I have noticed a lot of references to gluten free products while looking around online lately. Gluten has long been one of the components of the diet that has given some people problems, though luckily for most of us it has no particular health issues. But it occurred to me that I didn’t know what […]
If you have been reading my blog for a while you might remember that I reviewed a BBC programme about exercise called the Truth About Exercise just over two years ago. The idea was that a short burst of intense exercise three times a week carried health benefits out of proportion to the time devoted to
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Back in 2011 there was some media coverage of a story that said a new survey had shown that getting up early was linked with being happier and slimmer. The Daily Mail ran the headline “Want to be happier and slimmer? Get up earlier.” That doesn’t leave much room for interpretation. I was interested at
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Another day, another scare story. This one suggests that ingredients in anti-ageing creams can affect the development of unborn children causing autism. Well, nothing is totally impossible. But this one seems a bit more far fetched than most. The research has found that brain development can be affected by high levels of lipids. This doesn’t
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Let’s start at the beginning since as the song says, it is a very good place to start. And when I say the beginning I really do mean the beginning. Archeological finds have indicated that we have been using makeup for a very long time. In fact we may well have been using makeup for
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Reading Twitter first thing in the morning is not a great idea. Your blood sugar level is low and you are quite likely to find it annoying. For example this morning I was confronted with a set of tweets promoting detox products and programmes. My response was to tweet that I had just investigated the
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One of the most surprising things about blogging is how much you learn. A good example arrived in my inbox yesterday. I have just started a newsletter for people with sensitive skin, largely because I get a lot of people getting in touch looking for information about it, and in particular sensitivity to methylisothiazolinone or
Nobody knows exactly why we age. One popular theory is that staying alive is simply too hard to keep it up for long. We have large and complicated bodies full of intricate chemicals, all of which are under constant attack from oxygen in the atmosphere. It is a bit like a ship in the middle
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Not every blog post I do is an instant hit. The one I did yesterday about 5 a day for example was met with widespread indifference. Oh well. But it did remind me that there is another reason to eat fresh fruit and vegetables apart from simply being more healthy. They can also make you
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Another day, another health story to wake up to on the radio. It turns out that five a day is not enough. We need to eat at least seven portions of fruit and/or vegetable a day. More if you can. Oh, and fruit isn’t as healthy as vegetables. But the good news is you will
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