Even in these unusual times in which we live, the basics in health still matter. There was an interesting piece in The Weekend Australian, exploring the life expectancy of first generation migrants from Greece living longer than the national average. The article by...
You’re washing your hands multiple times a day, have stopped touching your face and are social distancing. What else can one do to further protect against viruses? It all boils down to one thing: The strength of your immune system! A vital part of living a healthy...
Think you’re drinking fresh and natural orange juice? Think again…… When shopping for fresh orange juice, I have found the phrase “squeezed from fresh oranges”, is not necessarily the truth. The leading orange juice companies such as Tropicana (PepsiCo)(1), Minute...
Wouldn’t we all be our ideal weight already? For too long, women have wasted time, money and stress on restrictive diets that promise to make us thinner, happier and more confident. The dieting industry promises us that ‘this is the diet that will finally give us the...
Many quotes are attributed to Albert Einstein. He may or may not have said them all. One that I suspect he said, or if not would be happy for it to be attributed, is that a definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different outcome....
Here is a disturbing study finding. Breathing air has a 100% association with death. Every person who has died has breathed air during their lives. Clearly, we need public health messages about the harms of breathing the air. The precautionary principle demands that...
