Imagine…………
Imagine what your health and your life would have been like……….. If you hadn’t been given any drugs or vaccinations at birth. Your mother had breast fed you for the first year. You did have the usual childhood illnesses, but conservative, effective treatment, like...
Stress: Do’s and Dont’s
Job stress is far and away the major source of stress for American adults, according to The American Institute of Stress http://www.stress.org/workplace-stress/. The main causes of workplace stress cited are: 46% - workload, 28% - people issues, 20% - juggling work...
Are You Experiencing Prolonged, Damaging Stress?
Stress is usually thought of as a problem, but it can also be beneficial when, for example, we sense that we are in danger because of a perceived threat, or we’re carrying out a project or assignment and it helps us to focus better and do a good job. Stress becomes a...
What do you expect from an “energy drink”?
More energy? Better performance? Improved concentration? Alertness? Energy drinks is one of the world’s fastest growing industries, but do they work, or is it purely advertising and marketing hype claiming that they will boost your health, increase your performance...
“Most drugs work in 30 to 50 per cent of people”
“I wouldn't say that most drugs don't work. I would say that most drugs work in 30 to 50 per cent of people”. Allen Roses, worldwide vice-president of genetics at GlaxoSmithKline. Dr Roses continues:“This goes against a marketing culture within the industry that has...
Are You Allowing Social Media to Wreck Your Health?
"Are You Allowing Social Media to Wreck Your Health?" Each week, perhaps each day, we find: a new line-up of ‘health’ foods on the supermarket shelves, which we absolutely must have…...... a new scientific weight-loss programme that will get rid of 5kgs of unwanted...
Depression > Obesity > Depression
Depression and obesity feed each other, says Dr. Michael Craig Miller, an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. “Obesity affects the parts of the brain that regulate your mood. When you’re depressed, low energy and motivation can translate into...
“What’s the Difference between Health Maintenance and Car Maintenance?”
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“The sugar tax…………………”
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan announced in his 2016 budget speech, that a tax on sugar- sweetened beverages will be levied with effect from 1 April 2017. The reason? to reduce sugar consumption, which is linked to high instances of conditions such as obesity and...
Trauma: “the invisible epidemic”……………..
Trauma is a reality in many lives. It can be physical, emotional, psychological, or other and is unique to every person. Nobody knows which event in our lives will overwhelm our nervous systems into trauma. Sometimes the person experiencing the trauma does not realize...
How you can you detox your body, effectively
"Let’s be clear,” says Edzard Ernst, emeritus professor of complementary medicine at Exeter University, “there are two types of detox: one is respectable and the other isn’t.” The respectable one, he says, is the medical treatment of people with life-threatening drug...
Depression treatment – without medication!
“Writing a prescription to treat a mental health disorder is easy, but it may not always be the safest or most effective route for patients……….." "I would say at least half the folks who are being treated with antidepressants aren't benefiting from the active...