overnight when she died at their home near Wollongong in NSW.

Kerryn showed us that the greatest power we have is to never give up even when it looks like you can’t go any further or harder. She continues to inspire.

Unfortunately, my immune system decided to completely let me down last Saturday and has now made a complete and utter liar of me! I have the flu at the moment and haven’t really felt like turning on my computer.

So I apologize for the lack of posts this week. Hopefully I will be fighting fit by the weekend so business should be back to normal next week :-)

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The findings were part of a weight-loss maintenance trial whose initial results were reported in March. After analyzing the data on weight loss to see which factors made a difference, researchers concluded that the more days a person kept a careful record, the more weight he or she lost. (Attending more weekly support group sessions also helped).

My partner has kept a diary for many years now and has tracked everything from food, exercise and weight. About 5 years ago she lost around 33 pounds and believes that the diary was pivotal to her success in not only losing the weight but also maintaining her current weight.

She is meticulous in recording daily what has been consumed which helps to identify any periods of time that have been a bit of a blow out in terms of diet. I find it quite useful as well because I can look back over time and check out dishes I once cooked that I’ve even forgotten about or haven’t cooked in a long time.
I would say that the food diary has been great for both of us in terms of a historical account of our diet and keeping track of what we are eating now.

You can also use online tools like The Daily Plate to record your food and find out how many calories are in them.

Jane passed away after a long batter with breast cancer and leaves behind two beautiful young children and Glenn.
It’s really hard to know where to begin in trying to capture just how inspirational this woman was. She really did light up a room and in many ways outshone her super sportsman husband. It never did seem to bother Glenn McGrath. You could tell he was totally in-love with this beautiful, vibrant and strong woman.

Rather than just focus on her own battle with cancer which she was more entitled to do, Jane and Glenn campaigned tirelessly, raising money and awareness of breast cancer culminating in the foundation of the McGrath Foundation.

To try and put into words how special this lady was is almost impossible but this might help to explain. My partners Dad, Bill recently visited from Texas and one night we watched one of Australia’s finest interviewers, Andrew Denton talking with Glenn and Jane McGrath. The interview was really more about Glenn and his sporting accomplishments. But Jane just had this ability to draw your attention, not intentionally. She had this calmness about her and a beaming smile. The interview quickly went from talking to Glenn to Andrew Denton being drawn to Jane and hearing about her initial diagnosis to her ongoing fight to beat this disease.
Her strength, composure, quiet determination and will to survive was an inspiration. Bill, who knew nothing of this woman or her husband was so overwhelmed by her that he didn’t take his eyes of the TV for the entire interview. I would say that there are very few people who can be so compelling and genuine as to be able to move someone who knows nothing of them to hope with all his heart and soul that she survived. I just know he will be so sad to hear of her passing when we email him later tonight.

We have lost so many amazing women like Jane to a horrible disease. Let’s hope that Jane’s fight will inspire others to carry on and for research to continue to find a cure.

To Jane’s loving family both in Australia and England, we are so sorry for your loss.

I have included the interview Jane and Glenn did with Andrew Denton and highly recommend you watch it.

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• http://www.mcgrathfoundation.com.au/

Australians are by very nature a competitive people. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that we love to win. We love nothing more than coming first. The thing we love the most is the very idea of beating the USA in sports and pretty much everything else. I can admit right now that come the Olympics, my American partner has a rough time. Lines are drawn, on the couch. We sit opposite and cheer loudly for our countries. Often (pretty much always), the American’s win. At the beginning, I take it with good humor. After all, their athletes work just as hard as ours. By the end of the Olympics however, my bright and sunny disposition is replaced with simmering anger. I get pretty agitated, no more smiles, no more humor. I want blood. Not my partners just gold blood.

But I digress! Back to Australia being the fattest nation on the planet. It is terrible and I wonder why Australians aren’t getting the message. I really hope that some of you find your way to indenialhealth.com and can see that you are not alone. I’m guessing you already know it though if you have read a paper or watched TV today.

But on the bright side, we finally beat the Americans at something! We now have more fat people than they do! Wow, what an incredible feeling. We BEAT THEM! Woohooo! Gee, winning doesn’t feel like I thought it would, infact – I feel….sick. Winning doesn’t feel so good this time. I really want to lose, please fellow Aussies, start losing!

Welcome to our new domain!

For those who missed it, interactivehealth.com.au is no more. You can read about it here.

InDenialHealth.com is now up and running, we hope you like our new name! It wasn’t a particularly difficult decision to go with it either.

Diets, weight loss, cholestrol, heart disease and age are some of the motivating factors in a persons decision to get fit and healthy. For some, their journey will be successful but often, maintaining their new found bodies and committment to a healthy lifestyle fades. For others, they face a lifetime of trendy diets and stints at gym’s. Weight loss and fitness are achieved but the reality of maintaining can often fade with time.

Take me for instance. I wish I was a gym junkie and I really wish I didn’t love rich food, but I do. So, with this realisation I figure there are two choices to be made. Quit and just eat everything I want when I want and sit on my bum all day doing nothing to work it off, or try and strike a balance with the foods I love mixed in with all that healthy stuff and find ways to work it off that won’t bore me to tears in a few months.

So this is where InDenialHealth.com comes in. We know it’s a struggle and we appreciate and understand where you are coming from because we feel exactly the same way!

Sometimes being healthy is annoying, challenging, smelly and rather disheartening but we are here to say, we know how you feel and we hope you find our new site full of helpful information that gets you going in the morning with hopefully a positive outlook.

So happy reading, please feel free to share your stories with us. You may like to visit Ann’s World, our new weekly column from, you guessed it, Ann and her journey to better health.

Sally :)

While no mention of a ban has been made, the Consumers Association during an interview on Channel 7′s Sunrise programme said that banning would be the ideal outcome.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out. I doubt no major announcements will be made but I think the pressure is starting to increase. Especially after a study came out yesterday showing that 1 in 5 children under the age of 4 are either overweight or obese.

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