Dr Joe Unplugged

Dr Joe Unplugged is your home for open commentary on health, wellbeing and life in the broadest sense. We will explore diet, exercise, sleep and stress amongst other health matters as well as issues that may impact you and your wellbeing in direct or indirect ways....

It’s Christmas!

If Christmas did not exist it would need to be invented. Perfectly timed at the end of the year, it allows for many people worldwide to celebrate in some way, shape or form. This may be the formal religious celebration or simply a catch up with friends and family....

We Need Our Sleep

Human beings spend more time being asleep than anything else. It is estimated that at the turn of the twentieth century the average American slept nine hours each night. By the turn of the twenty first century this figure has dropped to under eight hours. Lack of...
Super Sunflower Seeds

Super Sunflower Seeds

Sunflower seeds are insanely delicious AND nutritious. They’re super easy and affordable to make. To Prepare: 1. Soak 1 cup (or more!) of sunflower seeds in water overnight. 2. Strain and rinse them the next day, then pour out onto a lined baking tray and sprinkle...

Simple Works!

Simple Works!

Sometimes I genuinely despair for the medical profession that I am a member of. There is an increasing desire to find complicated solutions and ignore simple solutions, which work. This mainly comes from academia, public health and those who devise guidelines rather...

New Discoveries Of Old Truths

New Discoveries Of Old Truths

There is an adage, which says that everything old will be new again. I have previously written about my late mothers take on fashion. If you had a laundry basket big enough to keep piling clothes into, eventually you could turn it upside down and what is at the bottom...

Healthy Communication for Healthy Relationships

Healthy Communication for Healthy Relationships

Do you find yourself getting stressed, frustrated, angry, upset or anxious when you communicate with your partner? And when was the last time you had a disagreement or a misunderstanding? Would you like to communicate in a way that builds a more fulfilling and...

Peanut Butter Cookies

Peanut Butter Cookies

Notes: Makes one dozen biscuits/cookies You need: 1 cup peanut butter 1/4 cup coconut palm sugar 1/4 cup banana flour 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract To prepare: Heat oven to 350° Mix all ingredients thoroughly Spoon out a heaping tablespoon of dough and form into...

Last Battle Soon To Be Won

Last Battle Soon To Be Won

Last week a major report released by the UK based Public Health Collaboration made the front page of British papers. It stated something, which lone voices (including mine) have been saying for many years. That is that, eating a low fat diet is not healthy. In fact a...

10 Ways To Prevent Or Manage Diabetes

10 Ways To Prevent Or Manage Diabetes

There are currently over 1.7 million people living with diabetes in Australia and for every four people diagnosed another doesn’t even know they have it. Diabetes is a growing epidemic in Australia and worldwide it is increasing at a faster rate than any other chronic...

Herbed Flax Crackers

Herbed Flax Crackers

Did you know you have two brains in your body!? There's a "second brain" in your stomach that influences your mood, what you eat, even decisions you make every single day! So it’s pretty important you take care of your second brain by eating lots of nourishing, real,...

Teens And Anxiety

A “gym” for mental health is helping teens with self-esteem and confidence. In the story I am interviewed about how teenage girls in particular can be helped without medications or going down the medical path. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3UTckRfKE8

More Medicine Does Not Equal Better Health

More Medicine Does Not Equal Better Health

A report from the BMJ recently claimed that medical error or misadventure was the third largest cause of death in the USA. The annual figure, estimated at 251,000, was greater than deaths from respiratory disease, stroke and accidents. The key word is estimated....