Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
This week, I’ve got a breakfast and lunch recipe for you, we discuss the shocking childhood obesity forecasts in The Lancet and a note about lead levels in children too, which I thought more people should see, especially given the advice to just wait for symptoms to appear! Hope you find something truly useful x …
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A good overview from one of my labs today on this. You can also see my Vitamin D factsheet here and, sadly, I can't get the Precision Point wellness panels they mention here in the UK, but the Viva ones listed here for women and men are good too. Or you will find a simple …
Hope you enjoyed the switch to a digest last time rather than lots of little separate posts - do let me know which you prefer - I write these for you, so I want it to be what you need/enjoy most. Recipe of the Week Ooh, this looks like a yummy, spicy version of a …
Fascinating French study came out recently where respondents were asked several questions to determine their beliefs about health. One of the questions was whether people thought being overweight increased the risk of cancer? Although diet and excess weight represent the third and fourth biggest avoidable cancer risk factors, after smoking and alcohol, only 30% of …
Ooh, the $60m question! If I had a pound (money, not weight, thanks!) for every time I have been asked that question, I would indeed be very rich. A recent study looks like it has finally provided us with the answer: ...if you are wanting to modify visceral fat, control blood sugar and improve muscle-to …
The shorthand medical term for patients with diabetes type 2 and who are obese: 'diabesity' makes us think that everyone who is obese will get diabetes. Well, that is not actually true. Obese people don't always get diabetes and people with diabetes are not always overweight. Here's this week's quote on it for you, which …
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Looking at countries like Japan and South Korea where they have very low levels of Covid-19 deaths as well as very low levels of adult obesity, you will see they have prioritised public health across a range of lifestyle orientated measures, including population weight, and it has paid off in the pandemic today and in …
I note the news items today linking obesity rates with COVID deaths. These were sparked by research released today by the World Obesity Study. Countries with high levels of overweight people, such as the UK and the US, have the highest death rates from Covid-19, a landmark report reveals, prompting calls for governments to urgently …
The news that a disproportionate number of diabetics are falling foul of COVID-19 should make us sit up and take notice, shouldn't it? I think it gives us a real hint that it is time we sorted our diet and lifestyles out to enhance our resilience to viruses and other illnesses. Here's a quote that …
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Lordy, I have to say that statistic makes me so sad - and mad! It is the most preventable condition I come across and I have said the same for many years. How can we have got to this stage? If everyone simply learned and mostly (note: not even 100%!) followed the Belly Fat book …
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