Keep Your Mind Active
It is great that rates of Alzheimers disease are decreasing but it is not due to the use of statins. Find out more in this video
Terrifically Toasted Coconut
You need: ¼ cup organic virgin coconut oil 3 cups dried, shredded sulphur-free coconut flakes ½ teaspoon sea salt – feel free to use 1-2 teaspoons if you want extra salty, just remember to increase your water intake when consuming more salt. To prepare: Preheat your...
Dollars And Awareness
Three separate articles neatly summed up the issues facing healthcare as the year ends. None are exactly new. All three covered separate aspects of what are the central problems. And that is the medicalization of life with the extension of diagnosis to over diagnosis,...
The Pursuit Of Perfection
Are you dissatisfied regardless of how much you achieve? Is your work or that of others never good enough? Do your overly high standards let you down and sabotage your success? Would you like to put less pressure on yourself to succeed and enjoy life more?...
Chocolate Almond Coconut Clusters
These easy 3 ingredients Dark Chocolate Almond Coconut Clusters are super delicious and you can’t stop at just one! Not only are these yummy, but they are also excellent for those on a paleo diet, low-carb diet and are gluten-free. You can also make them as a...
The Answer Is Real Food
As the year draws to a close the diet wars are heating up. On one level this is good because the truth is bobbing up in more and more places. On another level it is sad that many intelligent people in health prefer to cling to ideology rather than accept that the...
Clean Crumble
You need: 1 cup of almond meal 1/4 cup melted coconut oil 2 tablespoons coconut sugar, maple crystals or any raw, organic sugar Up to 1 tablespoon of cinnamon 2 teaspoons each of cloves and nutmeg Pinch of iodised salt or sea salt – iodised salt is GREAT if you have...
Good News That Doesn’t Make The News
We are constantly fed doom and gloom stories in health. There is a crisis of this or a tsunami of that. This is despite life expectancy continuously increasing for over 100 years. The claims of crisis are inevitably accompanied by a plea for government funding for...
Purposefully And Passionately Pursuing Your Dreams!
Do you find yourself drifting through life without a clear purpose or direction? Are you unmotivated or lack clarity about what you want in life? Would you like to feel greater fulfilment in life? Making Empowering Decisions and Choices Where you are in your life...
The Intellectual Yet Idiot
Regular readers know my view on hectoring health “experts” who are detached from the real world. This excellent extract from “Skin in the game” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb explains the phenomenon, we see in many areas of life. – Dr Joe What we have been seeing worldwide,...
The Rise Of Extreme Dieting Regimes And The Perfectionism Movement – Part 3
The rise of online influencers advocating an extreme diet or fitness regime based on perfection as either an overt or covert theme is apparent. Their appeal and alignment to a person running a perfection obsession is unfortunately a match made in hell. The physical...
The Fight For Freedom
The Times newspaper in Britain, has apologized to five scientists over articles that suggesting research they did into e-cigarettes was funded by tobacco companies. According to the Guardian the five had intended to sue the paper. It quoted one of the five, David Nutt...