In medicine, beliefs and ideas get very ingrained. Some, such as screening mammography become sacred cows. And when sacred cows are questioned the reaction is more akin to dealing with heresy than dealing with science. This was on display again with yet another...
The omega-3 fats are considered to be essential and healthy fats since our bodies cannot produce them. These fats therefore have to be derived from food sources for survival. It is a commonly known fact that fish is the primary dietary source for omega-3 fats. Apart...
Fire is something, which if used correctly enhances our lives by keeping us warm and cooking our food. Uncontrolled it can burn the house or destroy wide areas. Hence fire is not intrinsically a good or bad thing. It is also not avoidable or entirely controllable. The...
If habits were not that hard to break, you couldn’t hold onto the good ones either. Can you imagine being really good at something like building or playing an instrument? Suddenly, you cannot figure out what seemed natural only moments ago? Habits are simply our...
To be honest I am not personally a big fan of reality TV. However there is a wonderful device called the control switch enabling me to either switch off or change a channel. And nobody is forced to go onto a reality show. So with volunteer participants and voluntary...
When the American Academy of Pediatrics changed the guidelines for ADHD to expand the age of diagnosis to include children from age 4-18 (from 6-12), that the number of cases would rise was, by definition, inevitable. The recent survey by the CDC, published in the...
Regular readers will know my views on the fat versus sugar debate. The biggest nutritional component to illness is the excess consumption of sugar. The key word here is excess. It was demonstrated last year that it is excess sugar consumption, not obesity that is the...
I have accepted a position as Health Ambassador for Locally Grown Fresh Potatoes. This Irish infographic highlights some interesting facts about the history and nutritional value of potatoes. One serve contains 30% of your daily vitamin C requirements and 25% of your...
It is amazing how simple life can be when you slow down a little bit. Its summer in Australia and in my city of Perth we have been experiencing hot weather. This last weekend it has been as high as 108F (43C). So what can we do to stay cool and boost our health in the...
Can you believe, its already 2014? This is the time of year for new years resolutions. Many people will have resolutions to do with their health. Unfortunately some of these will be the same as last years and maybe some years before that too. The problem being that...
