Help us end the Christmas heartache.

Thousands of Australian families will be without their loved ones this year.

Terry White Chemists are proud supporters of The Heart Foundation and the great work they do every year!

As a gift this Christmas, look beyond your happy family and beautiful Christmas Tree, donate to those who may be without.

You may just be the star on someones tree!

Andy Harrison born the 4th of March 1969.
Died from a heart attack, 16th of April 2009.

Click here to read Andy Harrisons story and find out how you can help today.

When you purchase The Tony Ferguson Cook Book during the month of May, we will donate $1 from the purchase price to a leading heart research charity.

Not only will you be investing in your own heart health today with our new cookbook, you’ll be investing in research to help many thousands of Australians tomorrow.

The Tony Ferguson Cook Book for heart and health.

Tony Ferguson developed The Tony Ferguson Cook Book with your wellbeing and heart health in mind.
It contains 64 nutritionally balanced, deliciously tasty recipes specially designed by our team of leading nutritionists and home economists.

Alongside our mouth watering recipes to help you maintain your weight loss regime, it’s also brimming with healthy cooking hints and tempting seasoning tips to tantalise your tastebuds.

And with The Tony Ferguson Cook Book in your kitchen you’ll never think of weight loss and weight loss maintenance as boring again.

Why Heart Research?

It’s well documented that there is a clear connection between obesity and heart disease.

The more overweight or obese you are the further your heart needs to pump your blood placing a lot of added stress onto your hearts workload.

Over 50 % of Australians are overweight or obese.

Obesity is fast becoming a bigger problem in the community than tobacco.

As a result, heart disease along with the associated risks of developing high blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes, is now more than ever a genuine concern for many thousands of Australians.

Does weight reduction help?

As little as a five to ten per cent weight reduction is all it takes to significantly reduce the risk of heart disease.

Simply put, weight loss reduces your body size and  the distance your blood needs to travel, which, in turn, reduces the workload on your heart.

You are what you eat.

The Tony Ferguson Weightloss Program educates you on the types and amount of foods you should be eating for a healthy heart and a healthy lifestyle while helping to get you to your weight loss goal sooner. The Program is pharmacy based and our professionally trained Weightloss Practitioners are with you every step of the way.

The Tony Ferguson Cook Book. Low GI Good-Carb for Your Wellbeing – is the deliciously tasty and enjoyably nutritious way to maintain your healthy weight goal, good health and be heart wise all at the same time.
Purchase your Tony Ferguson Cook Book at Terry White Chemists Hamilton & Charlestown now and start investing in your heart health today!

Source: Heart Foundation

Your heart needs care for life. A healthy heart is about enjoying a healthy lifestyle and making this a part of your everyday life. It is also about taking positive steps to reduce risk factors.

Everyone can do something to help prevent heart disease, including people who already have heart disease or who have had a heart event. The good news is that if you lead a healthy lifestyle, as outlined below, you can reduce your risk of developing heart disease.

The best ways to reduce the risk of developing heart disease, and to help prevent it getting worse if it already exists is to reduce or remove the risk factors over which we have some control.

To do this, have ongoing heart disease risk assessments with your doctor and lead a healthy lifestyle as outlined below. Being male, increasing age and having a family history of early death from heart disease are also risk factors for developing heart disease, but are much more difficult to control or change!

1. Be smokefree

Smoking reduces the amount of oxygen in your blood and damages the artery walls. Stopping smoking is the single most important thing you can do to reduce your risk of coronary heart disease. For more information on quitting smoking, call the Quitline on 131 848.

2. Enjoy healthy eating

Cholesterol and fat contribute to the deposits which build up in the artery walls and cause disease. You can help lower your blood cholesterol level and limit further artery clogging by reducing the amount of saturated fat you eat.

Saturated fat is found in fatty meats, full cream dairy products, butter, two vegetable oils (coconut and palm oils), most fried take-away foods and commercially baked products.

Replace saturated fats with moderate amounts of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats such as canola, olive, sunflower and soybean oils.

3. Be physically active

The body is designed to move, and regular, moderate physical activity is good for the heart. Being active is also a great way to have fun.

Physical activity can also help control other risk factors such as high blood pressure and being overweight.

The Heart Foundation recommends that people include 30 minutes or more of moderate intensity physical activity (such as brisk walking) on most, if not all days of the week, for health benefits. The amount of activity can be accumulated in shorter bouts, e.g. three 10-minute walks.

4. Control blood pressure

High blood pressure can strain your heart and speed up the process of coronary heart disease.

Have regular blood pressure checks. If your blood pressure is high, reduce salt intake, limit alcohol to two drinks or less daily and follow your doctor’s advice. Long-term medication may be required to manage high blood pressure.

5. Maintain a healthy weight

Being overweight and carrying too much weight around the waist are risk factors for coronary heart disease and diabetes. Healthy eating and being physically active assists weight loss.

Your doctor can advise you on your waist measurement goal.