Some things don’t change… even though they should Why these statements have to be challenged Health advice for all budgets available here… You get used to things as older age settles in. My favourite cardigan is more a comforting friend than an item of clothing, my favourite chair in the corner by the fire is a safe refuge from the horrors of family life and the Daily Express is a powerful supporter of using statins. […]
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Are you eating the wrong fruit? The apple that raises cholesterol Why your broccoli is more complicated than you think I’ve got a lot to unpack today. So buckle up for some startling revelations. Including: why apples can be bad for you…why broccoli isn’t real… and why the Neolithic people are to blame for our health woes. Yes, indeed. And it all begins with this… Pip-free superfruits being bred to hit the sweet spot I […]
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How to make a lovely cup of tree (no, that’s not a typo) Why you should drink pine needles (but NOT these kind) This could be ideal if you want to recover quickly from colds and flu I’ve just been on a dog walk. And I noticed THREE houses with Christmas trees up already! I’m all for the festive spirit but that does seem very early. Then again, the Christmas ads are already on telly […]
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Proving that clarity in what I say is important – the response I got Why we should all like a bit of fat Surely there can be no argument to a bit of common sense? It was time to turn my researchers gaze onto the health benefits of a vegetarian diet. I thought I had made an interesting discovery when I started to look at the types of vegetarian fare available from High Street restaurants […]
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Why expensive health checkups could be dangerous If you’re over 40 and male, read this right now… There are loads of things I don’t like about getting older…this is one of them Last month I went out for a night with my wife, Lara. Now that our children are all over twenty our life is our own so we could take our time getting dolled up – me in 5 minutes, Lara in 3 days […]
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A random comment in a pub starts the whole stain debate again Do you fear the prowling doctor every time you have a check up? The truth about grapefruits and statins It was Father’s Day. It rained! So, in an attempt to cheer me up my eldest son had booked a table at the pub so he could buy me a pint. Hurrah! My first visit to licensed premises for over a year. With some […]
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Is there a hidden agenda behind the latest chocolate scare stories? Revealed! The Darwinian snack hunter evolution theory Good chocolate vs bad. Good salt vs bad. And other revelations… Who’d have thought that chocolate could start a war? A war of words at least… I can’t imagine a real war over chocolate. You know… with guns, tanks, missile launchers and the like. If this type of total war was going to happen it would have […]
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Discover why the food industry minions are beginning to fail This common sense advice really is all that you will need This required holiday reading might shed more informed light As a nation we should be chewing a block of lard a day. Chips should be on the dinner table as a staple food… …and corn oil is now to be the diet and energy drink for every teenager. Hurrah! Except of course, this isn’t […]
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Find out why the UK is in the grip of a stifling malaise The truth about the evils of this food Discover how we are playing into the hands of Big Pharma Prior to COVID anyone reading the health section of the popular press would draw two conclusions: first that we are in an obesity crisis and second that our population is weak-willed and lazy. Taking the second point first, we are told that the […]
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Good vs Bad? Why the cholesterol cliché isn’t quite true Unfairly maligned, the truth about this so-called killer The real reason your cholesterol is high I’m in the doghouse. The other day, I forgot to put out the recycling for the bin collectors. We keep the recycling in the garage to stop it being blown away in the winds or being searched through by desperate foxes. Now, me forgetting to take out the bins is […]
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