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
Prevention doesn’t mean drugs
As 21st century diseases from cancer to diabetes cripple our economies, 'prevention' is on everybody's lips. But prevention, like medicine...
September 18, 2013
Millions awarded for autism vaccine damage
You won’t read about it in the British press but two children who developed autism and brain damage following vaccination...
September 9, 2013
Milk – no good for bones, bad for cancer
For years I’ve been saying that dairy products are not an essential food, nor part of our evolutionary design. Now,...
August 28, 2013
Weight loss; it’s all in your mind
While we most certainly have genetic predispositions, our brains can change in amazing ways, regardless of age. This is known...
August 28, 2013
Three common health myths
Health advice can be really confusing and some dogmas are just wrong.Today I am going to look at three common...
August 28, 2013
Eggs don’t increase heart disease – official!
It has eggsasperated me , and is eggsactly what I have been saying for decades because the research has always...
August 12, 2013
New diabetes drugs double cancer risk
Heralded as the ‘darlings of diabetes treatment’ a new class of diabetes drugs, called incretin mimetics, commonly known as GLP-1...
August 12, 2013
PM – Don’t trust GM
When UK Prime Minister David Cameron was quoted in the media saying ‘ I’d give the family GM food’ I...
July 10, 2013
Billion Dollar Scam in an article
I was recently passed an article entitled ‘Billion-Dollar Scam in a Bottle; Vitamins could be useless and shorten your life.’...
July 3, 2013
Hit a weight loss plateau?
Time and again people contact me to ask why their weight loss has stalled despite following various different diets. There...
June 25, 2013
Are you a hunter or a gatherer?
Muscle and brain cells have two modes of operation, much like a hybrid car. The default mode runs off glucose....
June 4, 2013
Angelina’s breasts and genetic myths
One of the biggest lies in medicine today is that your disease is caused by genes. A fraction of the...
May 24, 2013
B vitamin supplements stop Alzheimer’s brain shrinkage
Ground-breaking research from Oxford University is published today (21st May), in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showing...
May 21, 2013
My natural summer survival kit
I often get asked what I take when I go travelling or on holiday so here’s my nutritional first-aid kit.
May 14, 2013
Not all fruit is created equally
Sugar is perhaps a greater addiction than people realise and kicking the habit can be difficult. If you are finding...
May 9, 2013
Living in the US is bad for your health
Bruce Springsteen may sing about the joys of being ‘born in the USA’ but recent research begs to differ. A...
April 29, 2013
Omega 3 DHA improves memory
Omega fish oil supplements are proven to help children with ADHD but what about adults without attention or behaviour issues?...
April 26, 2013
Measles and MMR – the risks
Weekend newspapers were full of stories about the recent outbreak of measles, affecting hundreds of children in the Swansea area....
April 15, 2013
