Coffee And Your Skin
Is coffee good for your skin? And how much is too much? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W10Dnulmh9s
Aligning Actions With Purpose
Recently I had the great privilege of being part of the Australian launch of the Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR). In the 50 years to 2013, smoking rates in Australia fell sharply. In the 1980’s we led the world. However, a sense of “we know best” has...
The Benefits Of Yoga
Studies are now showing that people who do yoga 3x a week can lower their blood pressure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39GfIKAfwR4
Vaping In Australia
In this episode of Sky News with Gary Hardgrave Dr Joe and Terry Barnes discuss vaping in Australia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSa-0FBVE9c
How Much Are Your Habits and Addictions Costing You?
Would you like to be able to stop procrastinating, overeating, smoking or other bad habits? Are you engaging in addictive behaviours and wish you could stop these? Have you tried to change bad habits or addictions in the past using will power only to discover the...
Dr Joe Kosterich talking with Chris Ilsley about Australia’s smoking shame.
Pills, Music And History
Recently my daughter was going to a music festival with a group of friends. Like her father she likes music and tried playing it - without great success. On the cusp of her third decade she is a sensible young adult. However, millennials are not known for reading...
Create Healthy Habits That Keep You Young!
Having healthy habits can help prevent disease and premature aging. If we were to address inflammatory conditions, we’d find toxic habits can be the hidden root cause sucking up years of our life force. Which makes the opposite true. Changing toxic habits can keep us...
War, Complete With Rations
There is a great Groucho Marx quote, which was reprised by Bugs Bunny in numerous cartoons - “Of course, you know - this means war”. Regular readers will know my view on the “diet wars”. The straight line correlation between the introduction and promotion of low fat...
4 Easy Changes To Jump Start Your Weight Loss And Fitness
We all desire good health and a fit body but unfortunately, most of us have tried (for a while) and unfortunately, have given up. There are many reasons for this but a common reason is that the majority of people do not have accurate information – simple as that....
What Do Wall Street And Health Policy Have In Common?
Many years ago, I did a share trading course based on the work of W.D. Gann reputed to be the most successful Wall Street trader ever. His approach was to study past cycles to predict future ones. He contended that like crops and the seasons, everything in the...
The Real World
January 26 sees the celebration of Australia Day – commemorating the arrival of the first fleet in 1788. Like all nations, there are aspects of the past and present that are positive and negative. Yet the positives outweigh the negatives by a long way. As the son of...