Anyone interested in fitness and weight loss will inevitably find themselves on a plateau where no matter what you do nothing seems to change.  Those last few pounds simply refuse to move and horror of horrors your weight begins to creep up again.  Most of us have been in this situation, I have found the [...]

Processed foods although  tasty and appetizing are generally stripped of much of their nutritional value.  Some foods even have nutrients added back and are advertised as enhanced with vitamins or minerals etc. etc.  Of course with busy lifestyles we all use convenience foods now and again and there is nothing wrong with that.  But there [...]

We have all been educated to believe that breast feeding is the best way to feed a new born baby.  It has all the essential nutrients  and it confers protection against infection and primes the immune system against disease.
Recently Professor Sven Carlsen from the University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway boldly challenged this [...]

Today’s remedies for winter bugs  include antibiotics, pain killers and various other  methods of dealing with symptoms such as hot lemon drinks or hot whiskey.  Of course it is not always possible to shorten the duration of an illness but at least we can make ourselves as comfortable as possible while it lasts.  I favour [...]

In an extensive study conducted by Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School and James Fowler of the University of California it was concluded that obesity could be considered to be a social contagion which spreads from person to person.
Over a 32 year period, data ,including weight and social and family relationships,  from over 12,000 participants [...]

Researchers at the University of California have conducted a study on the changes in hormone levels which occur in men when they interact with pretty women.  Psychologists found that after a 5 minute talk with an attractive woman, testosterone levels rise by 14% and cortisol by 48%.  Testosterone is linked with male libido, health and [...]

With the winter fast approaching in the northern hemisphere we will probably see an increase in the number of swine flu infections.  Some of the terminology used in discussing this infection can be quite confusing  so here are some terms you may come across.
An infection is said to be Endemic in a population when  there [...]

An essential oil is a concentrate extracted from plants which contain aromatic compounds. These compounds are usually found in the flowers and leaves of plants where they are responsible for the scent of the plant. Because they evaporate quite easily they are often referred to as volatile oils.  Many people believe that essential oils have [...]

I noticed in the media this week reports about two ladies who had opted to have liposuction as a means of controlling their body image. Sadly one lady died as a result of complications from the surgery. The other who also had breast reduction surgery regained all the weight she had lost and is now [...]

I recently came accross an article which mentioned a condition known as Nature Deficit Disorder. Being of a somewhat sceptical nature I assumed that this was some quack fashionable diagnosis for people with more money than sense. Looking into it some more however, I admit that there was a bit of a rush to judgment [...]