As much as I love to share stories and jokes with you, I'm going to cut right to the chase today. Because this is IMPORTANT... You really need to read this amazing piece about how and why our western diet is causing the cases of prostate cancer to skyrocket. It reveals why Asian countries don't have the same rates of prostate disease... and suggests that it could come down to one simple difference in our diet. I've got kind permission to rep ..

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I've been writing like a maniac this week. By this I don't mean I've been writing while wearing a giant banana costume and singing the Azerbaijani national anthem. I mean I've been hard at work... on a book. 'A book?' you cry. 'Yes, a book!' I told myself I wouldn't tell you about it UNTIL I had completely finished it, but it's nearly there and I feel pretty proud of myself. It's all about the secret, awesome healing power of.... of... A ..

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Cracking bit of good news on Tuesday... don't know if you saw it... But a new study, reported in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, suggests that drinking coffee can protect your eyesight. Italian researchers looked at the coffee drinking and smoking habits of 166 people with a condition called 'blepharospasm'. This is where you get an uncontrollable spasm in your eyelid. It's not just annoying... it can lead to blindness. ..

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My friend Dan is an architectural historian. Last Saturday, he invited me to a bizarre event. We learned how to build stuff out of mud. Okay, so it's known in the trade as 'cob'. Or to you and me... 'What they used to build house out of in the olden days'. The basic ingredients are water, mud and hay. You stand in a farmyard. You shovel. You trample. You shovel again. You slap it on. We were taught by two artists who have spent the last 10 y ..

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Can you imagine the advert that goes like this...? 'Take two bottles of shampoo into the shower?' 'Not me, I simply take in a bottle of sesame oil!' Well, weird as it may sound (and don't a LOT of my emails?) this is actually a valid remedy for that most embarrassing of minor ailments: dandruff. And yes, though it may be an odd thing to do, it's actually a good natural remedy that doesn't involve buying yet another boastful brand of overpric ..

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I think I'm going to start a campaign to get blood pressure warnings attached to every daily newspaper... Something like 'Warning: May make your blood boil' or 'Do not read while eating cornflakes or you are likely to splutter them all over the kitchen table'. Because yet again the Collins household was subjected to me ranting and raving over an article I read in The Times this week. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if Lara is bidding for a tr ..

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Sometimes you've got to laugh, or else you'll cry... At least that's how I'd react if I had to try this bizarre antiwrinkle treatment... Gold dust at the bottom of the bird cage Now, I know the antiageing market is big business, and people will try almost anything (and pay almost anything) to look younger. But you'd think they'd draw the line at poo, wouldn't you? Well not the ladies of Knightsbridge, oh no... In order to beat ageing, these ..

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My friend Dan is an architectural historian. Last Saturday, he invited me to a bizarre event. We learned how to build stuff out of mud. Okay, so it's known in the trade as 'cob'. Or to you and me... 'What they used to build houses out of in the olden days'. The basic ingredients are water, mud and hay. You stand in a farmyard. You shovel. You trample. You shovel again. You slap it on. We were taught by two artists who have spent the last 10 ..

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Introducing a new, all-natural pain-relief treatment If you suffer pain in your knees, foot, heels, ankle and toe joints... or your neck, back, spine, shoulders, hip, elbows, wrists and finger and thumb joints... then check out this website: Biolamps As you'll see, people are raving about a new pain relief treatment from China. It works by filtering heat through clay, directly into painful areas of your body. OK, I admit. This might sound wei ..

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Today, I'm going to turn the letter over to YOU - the smart, clever, no doubt handsome readers of The Good Life Letter. Because over the last week or so, many of you have written in with advice, tips and ideas so great that I just have to share them with our fellow Good Lifers. And one of them in particular, Lynne, has written in with a brilliant view on how to handle M.E. Seriously, if this affects your life in any way, this will help. Besi ..

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