What is depression?
Depression is the number one cause of disability in the Western world. Younger adults and adolescents are most affected, and increasingly at younger ages; suicide is now the second leading …
Diet or genes?
What drives degenerative conditions? In the days of Hippocrates, diseases were blamed on the gods. Nowadays a lot of degenerative conditions are being blamed on genes – because knowledge about …
Who do you rely on for healthy food choices? Part 2
Most of the UK is Nutritionally Deficient Nutrition-related risk factors are linked to both acute and chronic disease, contributing significantly to a large burden of preventable non-communicable diseases and increasing …
Who do you rely on for advice on healthy food choices? Part 1
We all want to believe that our governments, scientists and medical professionals are giving us independent expert advice on making healthy food choices. But are they? In March of this …
Whose health is it anyway?
In the 3rd and 4th century BC Hippocrates, considered the father of modern medicine, wrote: “A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings“ “The greatest …
Do you need a B12 boost?
Lost your va va voom? Been feeling fed up or lacking in energy for a while? Maybe, like many people, you have low levels of vitamin B12. What is vitamin …
What health outcome do you want?
The way we live our lives determines whether health or illness becomes the norm for us. Proactive healthcare – active health creation – mobilises people into a responsible and engaged …
Part 2 – What does your stomach have to do with your health?
Last month we took a look at poor stomach function, which can give rise to unpleasant symptoms such as acid reflux, excess fullness after meals, gas, bloating, flatulence, dyspepsia, nausea …
Part 1 – What does your stomach have to do with your health?
Poor stomach function can give rise to acid reflux, excess fullness after meals, gas, bloating, belching, flatulence, dyspepsia (stomach pain), nausea or vomiting, fatigue, insomnia, joint and muscle pain, skin …
What does your gut have to do with your health?
We cannot alter the genes we are born with, but the way we choose to live our lives can make a much bigger difference to our health and wellbeing than …