Detox to reduce inflammation is the first step in my series 10 Steps to Reduce Inflammation, but the theme of detoxification will be continued in three further posts. In this post the main focus is on how you can reduce your exposure to toxins. In the next post (COMING SOON) I describe how to actively… Continue Reading…
10 Steps to Reduce Inflammation – What is Inflammation and Why Reduce Inflammation?
What is inflammation, when is it beneficial and when should you reduce it? Inflammation can drive fatigue, weight gain, headaches, sleep disturbances, depression, heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease and more.
Theanine Health Benefits Beyond Mood, Sleep and Stress
Have you ever wondered why tea is less jittery than coffee? Are you looking for a healthy boost to cognitive function that won’t increase cortisol but will actually decrease it? Are you looking for a low-cost supplement that will reduce anxiety and help you sleep? Are you looking for the calm but alert mental focus… Continue Reading…
The Low-Fat Fallacy: Part 4- Dangers of a Low-Fat Diet
The dangers of the low-fat diet Are you still depriving yourself of the tastiest part of the chicken by removing the skin? Do you still need some convincing about the dangers of the low-fat diet? This is the final part of a 4-part series on the fallacy of the low-fat and low saturated fat diets. In… Continue Reading…
The Low-Fat Fallacy: Part 3 – The Benefits of Saturated Fat
Exploring the many benefits of saturated fat So are you still afraid of fat and saturated fat? It would not be surprising after 6 decades of misinformed public health policy promoting the low-fat diet. In the previous post of this series I described the importance of essential fatty acids and of fats in general for the… Continue Reading…
Sun Protection from the Inside out – the Nutrition Perspective
Do you run for cover when the sun comes out or do you allow yourself to bask in the sun? We have been given the message to cover up from the sun and to use expensive sun cream, but are we missing out on any health benefits of sunshine and are there more natural ways… Continue Reading…
The Healing Power of the Sun – Should You Use Sunscreen?
Do you run for cover as soon as the sun comes out or do you slap on the suntan lotion? Do you think it is dangerous to be out in the sun? Have you considered that it might be more dangerous to avoid the sun and that your sunscreen may actually be harming you? We… Continue Reading…
The Low-Fat Fallacy: Part 2 – Why You Need Fat and Essential Fatty Acids in Your Diet
Lipids and essential fatty acids for the health of your body and brain This is the second of a four-part series on the fallacy of the low-fat and low saturated fat diet. In the previous post I described how the low-fat and low saturated fat diet came to be promoted despite a lack of evidence for… Continue Reading…
The Low-Fat Fallacy: Part 1 – History of the Low-Fat Diet and Evidence
Exploring the history and evidence of the low-fat diet Have you dropped the full-fat cream and opted for chicken breast to avoid weight gain and heart disease? In this first of a four part series I explain the fallacy of the low-fat and low saturated fat diet, outline some of the history of the public… Continue Reading…
Hormesis – Do Toxins Make You Stronger – Part 2
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger” is a well known maxim attributed to Friedrich Nietzsche. But is it true? In my previous post I described hormesis as a process by which certain stressors can make you stronger and have an anti-ageing effect and I described some of the underlying mechanisms. In this… Continue Reading…
