Sugar tax is a cheap gimmick
The obesity crisis has now become so severe that it is causing misery, ill health and using up huge amounts…
Nutrition
Hi-tech tea
Cellulose, which is harvested from trees and plants, is a very common material used to make paper and cardboard. But…
A healing garden
The beautiful show gardens at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show are examples of garden designers’ art and horticultural skill, but…
Fight pain with food
Certain foods are thought to have natural pain relieving properties. And foods don’t have the unpleasant side effects that many…
Burning to be slim
Demand for weight loss solutions is growing, driven by the rising number of people who are clinically obese (with a…
Vegetable oils are a health boon
Flax seed oil, rapeseed oil, olive oil and even avocado oil – there are dozens of edible vegetable oils which…
The toxic truth about vegetable oil
When I go to my local curry restaurant, I always ask the waiter to make sure my chicken jalfrezi, spinach…
Free speech vital in statin debate
I recently returned from a whistle-stop tour of Australia where I gave a series of public lectures arguing that excess…
Medical Marijuana: Should cannabis be prescribed or not?
In the UK it is estimated there are around three million cannabis users and about one million of those use…
Soya
Consuming too many soya products like tofu might increase the risk for memory loss, according to some studies. One study…