Dr Joe Unplugged

Dr Joe Unplugged is your home for open commentary on health, wellbeing and life in the broadest sense. We will explore diet, exercise, sleep and stress amongst other health matters as well as issues that may impact you and your wellbeing in direct or indirect ways....

It’s Christmas!

If Christmas did not exist it would need to be invented. Perfectly timed at the end of the year, it allows for many people worldwide to celebrate in some way, shape or form. This may be the formal religious celebration or simply a catch up with friends and family....

We Need Our Sleep

Human beings spend more time being asleep than anything else. It is estimated that at the turn of the twentieth century the average American slept nine hours each night. By the turn of the twenty first century this figure has dropped to under eight hours. Lack of...
Discrimination – The Moral Dimension

Discrimination – The Moral Dimension

There have been a number of news stories concerning children over the last two weeks. They are all separate yet underneath is a theme which ties them all together. There is such a thing as right and wrong.

Vitamin C Boost

Vitamin C Boost

Harsh winter weather can lead to broken capillaries in your skin, those unsightly red veins usually visible on your cheeks. They are caused by the constant constricting and dilating of the blood vessels as you go from extreme cold outside to heating indoors.

Simple Remedies Work!

Simple Remedies Work!

You would think that simple remedies, which could help a large number of people, would be more newsworthy than “miracle” breakthroughs which are at best years away and realistically, in 89% of instances, rubbish. Sadly you would be wrong.

Reach Out And Touch

Reach Out And Touch

Item number three on my Thirteen Surprisng Sources of Food Cravings list is — lack of personal contact. Ouch! Are we really ready to talk about this?

The Sky Is Not Falling

The Sky Is Not Falling

With all the hysteria about influenza this year you would not think it could possible get worse? Well apparently it can and it will – even if we do not know when or where. And of course we are all just sitting ducks totally unprepared.

Why Is Doping Sometimes OK?

Why Is Doping Sometimes OK?

Double standards apply to different fields of human endeavor. In sports the use of performance enhancing drugs is forbidden. With academic performance we are not fussed at all.

Olympians Win And Children Lose

Olympians Win And Children Lose

The stupidity of governments knows no bounds.One level of government spends thousands of taxpayer dollars congratulating itself on athletes going to the Olympics whilst at the same time another stops children playing outside.

The Lesson of The Red Dog

The Lesson of The Red Dog

In the 1970’s a community existed that rallied around a dog. Today there is no community to do that in many mining areas. As humans we need good relationships as part of good health.

It’s Flu Season – Bring Out Your Dead

It’s Flu Season – Bring Out Your Dead

It has come a bit later than usual this year but this week finally the terror descended. This winter we are bracing for a “killer” flu. One can picture the scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail where Eric Idle is calling “Bring out yer dead”.