Half-a-raw onion raises HDL cholesterol by 25 per cent in people with cholesterol problems. Photo by Cpl Belinda Mepham, 1JPAU(P)

A time bomb inside you
Cholesterol in a nutshell is fatty build up through poor eating habits, or just plain eating of the wrong foods.

Unfortunately for Australians, cholesterol problems account for around 40 per cent of all deaths through the associated artery blockages in the heart or brain. If you add to this other factors such as lifestyle and genetics, some people are a time bomb ready to explode.

Deploying physios adds to capability
My recent return from deployment to the UN Military Hospital in Dili, East Timor, provided me with the opportunity to compare physiotherapy support to this operation with other operations namely, Op Tamar (Rwanda) and Op Belisi (Bougainville).

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