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Medical Doctor, author, speaker, media presenter and health industry consultant, Dr Joe Kosterich wants you to be healthy and get the most out of life. Joe writes for numerous medical and mainstream publications and is also a regular on radio and television. He is often called to give opinions in medico legal cases and is an advisor to Reed Medical Conferences. Joe is Medical Advisor to Medicinal Cannabis Company Little Green Pharma and sits on the board of Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association. He has self-published two books: Dr Joe’s DIY Health and 60 Minutes To Better Health. Through all this he continues to see patients as a GP each week.

Nutrition

February 25th, 20190544 There is a great Groucho Marx quote, which was reprised by Bugs Bunny in numerous cartoons - “Of course, you know - this means war” Regular readers will know my view on the “diet wars”. The straight line correlation between the introduction and promotion of low fat diets with increased rates of obesity is either a complete...
The Practice of Medicine

February 11th, 20190739 Many years ago, I did a share trading course based on the work of W.D. Gann reputed to be the most successful Wall Street trader ever. His approach was to study past cycles to predict future ones. He contended that like crops and the seasons, everything in the universe has a repeating cycle. For the record, I have not made a fortune...
Nutrition

January 28th, 201901369 Cast your mind back to a time long past – the 1970’s. Very few people were overweight and an even smaller number had type two diabetes. Now think about what people tended to eat in those days. Now ask yourself the same questions about the situation today. What has changed? When it comes to weight the major change was the...
Mind & Spirit

December 17th, 20180980 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. It continues to endure despite the efforts of the humourless PC brigade...
Nutrition

December 10th, 201801826 Those following me on social media may have noticed the hashtag that I have started- #bigpublichealth. Some have asked what does this mean and why have I done it. Good questions. Below is my explanation. We are forever hearing about big tobacco, big food, big pharma, big sugar and just to round it out big banks. These terms are...
Health & Wellness

December 3rd, 20180725 When I was a child time seemed to move more slowly. Today when seven year olds tell you that the year is going quickly you know that time is speeding up. Most of us are probably wondering how it can be Christmas in under a month when last Christmas seems like it was yesterday. The main reason time seems to fly is that we are all so...
Nutrition

November 26th, 20180644 The French have a reputation, rightly or wrongly, for arrogance. They believe that the French way is best and everyone else should get on board. Sometimes they have a point. Gavin Mortimer wrote an interesting piece in The Spectator comparing rates of childhood obesity in the UK and France. He notes that in France the rate of...
The Practice of Medicine

November 19th, 20180548 The vaping debate has reached an interesting point. We seem to have moved on from arguing the merits of vaping as being 95% less harmful than smoking. Most of the more recent debates has focussed on funding of charities dedicated to reducing the death and disease toll from smoking and conspiracy theories. To better understand this...
The Practice of Medicine

November 12th, 20180518 Inanimate objects can generate much passion. What matters is how they are used not the objects. A knife is great for cutting food but can be used to kill. Is a knife good or   bad? It is neither and both. The Medicare system generates passion. The passing of its “father” Professor John Deeble at age 87 has rekindled questions...
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