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...

Treat Animals Humanely And Humans Fairly

Humans as natural omnivores eat both plants and animals and this has been the case for thousands of years. It is no more wrong for a human to eat meat or fish than for lions or sharks to do so.However, the way farm animals are treated matters.

Caring For Your Skin

How to care from your skin from the inside out. Learn simple tips on looking after your skin

Choose To Be Healthy

The good news is that lifestyle related diseases are highly preventable. It’s time to take action and take control of your health and live the life that you deserve to live.

Free Trips – For Some

Revelations that health department employees are getting free trips and gifts should not come as a surprise

Do You Make Time For Friends?

Do You Make Time For Friends?

Research has found that successful relationships, more than any other factor, contribute the most to our happiness. Fifty percent of people report that they want to spend more time with family and friends.

Time To Take Responsibility For What We Do

It is bad enough when people make lame excuses for their actions. It is far worse when so called experts and “policy makers” encourage people to blame everything and everyone for their actions.