World Diabetes Day – Reversing the Diabetes Epidemic
Globally diabetes is out of control. We've gone from 30 million people with diabetes 25 years ago to 300 million...
November 14, 2011
Food Hospital TV on supplements
Yesterday’s (Tuesday 8th November) Food Hospital ITV programme contained lots of good advice, and results, about eating anti-inflammatory rich foods...
November 9, 2011
Food is medicine on TV
Last night (Tuesday 8pm) Channel 4 launched a series called Food Hospital and tackled a case of polycystic ovaries, diabetes,...
November 2, 2011
Three drinks a week increases breast cancer risk
A study of over 100,000 women shows that three or more alcoholic drinks a week increase breast cancer risk.
November 2, 2011
Three in ten suffer post natal depression
A new survey from the charity 4Children has found that three in ten new mothers may experience postnatal depression (PND)....
October 27, 2011
What if anti-depressants don’t work?
Prescriptions for anti-depressants in the UK have gone up 43% to 23 million a year.An article in The Independent yesterday...
October 26, 2011
Do nutritional supplements increase risk of death?
Headlines rang out over the UK that taking vitamins might very slightly increase risk of death of older women. It...
October 14, 2011
Do supplements increase risk of death?
Headlines rang out over the UK that taking vitamins might very slightly increase risk of death of older women. It...
October 14, 2011
What’s causing migraines?
This week a study shows that 85% of people affected by debilitating migraines had their symptoms reduced, and quality of...
September 6, 2011
Patrick’s Say No to Diabetes Podcast
Patrick's first podcast is now free to download on itunes. This podcast is all about Diabetes, coinciding with the release...
August 30, 2011
Can type-2 diabetes be cured?
The conventional view has been that type-2 diabetes cannot be cured or reversed. However, there are many cases of people...
August 25, 2011
Are antioxidants harmful?
An article yesterday in The Guardian alluded again to a Cochrane Review in 2007 whose conclusion was that antioxidants were...
August 9, 2011
The politics of Alzheimer’s prevention – what works?
A recent Lancet Report claims that 3 million less Alzheimer’s cases could result from dealing with seven apparently contributory causes...
July 22, 2011
Macmillan Cancer support says four in 10 people will get cancer
Macmillan Cancer support says four in 10 people will get cancer during their lifetime. This has risen from 33% a...
July 14, 2011
In Dementia Awareness Week over 70,000 complete cognitive function test
It's Dementia Awareness Week and I am proud to announce that Food for the Brain’s Alzheimer’s Prevention Project has hit...
June 30, 2011
Very low calorie diet reverses diabetes
Reported in the Guardian today are the results of an eight week crash diet on diabetes (type 2). Seven out...
June 24, 2011
Ten simple weight loss changes
A study of over 120,000 people followed up over 25 years has revealed ten simple predictors of whether or not...
June 23, 2011
Who funds NHS vitamin propaganda?
Last week NHSDirect published a glossy 34 page booklet entitled ‘Supplements -who needs them?’ It is one of the most...
June 3, 2011
WHO: Cell phones may cause cancer
Radiation from cell phones could possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization. In a report issued today, the...
June 1, 2011
55,000 do Cognitive Function Test in 10 days
Food for the Brain's Alzheimer's Prevention Project has got off to a flying start with over 55,000 completed on-line Cognitive...
May 24, 2011
