Chances are if you have ever struggled with being overweight, you will have at one time or another wondered if you have an underactive thyroid. Unexplained weight gain is one of the most publicised effects of a thyroid that is […]
Anaemia was yet another of the health problems that afflicted my mother whilst I was growing up. Her anaemia was most probably in part due to the haemorrhoids she suffered with, as the severity of these caused a regular amount […]
Housework done, I sat down to write having just washed up without rubber gloves, these having developed a hole. Currently, it so happens, I am also using ‘bad’ washing up liquid – as in bog standard and not the gentle […]
Some years back, before I discovered better ways to keep fit, I dragged myself out jogging on a daily basis, weather permitting. My assorted children, then aged between 5 and 15 thought it grand fun to join me. After a […]
During my self absorbed teenage years I didn’t make the connection between my dad and his regular night time toilet trips. These were an inconvenience to me, if I happened to still be awake and reading during the wee hours. […]
Yet another day dawns and here you are feeling sluggish, apathetic, not functioning at your potential and sleeping badly. You decide you are in need of a DETOX to get you up and back in the game again. Of course, […]
The concept of eating a raw diet first came to my attention in 1996. It was quite a shock to read, that to gain the benefits the book was so gaily suggesting I would have to alter my diet massively […]
I am delving back into the health archives of my son again, as he experienced asthma as a child. For the record, he is now 30 years old, calm, easy going, healthy and fit.
However, back along when he was about […]
We can all have days or weeks of feeling depressed, maybe after the break–up of a relationship, or loss of a parent, or having to daily face a job we hate. Yet these are all understandable conditions of feeling down […]
If you are reading the title and thinking a raw breakfast means cereal with milk, and a healthy raw breakfast is the same but with fresh fruit added, think again. Or rather listen up, and I will whisper some well […]