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Andrea Pearce from South Shields, who has lost weight through healthy eating and running

South Shields mum's journey to happiness through exercise Feb 09 2012

LOCKED in a world of self-loathing, Andrea Pearce looked in the mirror and didn’t recognise the person staring back.Read

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Expert advice: Beat the blues by getting active Feb 09 2012

THE festive season may be a fading memory and those New Year resolutions no more than a guilty reminder of good intentions for many of us.Read

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Health MOT: Gemma Graham, account manager at OPR Feb 09 2012

GEMMA Graham, 27, is an account manager at multi-award winning public relations and social media agency OPR in Newcastle.Read

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The CHEK Approach to Health – The Breath Reigns Supreme Feb 04 2012

I HAVE previously written about my experience working with the CHEK approach to health for the North East Journal and The Journal of The Bowen Therapy Professional Association.Read

Michelle Holmes who is using exercise to battle depression

Exercise helps County Durham mum in battle against depression Feb 02 2012

YOU don’t wear your pants on the outside of your trousers. That’s a saying Michelle Holmes likes to remember as she struggles with what’s often described as Superwoman syndrome.Read

Henry Mollett, who has lost six stone.

Wrekenton man Henry Mollett tells how diet change saved his life Jan 26 2012

BEING told you have serious problems with your health can be difficult for you and your loved ones to cope with, so what if you were told that your own bad habits were to blame?Read

Neale Coleman, centre manager and head lectureer for Premier Training International

Expert advice: Now's the best time to change Jan 26 2012

SO JANUARY 1 has come and gone ... did you make any resolutions for the New Year? Go on a diet perhaps, lose some weight, and maybe even start exercising.Read

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Your Nutrition Blueprint: Food and Biochemical Individuality Jan 21 2012

YOUR Nutrition Blueprint is a preemptive strike at avoiding the pitfalls whilst making positive changes to your diet and nutrition.Read

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DNA weight management plan explored Jan 19 2012

KEEN photographer Joan Thirlaway bought The Journal on that morning in October because it featured one of her pictures; an early-morning snap of Rydal Water just after sunset.Read

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Taking the boredom out of losing the pounds Jan 19 2012

SO here we are, 19 days into 2012. The euphoria of the festive season is way behind us and we are now languishing in what I always think of as that new year no-man’s land waiting for spring to spring and the next big bank holiday: Easter.Read

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Expert advice: Get some exercise into your everyday life Jan 19 2012

WITH the arrival of 2012, the Olympics and Lord Coe will never be far from the headlines and, as a result, all the coverage will highlight the significance of exercise.Read

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Blyth man makes dramatic changes in body and mind Jan 12 2012

STARTING a new venture in the middle of a recession takes some guts. But since starting regular 6am bootcamps, heating engineer Darren Young has gained such a positive new frame of mind that he says it’s helped him launch his own heating and plumbing business.Read

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How to get sunshine in the winter months Jan 12 2012

IN an ideal world I would be writing this column sitting on some sunny beach in Australia or New Zealand.Read

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Healthy recipe: Salmon Garbure Jan 12 2012

GARBURE is a thick French soup or stew with cabbage and other vegetables; a meal in itself. We serve it on the a la carte menu here at Food Social with scallops, and it’s one of our most popular seasonal dishes.Read

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Cooking up a healthy new year Jan 05 2012

SO, were you one of the millions who eventually woke up on New Year’s Day nursing a massive hangover, having rashly resolved never to drink again at the stroke of midnight but then carried on into the wee small hours?Read

Use your leftovers to lift the spirits Dec 29 2011

WELL, Christmas is over for another year even if the festivities are set to rumble on for a few more days yet. But the vestiges of the big day will hang around for a while longer.Read

Richard Hunter's sporting challenge Dec 29 2011

Richard Hunter has represented his country on the international athletics stage. Now at the age of 41 he has set himself two new sporting challenges – to turn his Run Northumberland series into one of the UK’s biggest family race events, and make sure he is one step ahead of his young son. Jane Hall reports.Read

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Functional Health and Performance - Finding your Nutrition Blueprint Dec 24 2011

WHEN talking about healthy eating and nutrition in the New Year, it has almost become a cliché to warn against fad diets and dangerous quick-fix detox-ing.Read

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Cooking up a healthy Christmas dinner Dec 22 2011

AS a child, I always viewed Christmas lunch as a rude and unwarranted interruption to the festive proceedings.Read

Fitness expert David Fairlamb

How to avoid piling on the pounds over Christmas time Dec 22 2011

YOU don’t need me to tell you that it’s easy to pile the pounds on over the Christmas period. In fact, the average person adds 5lb on the scales which I think is a pretty damming statistic, especially as the North East is already the second most obese place in Europe.Read

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