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COVID-19 Update for Saturday, April 23

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New COVID-19 cases numbered 355 (156 males and 199...

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PG 3 What’s in a number? PG 6 Maternity Matters PG 8 Adolescent Health PG 10 Better Families PG 12 Pandemic fatigue & burnout PG 14 Fitness in small spaces PG 16 Cleaning contact lenses Nutrition PG 18 Food combinations Pt.2 PG 20 Replacing refined grains PG 22 Water watch Pt.1 PG 24 Dietician Victoria Cox Health PG 26 Nicole Carter’s nutrition PG 28 The Delta variant

Editor’s Note

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This month’s issue takes more of a turn along the road of nutrition, great health and well-being. There are features on fitness, how much sun to actually take in, how ultraviolet rays affects your skin, and information about the Delta variant of COVID, among other informative articles. One highlight is the feature on the Better Health resident Nutritionist, Victoria Cox, as we continue

Maternity Matters

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Maternity Matters by Midwife Andrea Jordan Three Troubleshooting Solutions for your Breastfeeding Woes! Why is breastfeeding such a struggle? What am I doing wrong? These are the words spoken by many a new mother in the early days with their newborns. Let’s face it, even though breastfeeding is supposed to be a natural process, for some mothers, and babies, it can be a real
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Getting Past the Wall

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Getting Past the Wall BETTER FAMILIES by Jomo Phillips MSSW-MFT (Clinical Fellow AAMFT) Couple & Family Therapist/Clinical Social Worker If someone had told us that the coronavirus restrictions would have been in place almost a year later and life as we know would remain upended, many of us would have laughed. Yet this is reality one year later. With another round of increased
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CHILDREN’S HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH

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by Katrina Welch Caring for your teeth does not begin in adulthood. In fact, from the time a baby’s first teeth appear brushing should begin as told by local dental practitioner Dr. Lois Applewhite-Holford. In our last edition of Better Health magazine, she shared information on teeth brushing and dental visits for children as we recognised the observance of Children’s Dental Health Awareness
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SCREEN TIME AND YOUR BODY

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SCREEN TIME AND YOUR BODY by Katrina Welch Now it’s time to start my day… and spoiler alert... after spending my entire day staring at my laptop to complete my work, you better believe that to unwind tonight I’m going to watch movies and chill until it’s time to sleep and start the cycle all over again. Screens are all around us. The use of computers, televisions, tablets
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EXAMINING SLEEP: Why, How and How Much?

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EXAMINING SLEEP: Why, How and How Much? One of my biggest regrets in adulthood is not recognising the true value of sleep. I definitely regret every nap which I did not take as a child; I would love to make use of some of that valuable sleep time now. Adult life is hectic and admittedly, for those of us who are seeking to successfully manage a career, care for a family, pursue further
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DIETS WHY WE SHOULD AVOID THEM! PT2

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DIETS WHY WE SHOULD AVOID THEM! PT2 by Victoria Cox, MSC, Registered Dietitian Diets - those often extreme, restrictive and short-lived periods of time during which we deny ourselves of our favourite foods, only to eventually “fall off of” or “ruin” the diet – and go back to exactly what we were eating beforehand! As last week’s article explained, there is a dark side to
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FOOD SUPER SEAMOSS

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FOOD SUPER SEAMOSS SEA MOSS HAS 92 OF THE 110 MINERALS THE BODY IS MADE FROM In Barbados and the Caribbean, sea moss is considered a man’s drink because it is said to boost his stamina, but it contains powerful immune boosting nutrients that are good for both sexes. Sea moss has been proven to contain over 90 percent of the nutrients our bodies’ needs and is especially high
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SURVIVING COVID BEAST

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SURVIVING COVID BEAST IN HER OWN WORDS STAN HOME WEAR A MASK SELF DISTANCE by Rosemary Parkinson (who is still recovering from COVID-19) Many people may know me through social media, many since childhood or recent friendship and then many because I have written three very large books. My life as a contributor and author shows, without a doubt, that I am a fearless adventurer
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MY ENDO STORY

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by Katrina Welch “ It’s just a bad period, it’s a normal thing.” These are the words which were often echoed to a young Janelle Mellowes who suffered from excruciating pain each month when she experienced her menstrual cycle. At the tender age of eight, her cycle began without posing any major challenges for the first few years. However, when she entered secondary school and
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SKIP TO SAL VATION

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by Nick Nunes It’snosecret that Barbados hashadanissue with obesity anditsrelated issues foralong time. The ongoing lapses innormal activity have served to highlight aneed forpeople around theworld to keep active even without thepossibility ofsocial activity. According totheCDC, “ Adults with excess weight areateven greater riskduring theCOVID 19 pandemic: • Having obesity increases
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THE LAWVS MEDICINE

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THE LAWVS MEDICINE by Nick Nunes The failures and ramifications of rampant and uncontrolled, uninformed, drug use ultimately derive from a lack of knowledge and prohibition due to fear. Marijuana was once regarded in the same light as lethal opioids. Today, most of the world has eased restrictions on one of the most popular plants on the planet and medical research has advanced the
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