Why we overeat and simple strategies to keep hunger pangs at bay
There's more to healthy eating and weight loss than simply tracking your food intake. How you think about food and...
February 25, 2013
Fighting fat with a sugar tax
Today doctor's unite to recommend a tax on sugary drinks, and restrictions on advertising. About time too. We should be...
February 16, 2013
How to stay low GL this Valentine’s Day
With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, you may be wondering how best to set the mood to guarantee some romance.
February 12, 2013
High calcium linked to heart disease
A high intake of supplemental calcium appears to be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease death in men...
February 6, 2013
Kidney stones caused by vitamin C?
This old story hit the newspapers this week due to a study of several thousand people that found that those...
February 6, 2013
Swap This for That:
The goal of this post is to keep hunger and weight gain at bay by helping you make smart, sometimes...
January 29, 2013
Secrets to Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions
Can you usually keep your resolve for your New Year’s resolutions, or does your will power start to wane after...
January 23, 2013
How to strengthen your immunity this winter
Winter's is well and truly upon us. And that means colds and flu are too. If you suffer from more...
January 16, 2013
My 3 Health Tips for the New Year
INTO THE BLUE Blueberries boost your memory. Having a shot of blueberry juice, or a handful in the afternoon stops...
January 9, 2013
Coconut oil benefits for Alzheimer’s & weight loss
Virgin-pressed coconut oil contains medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) with convert directly into ketones. Recent evidence suggests ketones help you lose weight,...
January 8, 2013
Why I don’t recommend the HPV123 Gardasil ‘cervical cancer’ vaccine
You can’t turn a corner in London today without seeing ads scaring mothers to get their teenage daughters vaccinated against...
December 16, 2012
Alternate day ‘IF’ fasting on BBC
Last month's Horizon TV programme on how to live longer, gain health and lose weight by eating less through intermittent...
October 31, 2012
Cancer – screening risks.. vitamins help
A report out today concludes that, for every life breast cancer mammogram screening saves, three women have unnecessary surgery. A...
October 30, 2012
Drugs may double dementia risk
Benzodiazepine sleeping and anti-anxiety pills such as temazapam and diazepam may double dementia risk, according to research published in the...
September 29, 2012
Food Hospital on Eczema and Arthritis
It’s good to see Channel 4’s food hospital back, this week on eczema and rheumatoid arthritis. It coincides with a...
September 21, 2012
Large fizzy drinks banned in New York, will the UK follow suit?
Anyone in their right mind knows that it's sugar that's driving diabetes and other diseases, not a deficiency of new...
September 20, 2012
Q&A Blog on heart disease and strokes
As a member of my Heart Health Club I welcome your questions on cholesterol, blood pressure, angina, preventing, reversing and...
September 14, 2012
Omega 3s improve reading, behaviour and heart risk
A new study shows that giving children omega 3 supplements improves reading and behaviour. A 'meta-analysis' on increasing omega 3...
September 12, 2012
Indigestion? Beware PPI Drugs
Today’s Daily Mail warns of the dangers of drugs known as proton-pump inhibitors, usually ending in ‘...prazole’. Thirty six million...
July 24, 2012
UK’s no.1 drug firm GSK fined $3billion
GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) has pleaded guilty to criminal charges relating to anti-depressant and diabetes drug frauds and agreed to pay $3...
July 5, 2012
