Zoe just sent me this message about a fab meat offer. However, please note I did check with the supplier and this cannot be guaranteed 100% grass-fed as the animals are fed barley in Winter with their grass sileage. If you are truly gluten free, this is an issue. If not, go for it - …
Colon Support Alternative
Due to new EU herbal regulations, Nutrigold's Colon Support is currently being reformulated - and the ARG GastroCleanse I recommended instead has also just disappeared! Aargh. Please use Archturus Loosemore (2-6 per day) and Psyllium Husk caps(1-4 per day) instead. This will approximate the original formula of Colon Support. You can get those as normal …
More on Breast Screening
I wrote recently about the vagaries of over-diagnosis. Here is a piece on a breast cancer screening from the Daily Telegraph I thought was interesting. Of course, I am not saying don't get screened, but I, for one, am becoming more aware of the debate: Daily Telegraph: By Stephen Adams, Medical Correspondent 29.7.11 “Breast cancer screening programmes …
Zinc Shortens #Colds
Many people I see are deficient in zinc and magnesium, but all you ever seem to hear about in mainstream channels is the lack of calcium (which is actually quite unusual I find). Here is just one review of 13 studies which shows how taking a proper amount of zinc - 75mg - at the …
Vitamin D And Rise in #Bowel Cancer and #Diabetes
First I read this story: Guardian 27.7.11 “STUDY SAYS BOWEL CANCER RATE HAS DOUBLED IN MEN” The chances of men getting bowel cancer have doubled since the 1970s, says Cancer Research UK. In 1975 1 in 29 men got bowel cancer, but by 2008 this had risen to 1 in 15. The rate among women has …
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New FreeFrom Range from Co-Op
Check out the Co-op's new, albeit small, freefrom range of wheat, gluten and some dairy free products just in store. If your local store hasn't got any, ask. I remember doing that in the store near us in Saddleworth and they were very helpful. Don't ask, don't get and all that. Bit late Co-op but …
#Allergy & #Food Intolerance Tests
Ta - da! I have now revamped the allergy and food intolerance tests for you, taking into account new methods and research. You would think this was easy given the amount of stuff in the media about allergy testing. The truth is, though, that because no-one knows exactly how delayed food intolerance occurs, no-one knows …
Over-Diagnosis
What was I saying earlier about the dangers inherent with diagnosis? Look at this quote in today's Daily Mail explaining why even the President of the Royal College of GPs refuses to have a mammogram: "The potential dangers of over-diagnosis have even led the president of the Royal College of GPs, Iona Heath, to decline …
Middle Age Cancer Rises 18%
This is not good news, is it?! See the stories in several papers yesterday about the seemingly meteoric rise of cancer, especially breast and prostate cancers, in middle-aged people? There is a good summary of the report, which was based on statistics from Cancer Research UK's new campaign, at Patient UK. It does point out, …
Magnesium and #Back Pain
Just as I was waxing lyrical about nutrient deficiency and the importance of getting the right test for magnesium levels, up pops this really interesting piece from Nutrigold about magnesium and back pain. I would agree with this. In all my years as a remedial massage therapist, there were some people's back pain no amount …