The Health and Social Care Information Centre has just released the latest statistics for obesity, physical activity and diet in England, which makes for worrying reading. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘diet’
England’s obesity problem
Wednesday, February 20th, 2013How to achieve your ideal BMI
Wednesday, February 20th, 2013Body Mass Index, or BMI, is the most widely used method of measuring an individual’s healthy weight range. Note the word ‘range’ – even if you sit in the healthy range as defined by BMI standards you might feel healthier if you weighed less or more. Ultimately, choosing your ideal weight comes down to what feels right to you. (more…)
The scientific way to diet
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012Scientists are now developing a new anti-hunger additive for all those cold goodies like yoghurts, shakes and smoothies. (more…)
Processed food invades farmers markets
Monday, January 23rd, 2012I was very pleased this weekend to be offered a free cloth bag at a farmers market. A lovely design with vegetables arranged to form a rainbow and it said “Be wonderful and wise”. It couldn’t be that somebody simply wanted to share love and light, could it? (more…)
Food Standards Agency targets successful organic raw dairy
Friday, December 16th, 2011To a great fanfare, Hook and Son, an organic family dairy, began sales of raw milk this week in Selfridges, a major department store on Oxford Street, London. (more…)
Protect yourself from rising radiation levels
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011Rising levels of radiation reported across Europe
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reported that radioactive iodine has been detected across Europe, from Denmark to Slovakia, (more…)
Nevada Health District shuts down organic farm picnic
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011The Southern Nevada Health District has raided an organic farm picnic destroying the organic produce, which was classified by them as bio-hazard material.
Secret, Court of Protection ignores advances in medical science
Monday, November 7th, 2011Britain’s “Court of Protection” makes decisions, in private, about the most vulnerable people in society. It makes decisions about incarcerating the mentally ill, taking children from families, including the case of Rachel Pullen who was deemed not intelligent enough to have children. (more…)
Statins may not cut risk of cancer
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011The Journal of the National Cancer Institute have suggested that a cholesterol reducing drug called simvastatin helps keep cancer at bay, and it is being proposed for breast cancer victims. (more…)
Super broccoli health warning
Saturday, October 29th, 2011British Scientists have announced growing “Super” Broccoli which they claim can help avoid cancer and heart disease. Is this newfangled pharma-vegetable really all that, or just another gimmick to sell more product? (more…)
Should the Bee Gees star Robin Gibb eat some eggs and butter?
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011It is very sad to see talented Robin Gibb looking so gaunt, having to cancel a meeting with David Cameron after suffering inflammation of the colon, particularly after seeing his equally talented twin brother, Maurice die of an intestinal illness in 2003. (more…)
Running could make you fat
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011There is a depressing outcome for some people who exercise to lose weight that they may well put on weight, not lose it. (more…)
