One of my favourite quotes is by Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman that says, “Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts”. Knowledge is never settled. What we believed 50 years ago is not what we may believe today. Experts who claim that they...
The latest version of the Healthy Eating pyramid has been released. To be blunt- I am not that impressed. In the USA they have figured out that a plate has more meaning than a pyramid as one can more readily show proportions on a plate that people actually eat...
Recently I saw the film “That Sugar Movie”. This is a documentary about the consumption of sugar in society. Damon Gameau, who usually is on a healthy diet goes onto a high sugar diet for 60 days to see the effects it has on him. The one-man experiment approach is...
We are constantly told that medicine is based on scientific evidence. This chorus is never louder than when professors, academics and health authorities seek to disparage as “unscientific” anything that they don’t like or which challenges their particular view of the...
We need to always question whether long term use of tablets is doing us more good than harm.[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIn6OZRjhvw[/youtube] Dr JoeMedical Doctor, author, speaker, media presenter and health industry consultant, Dr Joe Kosterich wants you...
Recent “new” research has shown that 80% of heart attacks in males and 54% of strokes in women could be avoided. To do so requires people to do regular exercise, follow a healthy diet (with fruits, vegetables, fish, legumes, nuts, and not too much meat and...
