On the 23rd of May I wrote you a Good Life Letter about celery ('the Diet Food that Helps Alzheimer's'). If you didn't get it, then take a look on the website here Now, while I'm about to recommend celery AGAIN.... but this time for blood pressure, insomnia and even weight loss... let me make something clear. Please don't think that I'm a merciless 'celery pushing' maniac Yes, I'm getting into celery as a home remedy... But you won't ..

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Okay, I hold up my hands. 'PLEASE DON'T SHOOT!' After last Friday's Good Life Letter ('Beat indigestion, ulcers and MRSA with this old wives' secret') I got a volley of shots fired at me for one of my comments. They twanged at to the left of me... to the right of me.... kicking up the dirt.... I saw a man run from a grassy knoll. I took refuge, but they kept coming. BANG! BANG! Today I'm still ducking for cover. But if you give me a ..

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Did you read Friday's Good life Letter? If so, you'd have heard me waxing lyrical about an amazing wonder honey from New Zealand. (Or 'beeswaxing' lyrical, perhaps?) This unique wild honey can treat MRSA, indigestion and ulcers... ease your digestion.... treat wounds and cuts naturally and quickly... and even treat skin problems. If you didn't read my letter, it's called 'manuka honey' and seriously you should give it a try. Take a l ..

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Pity those old wives. They're commonly mocked for their 'tales'. But you know what? Since I started writing The Good Life Letter, many old wives' tales have been proven true by science. Take this one for instance.... Honey as a remedy for indigestion In the good old days, the 'old wives' claimed that honey stirred into milk was a remedy for acid indigestion. Why? The old wives didn't know, gawd bless 'em. It just worked. And so mi ..

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Have you ever seen a celery stick run into a phone box, don a cape, then take to the skies to fight crime...? (or fight ill health at least...) No? Well, that could soon be about to change, because according to latest research, celery could soon be classed as a 'superfood'. Here's why... How this dieter's favourite can fight Alzheimer's Celery has long been on a dieter's menu because it's one of those rare foods that actually burns mor ..

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Once upon a time, there lived a dashing Welsh prince who played scrum half for Gloucester. After scoring the winning try against Bath, he dashed to his Rolls Royce and sped off towards Downing Street for his meeting with Gordon Brown. 'We have a top secret mission for you Collins,' Gordon said, 'one that only a man of your speed, cunning and good looks can accomplish. Here are your papers, your Xray spectacles and a year's supply of c ..

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I'm off to see an old friend in Bath today. And I have a fiendish, cunning plan... You see, I'm always wary of the fact that one bloke in Bristol (namely, me) can only ever provide you with one point of view. A blokish point of view at that. While that's all well and good.... imagine if you could get a woman's perspective on alternative health matters... personal insight into the problems that affect women today... like osteoporosis, H ..

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I'm pretty bad at tennis. You know that grisly television footage where the killer whale whacks the seal up into the air and knocks it about? That's more precise and elegant than me with a tennis racket. Or... You know the sound of a woman's Wimbledon champion grunting as she lunges to volley the serve with all her might? That's me putting my tennis shoes on. Unsurprisingly, I don't have tennis elbow. But that doesn't mean I won't ge ..

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Those big historical Hollywood blockbusters never get it right do they? Take Camelot for example. I was forced to watch this recently (the things I do for motherinlaws) and over ninety or so minutes I saw a lot of singing and dancing, a lot of fighting, and a lot of forsoothing. But not once did I see Arthur, Lancelot or Guinevere hold up a bottle of urine to the light and squint at it. Come to think of it, I don't remember Sean Conne ..

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Well, it's started... This morning I woke up, pulled back the curtains, and greeted the day with a 6sneeze salute. The poor sparrows outside out window probably thought someone was taking shots at them. Still, they'd better get used to it, because my sneezing routine is pretty much a permanent fixture every morning during the summer months. Of course, now that I have my Salt Pipe, I'm convinced my hay fever is going to disappear almo ..

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