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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

15 minute Online Test for Dementia

The first free on-line Cognitive Function Test developed by leading mental health experts to accurately assess your risk of memory...

May 15, 2011

Milk allergy – fact or fiction?

A recent study that hit the news last week suggests that milk intolerance is ‘all in the mind’ – or...

May 12, 2011

The Link Between High-Fat Diet And Type 2 Diabetes

The connection between high levels of body fat, inflammation and insulin resistance has been unclear for years. However new research...

April 27, 2011

Four steps to improving your digestion

Next to the common cold, symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are the most commonly reported ailment, affecting as many...

April 13, 2011

Pharmaceuticals creep through the back door – again!

If you have read my book Food is Better Medicine than Drugs, you will be sadly aware that it’s often...

March 30, 2011

Britain faces Alzheimer’s catastrophe – and it’s preventable

If I told you that there is a proven way to prevent age-related memory decline, stop your brain shrinking and...

March 22, 2011

Transform stress with the science of the heart

Most of us realise that stress is not good for us, but often it just seems like such a normal...

March 10, 2011

The Happiness Herb: Feel Good Factor Tip Ten

This week is the beginning of the Feel Good Factor tour in the UK and Ireland and we mark it...

March 8, 2011

Accept and Move Through Your Moods to Greater Happiness: Feel Good Factor Tip Nine

The experience of life means that we inevitably accumulate emotional tension and unresolved memories from the past. The more disturbing...

March 1, 2011

Could B Vitamins Make You Happier?

Do you know your Bs? You’ll probably have heard of folic acid, an important member of the B vitamin family,...

February 16, 2011

Why folic acid may prevent a first, but not second heart attack

Homocysteine predicts heart attacks but trials with homocysteine lowering B vitamins such as folic acid, given to those with cardiovascular...

February 3, 2011

Feel Good Factor goes to Number One

The Feel Good Factor is going to be Number One in the Irish Times Best Seller list this weekend. If...

February 1, 2011

The protein that can lift your mood

Feeling sad, depressed or low in motivation can often be caused by not having enough feel-good chemicals in your brain....

January 31, 2011