Revolutionary new approach to our growing obesity epidemic

Have you tried over and over to lose weight? Do you wonder why your hard work and effort is so hard to sustain and never really pays off? Why do you lose weight only to put it back on plus more? Or why does our healthy green country have one of the highest rates of obesity in the world? It’s all down to mindset. Now True Women’s Fitness and Well-Being in Manukau is taking a new and unique approach to this problem.

YMCA Ellerslie Open Day

The YMCA Ellerslie Recreation Centre welcomes local residents and communities to join us in their open day on Saturday 1st of February. It will be a fun day filled with activities for the entire family including Zumba, Spin, kids gymnastics, bouncy castle and animal balloons.

Elderly Have New Easy Feeding Cup

The Doidy Cup is a universal feeding cup which the elderly and disabled find easy to use. Available in seven colours and featuring two adjustable handles the Doidy Cup, which was originally designed as a baby feeding cup, is now available for use in rest homes, hospitals, rehabilitation facilities and private homes.

New Research Shows Camu Camu Superfruit Improves Obesity Biomarkers

Animals that received the pulp of Camu-camu had reduced fat in white adipose tissues and improved biochemical profiles of obesity including glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL-c and insulin blood levels. There was also an increase in beneficial HDL-c levels. The research suggests there may be potential use for Camu-camu in the control of obesity and as a functional food.

Simon Hutchinson Cycling New Zealand for Epilepsy

Simon Hutchinson has been undertaking an epic challenge this year – all in the name of a cause that is very close to his heart. Simon has been cycling across the world to help raise funds for epilepsy – a neurological condition characterised by recurring seizures; one of the most common neurological conditions in the world – and has now arrived in New Zealand!