You can always speak to any of our professionally trained pharmacists about your medicines.

The human gut naturally produces a hormone called GLP-1 in response to eating.

When GLP-1 binds to specific receptors in the body, it triggers a series of mechanisms that regulate blood sugar (glucose) levels, slow the movement of food through the digestive system and act on neurons in the brain.

These give people a feeling of fullness that helps them eat less and manage their weight.

An interesting fact is the origins of these GLP-1 medicines were found in Gila monster venom.

You are receiving an effective medicine that shows promising signs for better health overall.

'No life is an ordinary story' - The Human Body DVD BBC TV, UK

During a baby girl's lifetime, she will achieve the most amazing things:

* eat for nearly 3.5 years

* consuming 7300 eggs

* 160kg of chocolate

* shall produce 40,000L of urine and spend over six months on the loo

* dribble 145L of saliva prior to her first birthday

* she shall crawl 150km before she is two years old and from then on, a new word every two hours for the next ten years

* by the time a baby has turned 10, its heart would have beaten 368 million times

* spend a little over 12 years watching TV and a little over 2.5 years on the telephone 

* spend 2 weeks kissing

* grow 28m of fingernails, 950km of hair on her head and more than 2m up her nose

* by age of 21 she would have breathed over 2.5m balloons of air

* she will walk for a total of just over eight years and produce over 200 billion new red blood cells each and every day

* she will be able to name 2000 people and will call 150 of this group her friends

* she will shed 19kg of dead skin

* she will have sex 2580 times with five different people

* she will fall in love twice

* will blink 450 million times and eyes will be able to distinguish over one million colours

* if married, she will spend 6980 pounds on her wedding day and has a 60% chance of staying married to the same person for the rest of her life

* shall have two children and four grandchildren, and when she grows up only 2 of her 8 great grandchildren will remember what her name was

* In Britain she likely to live for 79 years, in France 82 years, in North America 80 years, in Africa only 55 years

* By that time, she would have walked over 22,000km and talked for 12 years

It is an amazing list.

We will each in our time do an incredible amount and the driving force... is our brain, our body, and the nutrients we feed it.

More food for thought - other ways of reducing fat

Exclusion:

* Don't use butter or margarine

* Avoid sausages/luncheon meats

* Eat salads without mayonnaise or dressing

* Avoid pies, sausage rolls or pasties

Modification:

* Trim the fat off meat

* Skim fat off soups

* Drain fat off cooked mince

* Take the skin off chicken

* Grill, bake, microwave, dry-fry- BBQ or steam

Substitution:

* Use reduced/low fat cheese

* Use skim milk not whole milk

* Eat reduced fat ice cream

* Lean meats for fatter meats

* Yoghurt instead of cream

* Fish or seafood instead of meat

Replacement:

* Use lemon for salad dressing

* Eat yoghurt instead of ice cream

* Have fruit snacks not cake

* Use vegetable stock not oil

The Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that over 60% of all Australian deaths result from a nutrition disorder.

Consider that this is broken down as such:

* 28% die from ischaemic heart disease;

* 24% from cancer;

* 11% from stroke.

Cooking Food

The following are suggestions you can utilise for the benefit of your nutrition, diet and weight management.

Technique:

* Grill, bake, steam or microwave instead of frying and battering

* If frying, dry fry, use water or minimal oil

* Stir fry using water or stock

* Use spices, herbs, garlic, pepper and ginger to add flavour

* Use low-fat flavourings like wine, tobasco, vinegar, lemon, garlic, onion, etc

Approach:

* Bake meats on a rack above a tray partly filled with water

* Use a grill rack to allow fat to drain during cooking
* Baste with low fat marinades

* Cover meat with a lid or foil to keep moist

* Cut ingredients into bite sized pieces before cooking

* If cooking meat, cook this first, then remove and add vegetables later

* Use non-stick pans, baking dishes etc

* When roasting, steam the vegetables, or bake in foil on a rack to avoid contact with fat

Method:

* Don't add butter or oil to cooking

* Avoid creamy sauces and gravies, rich cakes, biscuits and chips and cooking in oil

* Substitute yoghurt for sour cream in recipes

* Use low-fat coconut milk with coconut essence in curries

* Cut the fat off the meat, skin off the poultry, or crackling off the pork before cooking

Eating Out:

* Take special care of portion sizes when eating out

* Consciously reduce portion size when eating with others

* Avoid take-aways as much as possible

* Don't order the extra serves or king size quantities

* Be aware of 'the exception rule' when eating out - if you think eating out is an exception so you can eat more, you'll find yourself always eating more.

At Home:

* Use a smaller plate

* Maintain your water intake throughout the day

* Increase your fibre intake as it means you are more full and it helps reduce total food intake, as well as decreases constipation, reduce bowel cancer and leaves less room for fatty foods - this comprises eating 3-4 pieces of different fruit, 4-5 different vegetables per day and trying more wholemeal and wholegrain foods, beans and lentils

* Have a meat portion about the size of the palm of your hand and the rest in vegetables

* Be aware that your eyes might be bigger than your belly

* Get used to seeing your meals as small on the plate. 

This way your hunger levels will decrease to meet the amount of food served

Eating patterns and Weight Management

* Eat small meals often - don't go for longer than four hours without something (healthy) to eat

* Don't miss having (something for) breakfast

* If you exercise in the morning, do so before breakfast (unless you are a heavily exercising athlete)

* Snack on fruit and other health food regularly

* Be careful that this doesn't increase your total food intake

* Eat larger meals earlier in the day, as these are then 'burned up' more readily.

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