Bone broth is hugely popular in southeast Asia, where millions of people drink it daily. When I started doing the same, it helped me lose 4 stone in weight. My skin began to glow, my hair grew longer and glossier than it had been in years, and the digestive niggles […]
Nutrition
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If you’re struggling with low energy, extra weight or visible ageing, you’re not alone. In fact, while working as a GP, I met thousands of people experiencing issues with their energy levels, sleep, weight, skin and mood. I knew something had to change. After years of research, and successfully treating […]
Magnesium is one of the most important minerals for long-term good health. It’s need for over 600 enzyme reactions making it vital for just about every metabolic process in the body. It also mans the pumps that control how salts move in and out of cells and is essential for […]
A urologist recently asked me what supplements, apart from a multivitamin, I’d recommend for men with reduced fertility. My top choice was ubiquinol – the active form of coenzyme Q10. Coenzyme Q10 is a vitamin-like substance needed to process oxygen and generate energy-rich molecules within mitochondria – the energy factories […]
I was asked this question at a recent seminar and my answer was “It’s not a question of either/or”. Like many micronutrients, vitamins C and D work together for a synergistic effect on immune function. Vitamin D is more about prevention while vitamin C is important for its antiviral and anti-inflammatory […]
If you eat the recommended two portions of fish per week, one of which is oily, then you are likely to live longer as a result. A huge diet and health study from the US, involving 421,309 men and women who were followed-up for 16 years, looked for links between […]
Hemp oil, or hempseed oil, is an increasingly popular healthy oil available in bottles for use in the kitchen, or in capsules for health benefits. Hemp oil is extracted from the seeds of non-marijuana strains of Cannabis sativa plants, which are known as industrial hemp. Hemp seed oil provides nutritional […]
If you believe the headlines, multivitamins do not protect against heart attack or stroke. The fact that they’re not supposed to seems to have escaped the researchers. But even so, when you look at the actually study – things become a lot less clear than headlines suggest. Click here to […]
Melatonin is a natural hormone that has been hailed as a wonder drug, able to cure everything from insomnia and jet lag to improving sex drive, slowing ageing and even protecting against cancer. Synthetic melatonin, which is identical to the natural hormone, is freely available as a food supplement in […]
Latest research shows that a good vitamin D intake may protect against breast cancer in postmenopausal women. Researchers came to this conclusion by assessing the results from three studies, involving 5,038 women aged 55 or older, who lived in 57 countries world-wide (although over 90% were from the United States […]
Food health scares come and go. After being demonised for decades, butter is gaining a reprieve but palm oil looks set to take its place as the next ‘baddie’. Palm oil facts Palm oil is derived from the reddish pulp of the fruit of the African and American oil palms. […]
Eat Well Look Great, shows the amazing link between good nutrition and good looks, and how diet can affect the health of your hair, skin and nails. My book covers 40 different beauty superfoods that can help you look your best – whether eaten or applied directly to the hair […]
