| Why its time to get hold of a Haddock |
| 6 May 2005 |
Food manufacturers... They make me laugh. Yesterday I heard that tens, maybe even HUNDREDS, of food products are to be recalled from the supermarkets because they contain a food dye that could harm you. And surprise surprise, the problem seems to be profit. There's a lot of conflicting news flying about at the moment, but from what I understand, big food manufacturers have been buying in food dyes from unhygienic, unsterilised sources to cut ..
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| The dangers of spring cleaning |
| 3 May 2005 |
You've probably seen ads like these... A housewife sits in her house, looking depressed. There's a wet dog in the kitchen and nasty cooking odours everywhere. Her home is so smelly that even the flowers on the window ledge have wilted. Then suddenly as if from nowhere a can of air freshener appears. A few strong blasts and all the colour returns to the house. Flowers spring to life. Children skip through the kitchen and all is well. Smili ..
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| Why you really should watch your waist... |
| 22 Apr 2005 |
Good old Cherie Blair. Not one to be outdone by Jamie Oliver, she's in the papers, condemning the state of food at her son's school. Perhaps she's helping Tony launch some “pukka policies” for the coming election! But at the end of the day, the more fuss that's made over the food we feed our kids, the better. In fact, we should ALL take a look at our diet, because the obesity problem isn't going away. Even last night your easily-tempted c ..
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| Are you getting enough K? |
| 15 Apr 2005 |
Vitamin K is to other vitamins what Pete Best is to the Beatles. It's the rarely talked about member… the forgotten one… whose role wasn't so certain. But a few of you have been asking after vitamin K recently. So I'm only too happy to give you the low-down… ------------------------------------------------------------- Clot your blood, grow your bones, and even make a baby! ------------------------------------------------------------- Appar ..
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| Do you share my familys health problems...? |
| 8th April 2005 |
“You've been out in the sun too long, Matt.” That's what I said to my eldest, Matt, last summer when he bundled into the house with the kid from next door. He'd been out in the garden, building a castle out of some mud and what appeared to be the contents of my stationery drawer. How does a 5 year old get to top drawers with such skill? Can they levitate? Anyway, he had this angry looking rash across his arms and stomach. Nothing too bad by th ..
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| Are they about to tax sunlight? |
| 1st April 2005 |
Sometimes I wonder about the medical establishment. They throw out so many scare stories that it can make your head dizzy. Take sunlight, for instance. For the past ten years or so, we've been frightened by skin cancer stories, to the point where people lather themselves in factor 80 skin cream as soon as they leave the house in summer. Have we become a nation of vampires? It's fine to warn people of overexposure. I mean, when I see people po ..
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| Can bad news damage your heart? |
| 18 March 2005 |
A few weeks ago I read about a tragic real-life case of a broken heart. It was a press release from an age concern group about a grandmother who was denied contact with her grandchildren. She was so heartbroken she took to her bed over the Christmas period. On New Years Day she passed away. There was no medical reason for this woman's death. The hospital's Comment was: “It was what she wanted”. It reminded me of the story of legendary New Yor ..
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| How to get rid of dandruff forever |
| 4th March 2005 |
I once asked a doctor-friend of mine what the perfect cure for dandruff was. His answer? “Baldness.” Well, he was not wrong, I suppose. But I'm sure there are other ways to deal with this condition. In fact, I know it. Thanks to more of my painstaking research, I can now bring you the best ever ways to rid yourself of dandruff… forever! ---------------------------------------- What really causes dandruff ------------------------------------- ..
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| The peppermint cure for migraines |
| 4th August 2006 |
As you know by now, possibly to your utter despair, I'm addicted to collecting odd facts. I don't know whether it's the delight at seeing my friends and family slapping their foreheads as soon as I open my mouth and say, “Did you know…?” Or whether it's some kind of preparation for a great event in my future…one where the world's fate will depend upon whether I can list 10 weird uses for vinegar, or explain the nutritional benefit of plankton ..
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| The cheese that is actually good for your heart |
| 25 Feb 2005 |
Typical isn't it? For years I've made an effort to look after my health -particularly my weight and my heart. I've jogged round parks, I've joined gyms I never go to, I've cut out fatty foods… all the things I'm meant to do... And now it turns out that a cheese could be one of the most powerful remedies for cardiovascular disease yet discovered. Of course, all the above are good for you, but it still comes as a surprise to me that a cheese cou ..
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