Sep 17, 2013 | Fats, Healthy Eating |
Fat was never a dirty word, before the 1960’s, lard or dripping on bread was a favourite, bacon and eggs were a traditional breakfast and the fat on the meat was a treat. Yet today many people have a fat phobia, making sure that it is not in the diet, hunting through...
Jul 23, 2013 | Body and Mind, Healthy Eating, Medications/Vitamins |
Back in the 1980’s when I was a young nutrition consultant the super nutrient of the time was vitamin C. It seemed everyone was taking it to improve their immune system or to ward off colds and flus. People would even mega dose to the point of...
Jul 9, 2013 | Body and Mind |
As a mother of three small children my car purchases were all about safety, reliability and size – I needed one that could not only hold the children but all the prams and gear I seemed to carry where ever I went. Now I’m an empty nester I still have the same...
Jul 9, 2013 | Healthy Eating, Medications/Vitamins |
The headlines are blaring that fish oil and omega 3 may cause an increase in prostate cancer, it’s the latest research. If you haven’t read the article, have a read here. But then last year I read Vitamin E caused an increase in prostate cancer, then the year...
Jul 3, 2013 | Auto-Immune Diseases, Body and Mind |
My son came home from Canada a few months ago, he was about to turn 24 and was showing signs of male pattern baldness.  What hope does he have?  He has a father, and  two grandfathers that are bald as well as his two uncles.  There seemed to be no hair on the heads of...
