Let your body type be your fitness guide
Although there is no hard and fast rule, your build will make a difference to the kind of sports which…
Diabetes
Amazing cacti
They may be prickly to the touch and bitter to the taste, but cacti, and other spiky desert plants, have…
Chocolate’s acid effect?
As you tuck into your Christmas stocking chocolates, be aware that chocolate is said to be a contributory factor to…
You don’t know what you’ve lost ‘til it’s gone…
Smell is a wonderful sense. It is intimately linked to our taste and our appreciation of foods and drinks. It…
Sperm’s just not what it used to be
Sperm counts in men worldwide have declined by half over the past 50 years and are continuing to fall. ‘It…
Why every school should have its own nurse
Childhood obesity is increasing rapidly as is childhood anxiety, depression, severe allergies, asthma, diabetes, the list goes on. It would…
Sugar tax – not as sweet as you think
The Chancellor’s Budget announcement of a tax levy on soft drink manufacturers was welcomed by most political parties, many health…
Taxing sugary drinks gets results
We know that a ‘soda tax’ on sweetened soft drinks works – other countries including Chile, Hungary, France, Latvia, and…
Amazing Grapefruit
Breakfasting on half a grapefruit has long been seen as one of the healthiest ways to start the day, but the…
We need to take stock of vending machines in A&E departments
Over my career I have spent many thousands of hours in A&E departments working on shift to care for sick…