Many of you have asked me in the past to set up a weekly weight management meeting (like Weight watchers etc), so you can have weekly support and motivation. But now I’ve gone one better! I will shortly launch a modular home study weight loss course online so you can do it wherever you are …
A Brand New Year – A Chance To Change?
Happy New Year to you all! I hope you had a lovely festive break. Personally, I am raring to go again now – there are only so many days I can watch TV, eat chocs and socialise before I’m itching to get back to work! I hope that’s how you feel about your work …
And Finally…
A collection of inspirational quotes for you to end 2008 with and welcome in 2009. I hope they inspire you… There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. Epictetus There is only one person who could ever make …
HRT COULD RAISE HEART ATTACK RISK BY 25%
A study of 700,000 women found HRT increases the chance of a heart attack by almost a quarter in women aged between 51 & 54. Using it for over 4 years could raise the risk by 59%. The research was carried out by Ellen Lokkegaard at Rigshospitalet in Denmark and was published in the European …
ESTHER WILL BE PLEASED – KNOBBLY CARROTS ARE BACK!
These will go on sale again after the scrapping of the EU rules dictating the size & shape of fruit & veg. This is to cut red tape amid complaints from growers & farmers forced to throw away good produce. Twenty percent of the British harvest is thrown away to comply with EU regulations and …
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TURMERIC – A POTENT ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
One of the main ways we know to reduce inflammation is to give the right oils. For reasons too complicated to go into, this is because it stops the production of inflammatory compounds in the body. I was reading up about pain, though, the other day and came across some research on curcumin (or turmeric …
GENDER AGE GAP REDUCING
Good news – the age-old gap in life-expectancy between men and women is lessening. On average women live longer than men, 81.5 years on average for women and 77.2 for men. But experts think that the gap is gradually reducing because men are taking better care of themselves getting more exercise and stopping smoking. (Philip …
DON’T EAT SO FAST!
Recent studies once again suggest that if we eat too quickly, we put on weight. Professor Ian McDonald from Uni of Nottingham explained: “If you eat quickly you basically fill your stomach before your gastric feedback has had a chance to start developing – you can overfill the thing.” In other words, you eat so …
GINKGO AND STROKES
Another one from WDDTY. Over-the-counter Ginkgo Biloba can reduce stroke damage by half, according to a new lab study. It also reduces the degree of paralysis & limb weakness that can result from a stroke. Researchers at John Hopkins Institute in Baltimore, USA, discovered that a daily Ginkgo supplement offered protective effects even after just …
X-RAYS
X-rays & other medical scans could be playing a far bigger role in the spread of cancer than doctors have previously thought suggests the latest edition of What Doctors Don’t Tell You. They explain new lab research has discovered that x-rays are causing cancer in cells that are not directly targeted by the x-rays. It suggests …