Forget Atkins – go ‘fishkins’ to cut cancer risk in half, shows new study
A massive study of over 77,000 people has found that eating meat increases risk for colorectal cancer by 75 per...
March 10, 2015
Escape the stress trap
Chronic stress has dire long-term health consequences - it is as bad for you as smoking and responsible for reducing...
March 3, 2015
Could 3 cups of coffee a day reduce heart attack risk?
Is coffee good or bad for you? A study out today claims 3 - 5 cups a day is good...
March 3, 2015
Free online test shows how to halve Alzheimer’s risk
One in four people over 50 are predicted to develop Alzheimer’s, an irreversible disease and the most common form of...
January 20, 2015
What’s the right diet for you?
BBC Horizon’s programme ‘What’s the right diet for you’ this week claimed to put personalised dieting to the test by...
January 15, 2015
No Cancer deaths by 2050?
That was the announcement in yesterday’s newspapers in response to an £80 million cut in funding from the government for...
January 15, 2015
Mediterranean diet keeps you ‘genetically young’
A study in the British Medical Journal has found that the Mediterranean Diet (which is very similar to my low...
December 4, 2014
B vitamins memory benefit questioned
We know that B vitamins, given to those with both the first signs of memory loss (mild cognitive impairment) and...
November 14, 2014
Atkins diet cancer risk
UK medical experts have blamed the Atkins diet for a worrying increase in constipation and colon cancer.
October 17, 2014
Gouty arthritis – cherry juice really works
The old wives tale that cherry juice helps gouty arthritis has been confirmed in a highly positive clinical trial published...
October 2, 2014
Are you B12 deficient? Why treatment has to change.
Many people who suffer from tiredness, failing mood and memory lack vitamin B12, known as pernicious anaemia, and take years...
October 2, 2014
Is vitamin C helpful against Ebola?
Understandably, there are no trials yet testing vitamin C against the Ebola virus, either in the test-tube or real life....
September 25, 2014
Horizon – Is meat bad for you?
While it is true that vegetarians, on the whole, live longer than meat eaters the fact that low carb, moderate...
August 19, 2014
Obesity is linked to ten common cancers
Research published today in The Lancet shows that being overweight or obese is linked to ten common cancers.
August 14, 2014
85% of natural products to be banned – please act now
A set of regulations based on neither science nor logic, regarding safety, has been enacted by the Minister of Health...
July 24, 2014
Why are Oxford University and Alzheimer’s Research UK trying to discredit B vitamins?
Last month I told you in a blogabout the research of Robert Clarke et al.
July 17, 2014
One in three Alzheimer’s cases preventable NOW, says expert review
One in three cases of Alzheimer’s could be prevented, new research reveals - but policy makers are ignoring it. Why?...
July 1, 2014
Vitamin C keeps your arteries healthy
Last week a meta-analysis of 44 clinical trials confirmed that 500mg of vitamin C a day, more than five times...
June 26, 2014
Cynicism is seriously bad for you
Three studies have now found that the most negative emotion is not stress, anger or depression but cynicism.
June 16, 2014
Statins don’t benefit 80% of takers
In case you don't know there’s a war going on about statins coinciding with a review by NICE on whether...
June 12, 2014
