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Jamaica Gleaner Profiles in Medicine
published: Wednesday | October 17, 2007

Eat dinner for breakfast & maybe you'll lose some weight
Dr. Robert Robinson wants us to eat our dinner at breakfast. And, when he says dinner, he's not talking about a light, mid-evening snack but a real, hearty Jamaican spread. Take your rice and peas, chicken, a little curried goat, vegetables and a side order of potato salad at breakfast...

The case of Jerry Lowe

Jerry Lowe, 42 years old, 5 ft. 6.5 in., said that, at one point in her life, she had lost as many as 10 lbs following the routine of the Sabbatical Diet. She admits, however, that she is 'eating more now' and regaining weight; so, while she started out weighing 168 lbs, ...

Air travel after your 'water breaks'

I recognise that there is more than one side to every story so I read with interest the response of the Cayman authorities. Unfortunately, it provided me with little comfort. I do realise, however, that hearsay is certainly different from being in the actual situation ...

My dream... a good society

As a people, we have been scourged and subordinated by the shackles of slavery and colonialism; we have been emasculated by perennial economic underdevelopment. This week, we pause to reflect, honour and acknowledge those Jamaicans - our heroes ...

A sugary diet is teeth's decay

Our exquisitely designed body relies on food for its proper functioning.All body parts have specific needs. The teeth (as we know them) are not produced in the first year of life when the infant has its first showing, but start developing as early as the sixth week of gestation.

Health trends - Support trans fat free Americas

Experts on nutrition and public health are calling on leaders in the food industry to speed up the elimination of industrially produced trans fatty acids from the foods they produce and distribute, and to become partners...

Who are healers?

Healing is not only an application of a systematic model like the one that characterises Western medicine; it also requires a deep understanding of feelings. Healing also implores the spiritual connection that people have to exercise love and faith to each other and to Mother Earth...

Keep a training log

If you are serious about your weight training programme then it's essential that you keep an honest and detailed training diary to monitor your workouts. Keeping a training diary will help to increase your awareness of what you are doing in your weight...





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