Scientists have finally figured out why it is that fatty food is bad for you, and why people who have a poor diet get ill more often. Fatty food affects the immune system, and prevents it from functioning properly, a new study has discovered. Continue reading “Why you get ill more often when you eat fatty foods”
Go back to nature and avoid jet lag
The simple idea of Earthing yourself is coming into sharper focus as one of the easiest ways to reduce jet lag and encourage healthy flying. Earthing, or grounding yourself as it is otherwise known, is the act of connecting with the Earth as a way of reconnecting to the electrical energy of the Earth’s field. Continue reading “Go back to nature and avoid jet lag”
Mainstream vs Alternative Medicine – whos winning?
You’ll never guess what complementary and alternative medicine is.
Mainstream.
Seriously.
A new “state-of-the-art paper” from Mayo Clinic researchers, in the US, drops this amazing little statistic from a 2002 review: “The total number of visits to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) providers far exceeds those to primary physicians.” Continue reading “Mainstream vs Alternative Medicine – whos winning?”
Reversing Problems
“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” – Albert Einstein
Have you ever noticed how much easier it is to spot something that’s wrong as opposed to everything else that is working well? I’m sure we can all think of people in our lives who have a special gift for shining a light on just about every broken thing there is to notice in the world. Continue reading “Reversing Problems”
Why great-grandma knew best
Think of the Victorians and characters like Fagin, The Artful Dodger, and Oliver Twist come to mind. And along with them come images of orphanages, malnourishment and short cruel lives.
But are these pictures a record of fact or fiction?
New research published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine contradicts everything you may believe about your great-grand parents’ era.
Not only did their generation live longer than we do today, but they were stronger and healthier. And their immune systems were better at fighting infection. Continue reading “Why great-grandma knew best”
MMR doctor proved right in week he was condemned as ‘dishonest’
In the week that the doctor at the centre of the controversy over the MMR vaccine and autism was called “dishonest, irresponsible and callous” by a medical disciplinary board, a new study has been published that suggests he could be right all along. Researchers in New York have discovered that children with autism spectrum disorder also had inflammation in the ileum, part of the small intestine – the exact same discovery made by Dr Andrew Wakefield, who may now lose his medical license following a 30-month hearing at the General Medical Council.