My vision – A Healthy Nation
My vision in 2014 is to create a healthy nation. I myself am fit and healthy at 55 as a...
January 2, 2014
The hot health stories of 2013
Here are what I think were the big developments in health and nutrition this year.
December 23, 2013
Vitamins – a waste of money?
Three simultaneously published papers appeared today in the Annals of Internal Medicine, a struggling journal that is dependent on big...
December 17, 2013
The best breakfast to lose weight
If you’re trying to lose weight but struggling with all the Christmas temptations then the best way to start the...
December 12, 2013
Alzheimer’s – prevention could halve risk , G8 told
It is possible right now to cut the number of people who will get Alzheimer’s by 20 per cent, according...
December 11, 2013
Low GL diet gets thumbs up in new TV series
RTE, Ireland's biggest TV channel, have launched a new series called 'Doctors on Call' where they put my low GL...
December 6, 2013
Safe natural ways to solve common health problems
After 30 years of clinical and research experience, and treating thousands of people, I have created one resource that tells...
December 5, 2013
Beating bowel cancer
This month Beating Bowel Cancer launch Decembeard – growing a beard to help raise awareness of bowel cancer - one...
December 2, 2013
Key nutrients halve AIDS risk
Multivitamins including vitamin C and selenium halve rate of progression from HIV positive to AIDS in a new study.
November 29, 2013
Four foods that halve your prostate cancer risk
A new study from the UK’s National Cancer Research Network, combining four foods that slow down cancer cell growth, reports...
November 25, 2013
Let’s talk about alcohol
As we emerge from lockdown and with so many people looking to have a healthy start to the summer, I...
November 19, 2013
Diet for Diabetes on World Diabetes Day
Two years ago I wrote that we have 300 million people with diabetes worldwide. Now, according to the IDF, that...
November 14, 2013
Tinnitus
Many prescribed medications list it as a side effect, for example. It can also be triggered by loud noise -...
November 11, 2013
Reduce your stress with a simple technique
National Stress Awareness Day is focusing today on organizations reducing stress in the workplace, which is great but inevitably we’ll...
November 6, 2013
Coffee – good for cancer?
A report today, based on 16 studies, says that drinking three cups of coffee may reduce the risk of liver...
October 25, 2013
The Vitamin C Pee Myth
When you take high doses of vitamin C don’t you just excrete it? This is a question I get asked...
October 22, 2013
Do low fat diets make you fatter?
Some people say a calorie is a calorie, but more evidence is accumulating that conventional low fat, high carb diets...
October 16, 2013
Cold and Flu
Exposure to viruses is unavoidable, unless you live like a hermit. However, whether you succumb to a virus depends on...
October 15, 2013
Beware ‘mood stabiliser’ drugs
If you can double the number of people diagnosed as ‘bipolar’ (meaning sometimes up and sometimes down) and prescribe them...
October 12, 2013