Life Is Complicated
Life is complicated. True, but does it have to be? How much of life’s complexity do we create for ourselves? A lot. How complicated have we made health?
Values, Parenting And Behaviour
We need to reinstate basic simple values and be prepared to say when something or someone is wrong. We also need a reinstatement of people being held accountable for the actions they take.
Three Simple Ways To Enhance Fertility
Advances in assisted fertility over the last 30 years have taken us from science fiction to “test tube babies”. Whilst In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) gets the most media attention there are many other forms of assisted fertility. Yet there are two things I have noticed....
Will The Real Hamburger Please Stand Up?
Is Michelle Obama really more like the Hamburgler in disguise? Or is she simply an American woman who, according to a Washington Post reporter, had a craving for, and subsequently ordered some of her favorite comfort foods.Should we even care?
Light Up Your Vision
What two simple things are good for eyesight?
Thoughts On Laughter And On Being Responsible
The health benefits of laughter are many. So when we tune in to watch shows,like Two And A Half Men, that make us laugh we are not wasting time, we are doing something good for our health.There is one other aspect to this story. Charlie Sheen himself.
Three Important Keys To Weight Loss
I know you WANT to believe there is a small little pill that will just melt the fat away. Well, as you already may know, there isn’t.
Prescribing Is Not The Same As Caring
After many years in medicine you have seen most things. Then one day something takes you by surprise. This was a person who was on 19 different medications. We confuse prescribing with care. This is particularly the case in the elderly.
The Diet Trap
How can you escape the diet trap?
Why Work On Marriage Or Relationships
When we get married, many of us are idealistic about our futures together. However, fifty percent of marriages end in divorce. Research has found that only half of those who stay married actually consider themselves “happily married” which means only 25% of couples consider themselves happily married. Kind of sad statistics.
Chewing The Fat
It has become “settled science” that fat is bad for us. What if we have been led up the wrong path? Despite all the years of study and all the claims by authorities that going low fat is good for the heart-there is not actually any evidence to support this.
Three Old School Exercises That Will Work Your Whole Body
More and more people are recognizing that certain types of fitness routines are more effective for getting your whole body in shape than the typical static training we have seen for awhile.