Clean Crumble
You need: 1 cup of almond meal 1/4 cup melted coconut oil 2 tablespoons coconut sugar, maple crystals or any raw, organic sugar Up to 1 tablespoon of cinnamon 2 teaspoons each of cloves and nutmeg Pinch of iodised salt or sea salt – iodised salt is GREAT if you have...
Good News That Doesn’t Make The News
We are constantly fed doom and gloom stories in health. There is a crisis of this or a tsunami of that. This is despite life expectancy continuously increasing for over 100 years. The claims of crisis are inevitably accompanied by a plea for government funding for...
Purposefully And Passionately Pursuing Your Dreams!
Do you find yourself drifting through life without a clear purpose or direction? Are you unmotivated or lack clarity about what you want in life? Would you like to feel greater fulfilment in life? Making Empowering Decisions and Choices Where you are in your life...
The Intellectual Yet Idiot
Regular readers know my view on hectoring health “experts” who are detached from the real world. This excellent extract from “Skin in the game” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb explains the phenomenon, we see in many areas of life. – Dr Joe What we have been seeing worldwide,...
The Rise Of Extreme Dieting Regimes And The Perfectionism Movement – Part 3
The rise of online influencers advocating an extreme diet or fitness regime based on perfection as either an overt or covert theme is apparent. Their appeal and alignment to a person running a perfection obsession is unfortunately a match made in hell. The physical...
The Fight For Freedom
The Times newspaper in Britain, has apologized to five scientists over articles that suggesting research they did into e-cigarettes was funded by tobacco companies. According to the Guardian the five had intended to sue the paper. It quoted one of the five, David Nutt...
The Rise Of Extreme Dieting Regimes And The Perfectionism Movement – Part 2
Cults are many, varied and typically are only spoken of in terms of religion or New Age or Supernatural belief systems. However the group think and cultural forces that play out on obsessive social media forums tend to generate the same set of issues for individuals...
Deception By Omission
One of the things doctors worry about the most is missing a diagnosis. Treatment starts with diagnosis and to miss a cancer or other serious illness risks exposing people to considerable harm. This driving force has led to the concept of screening for illness in an...
The Rise Of Extreme Dieting Regimes And The Perfectionism Movement – Part 1
The origins of the new wave of dieting philosophies based on a purist approach to foods and lifestyle can often be traced to an underlying ethos of perfectionism. One of the biggest issues in our digitally washed society is the curse of perfectionism. Perfectionism by...
What The World Needs Now
Today is Halloween. Despite the common view that it is an American custom (and certainly it has been observed there for many years) it is in fact originally a Celtic festival. In ancient times villagers would light bonfires and wear costumes to deter ghosts. In the...
5 Simple Tips To Drink More Water
Many people are so busy that they barely have the time to stop and eat, not to mention taking time out for a water break. If you go hours without water, you will find that by hydrating, you will have more energy and focus that will help make your day much easier and...
Placebo Pills
There was an interesting review published in The Lancet about the placebo rate in use of antidepressants. The review found that that the placebo response rate had remained steady over the last 20 years – at around 40%. What was even more interesting was the way this...