Sleeping pill prescriptions all-time high
HSE figures show a big increase in sleeping pill prescriptions, just behind cholesterol lowering and diabetes drugs. But there are...
January 27, 2011
Cheer yourself up on ‘Blue Monday’
‘Blue Monday’ – supposedly the most depressing day of the year is today, so we wanted to give you some...
January 24, 2011
January blues? Check your mood with our feelgood questionnaire
Finding January a bit of a downer? Then fill out our questionnaire and see if you could benefit from a...
January 11, 2011
The Feel Good Factor
The Mail on Sunday's YOU mag explains my top ten mood boosting secrets from the new book The Feel Good...
December 26, 2010
How to fill yourself up this Christmas and never gain a pound
The festive season requires some guerilla tactics if you don’t want to arrive at New Year wearing what you ate...
December 22, 2010
Cholesterol good for the brain
Having a high level of HDL cholesterol is associated with reducing your risk for Alzheimer’s. It also lowers your risk...
December 14, 2010
Biggest ever diet study proves my low GL diet works best
Europe’s biggest ever diet trial, published today, involving 722 families, costing 14.5 million euros, set out to discover the winning...
November 24, 2010
Say no to psoriasis
Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory skin condition that affects around 1 in 40 people, making it the most common skin...
November 24, 2010
Are supplements under EU threat?
In the past few weeks I’ve received a lot of emails from people who have been told that just about...
November 22, 2010
Don’t tax fat, tax sugar
Last week’s Panorama programme called Tax the Fat explored whether we should be taxing high fat foods to help deal...
November 19, 2010
Natural ways to kill a cold
Before you reach for the Lemsip there are natural, and more effective ways to beat a cold, or, at least...
November 17, 2010
Vitamin E – good or bad for strokes?
A recent analysis in the British Medical Journal suggests that vitamin E reduces the common kind of 'ischaemic' stroke but...
November 10, 2010
How to prevent, and reverse, failing eyesight.
If you are concerned about your failing eyesight, perhaps due to long sightedness, macular degeneration, glaucoma or cataracts read this...
November 3, 2010
Losing and winning the cancer war
Despite claims of increased survival the cancer war is clearly being lost. Lifetime risk for cancer has risen by 49%...
October 13, 2010
Be inspired by these two ladies who lost weight and improved their health
Two ladies in Ireland followed my low glycaemic load diet whilst attending the Zest4Life programme and lost 5 stone between...
October 8, 2010
Multi-vitamins improve multi-tasking
New research has found that taking a daily multivitamin and mineral can have a positive impact on cognitive performance and...
October 6, 2010
Proof that IBS is not all in the mind!
Around 10% of the population is estimated to suffer from the misery of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Yet despite experiencing...
September 29, 2010
Drinking water helps you lose weight
A new study has found that drinking water before meals can enhance weight loss. Over a 12-week period, dieters drinking...
September 27, 2010
The best approach to treating and preventing cancer
In 1999, when I wrote Say No to Cancer, I predicted that, by 2014 a person's risk of developing cancer...
September 15, 2010
B vitamins stop brain shrinkage preventing dementia
Dementia and Alzheimer’s are very real concerns for all of us. Today, a definitive study is published that provides proof...
September 9, 2010
