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DON’T FORGET TO COME TO

RECEPTION

WHEN YOU ARRIVE It is important that we know you have arrived so we can make the

doctor or clinician you are visiting aware.

Please report to reception before taking a seat.

Dr Scott Deller will be returning to

Active Health Portland

as a Locum GP.

Dr Deller will be working with us from

29 May to 23 June.

If you would like an appointment to see Dr Deller please

book at Reception.

June 2017

Days to Celebrate in June

1 - 30 June Burns Awareness Month

1- 30 June Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

4 June MS Walk and Fun Run

4 June Memory Walk and Jog- Alzheimer’s Australia

12- 18 June Blood Donor Week

21 June MND Global Day

30 June Red Nose Day

Active Health Portland Newsletter

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Understanding Food and the Brain’s

Reward System

Food is a basic human need, more than just a tasty meal or treat. It’s essential to survival and necessary for balancing the energy we need to function throughout the day.

Unfortunately, we consume far more than our body needs. the excess energy from our food being as body fat.

So how to maintain a healthy weight?… there are other factors such as genetics, medica-tions, disease…but also of importance is eating for pleasure.

When we eat, communication occurs between our body, energy balance and our drive to eat. Messages travel from the brain and back from our gastrointestinal tract and other or-gans. The amount of energy we have is determined by our body, while our brain and stomach work together to determine food availability, hunger and fullness.

Then why do we eat more than our body needs?

Managing how much we eat is one of the biggest barriers to maintaining a healthy weight. This is because of the brain’s many signals and pathways at work when we consume food. When we eat something that we enjoy, we feel good because of a chemical in our brain called dopamine. These memories are stored in our brain’s pathways, and over time, cer-tain memories such as sight, smell and taste trigger physical and emotional reactions – even when we know it’s not the right time (or type of food) to eat. This is how cravings oc-cur!

Also, if there is a communication problem between our body and brain (such as incorrect physiological signals), we can eat more than our body needs. Keep doing that and the extra energy we don’t need is stored as body fat.

So how do we deal with our cravings or alter our brain’s reward system?

Here’s how….

Practice mindfulness, medication, behavior change, addressing physical and emotional concerns with your doctor and education. For more on this topic, go to :

http://www.yourweightmatters.org/understanding-brains-reward-system/

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Upcoming

Events

Weight Watchers

Meeting

every Tuesday from

5.30pm

CLINICAL STAFF ON LEAVE

Debbie Carrington - Maternity Leave

Marg Garde - 29 May to 2 July

Ritesh Kawade -12 June to 23 June

Please ensure you book an appointment with

these clinicians before their leave, if required.

New Doctor's at Active Health

Dr Vishnu Sangangari

Dr Vishnu trained in India. He completed some of his study in Melbourne and worked in Bendigo hospital from 2008 – 2010. Dr Vishnu completed his GP training in Mount Gambier and he has special medical interests in Dermatology, Medical Research and Teaching. Dr Vishnu will be starting work at Active Health in July.

Dr Jun Parker

Dr Parker is coming to work at Portland District Health as an Anaesthetist at the end of June. He will also be working here at Active Health on a casual basis as a GP.

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General Practitioners

Dr Marg Garde

Dr Margaret Garde arrived in Portland to commence work at what was then "Portland Medical Group" in Otway St in December 1984. Since then she has filled roles in Emergency Medicine, Hospital care, Family Planning, Public Health, Indigenous Health, Chronic Disease Management and more recently has achieved qualifications and experience in Medical Ed-ucation. At Active Health she runs continuing education for all health staff and teaches the two medical students who are attached to the clinic.

Dr Judy Carson

Dr Carson holds general practice training as well as a Diploma in Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Masters in General Practice Psychiatry and an Advanced Certificate of Hypnosis. She has worked at Macarthur Outreach Centre and currently works at Port Fairy Medical Clinic as well as Active Health.

Dr Ann Dunbar

Dr Dunbar holds a Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (Edin), a Fellow of the Royal Aus-tralian College of General Practitioners and a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery St Andrews. She has had extensive experience working as a GP in both Scotland and Australia. Her special medical interests include Women’s Health, Cardiovascular medicine, Travel Medicine and Migraines.

Dr Deborah Carrington

Dr Carrington holds a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Honours) and a Bachelor of Medical Science from the University of Melbourne. She completed her Internship and Residency with Eastern Health in Melbourne and joined the GP Training Program in 2011. Deborah has worked in Hospitals, Aged Care, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care as well as Medical Clinics. Her special medical interests include Infant sleep and settling, Breastfeed-ing support and Women’s health. Dr Carrington is currently on Maternity Leave.

Dr Meg Pilkington

Dr Meg Pilkington holds a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from Flinders Univer-sity. She also holds a Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary Honours) and a Bachelor of Forestry Science, both from Melbourne University. Dr Pilkington is a rurally trained doctor having studied in Mt Gambier for 2 years through the Parallel Rural Community Curriculum. She has spent time working at South West Healthcare Warrnambool Hospital as well as Port-land District Health. She has previously worked at Active Health Portland and with her re-turn she will continue to work at Portland District Health upskilling in Anaesthetics and Emergency Med-icine. She has a special interest in rural remote medicine and is undertaking general practice through the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine and looks forward to a career as a rural generalist where she will experience all areas of general practice. Dr Alex Pun

Dr Alex Pun holds a Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery from Monash University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Surgical Anatomy from the University of Melbourne. He com-pleted his internship and residency at Monash Health in Melbourne and joined the General Practice training program in 2016.Alex is also currently completing a Masters of Medicine (Pain Management) through University of Sydney. His special medical interests are minor procedures and Men's Health.

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YOU CAN NOW BOOK YOUR

APPOINTMENT AT ACTIVE HEALTH THROUGH

HotDoc

Ask at reception for details

Do you need a script? It is the policy at Active Health Portland that you see a

GP when you require a script.

It is the duty of care of your GP to ensure their patients are keeping in good health this is why we have this policy in place.

When you come in to get a script the GP can ensure that you are having no adverse

side effects and that the medication is helping you in the way it should.

Please ensure you check on your medication and scripts regularly so that you can make a time to organise a script well ahead of time. This will help to

ensure you can see your regular GP for the script that is required.

GETTING TO KNOW YOUR ACTIVE HEALTH STAFF MEMBERS

Five minutes with…

Catherine Trinnick Occupation : Registered Nurse/Midwife

How long have you been a Registered Nurse/Midwife?

Nurse - 12 years Midwife - 1.5 years

Tell us something we may not know about you I played

tenor saxophone in the school band and have recently

started playing again after 15 years !

Did you know? Men loose about 40 hairs a day.

Women loose about 70 hairs a day.

FLU SEASON IS UPON US…..

Flu vaccines have arrived at

Active Health Portland.

If you are interested in having a

vaccine please talk to your GP to

check if it is right for you and so

that a time for an appointment

can be made.

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Ingredients Method 1 1/2 cup pasta shapes (spiral or

bows), to make 2 cups cooked spray olive or canola oil spray 2 tbs plain flour 200 g lean beef strip, thinly

sliced 1 tbs no-added-salt tomato

paste 1 onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, finely chopped 100 g mushroom, chopped 1 carrot, chopped 1/4 cup water 1 tsp reduced-salt vegetable

stock 1 tbs Worcestershire sauce to taste pepper 1 cup frozen green bean 2 tbs reduced-fat plain yoghurt

Prep: 15mins

Cook: 15 mins

Serves: 2

1. Cook pasta according to packet instructions. 2. Place beef and flour in a plastic bag together, and

toss to coat. Discard excess flour. 3. Heat oil in a large, non-stick frying pan and cook

beef till golden brown. 4. Add the tomato paste and cook for about 1 mi-

nute, then add the vegetables (except the beans) and cook, stirring occasionally for 5-10 minutes.

5. Add water, stock powder, Worcestershire sauce and a good grind of black pepper, stir, and sim-mer for 5-10 minutes, until the sauce has thick-ened up. Add the beans and heat through.

6. Stir through the yoghurt and serve on pasta with a little more pepper.

Variation: Serve with rice or mashed potatoes

instead of pasta and serve green beans on the

side.

Comment: *To make this dish gluten free, use gluten

free pasta and flour, and check sauces for gluten.

*Swap Worcestershire sauce for half tomato-sauce,

half soy sauce to make this dish seafood-free.

3-2-1

BEEF STROGANOFF