What is the one thing we spend more of our lives doing than any other single thing? It is something that we do every day and we largely take for granted. The answer, is of course, sleep. In the hierarchy of the body’s needs, sleep is number three after air and water....
As children we look to our parents for protection. As we grow we are gradually able to do more things for ourselves and make our own decisions. Some will be good ones and others we may regret or learn from. The fundamental point is, that adults have the responsibility...
There is an old adage that when the only tool you have is a hammer, all problems start to look like nails. The rise of the medical model over the last 50 years has increasingly made every problem people have a medical “nail” and hence solved by the “hammer” of a pill....
An FDA panel has recommended that approval be given to a new weight loss pill. If Qnexa gets final approval it will be the first new “diet” pill approved in over a decade. The move has surprised many as within the last two years three drugs including the one now...
1. Not thinking long term Most people know that lose-fat-fast schemes are best avoided—as soon as you’ve finished the diet and lost a few kilos, you start eating ‘normally’ again, and back comes the weight. It’s a cycle that keeps the fitness and diet industries...
