Last Sunday I talked about how lack of sleep can cause stress... and how that stress is linked to weight gain, diabetes and other problems. Hopefully you tried out my little vinegar remedy for a good night's sleep... if not, give it a go. A few weeks ago I also talked about how happiness could protect you from serious disease. I wrote that studies have found that a generally positive outlook on life could reduce the chance of breast can ..

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When an old friend of mine announced he was getting married, he followed it up with a rough growl... 'I don't want a stag do,' he said with a threatening glance in my direction. 'I'm too old for all that.' I have to say I was disappointed. I mean, you're never too old to be tied to a lamp post, or stripped naked, tied up, and bundled onto the overnight train to Edinburgh, that's what I say. But I knew what he meant. These days a typical ..

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After last Sunday's Good Life Letter 'A Quick Cure for Motion Sickness' I got an email suggesting a unique, drugfree solution to the problem. I've checked it out and I'm impressed... This system been tested on the NHS with huge success. It works for any kind of nausea, whether it's motion sickness.... pregnancy..... or a reaction to prescribed drugs..... Whatever the reason, the principle is the same. It's all about using your EARS. ..

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I live in a topsyturvy world. When the summer comes, all the kids run gleefully through the school gates, seeking freedom. Other people take their holidays. They do gardening or jet off to sunnier climes to read books, dine out and 'stroll'. But for me, it means the end of my freedom. The end of peace and quiet. No more pottering round the house on my own all day. Pandemonium is back! Screeching children... yelping dog.... and me in a ..

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Last Wednesday I went round to my Mum and Dad's for dinner (it was actually lunch, but they still call it dinner) and ended up spending the day there. The day, the night, and the next day actually. All because my Dad had inexplicably decided to dig a whole the size of Bulgaria in the back garden, and wanted some help shifting the earth. Of course by 'help', he meant watching me push endless wheelbarrows of the stuff back and forth to ..

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If anyone feels the need to buy me a present, I think they'd better make it an apron. Because after giving you a tasty recipe for cabbage last Sunday, I'm going back into the kitchen again, this time to show you something that's tasty, perfect for summer, and takes two minutes to rustle up. At the rate I'm going, I might as well open my own restaurant in a few weeks. I mean, if I managed to find a way to make cabbage tasty then getting ..

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If you saw the subject line of today's email and thought: 'Eh? What? Slim while you sleep? Can Ray be SERIOUS?' Then I completely understand. The idea of losing weight while you sleep is like something out of a science fiction film. You know.... the kind of film where Tom Cruise, Will Smith or Harrison Ford end up running from robots in a world where humans live like crazed savages. But this isn't to do with a futuristic wonder pill ..

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On Friday I talked about the problem with fad diets... How simply cutting out a whole food group... starving and depriving yourself... or yoyo dieting can be worse for your health than staying overweight. (If you didn't see that letter, it's on my website now, just go to www.goodlifeletter.co.uk ) Anyway, I also talked about Ruth Searle, the creator of Slim While You Sleep. She's put together a programme that tackles the root causes of ..

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Does anyone know why Friday the 13th is meant to be so unlucky? Whatever the reason, I thought it was all to do with thunder and lightning and falling down open manhole covers. Or, in more extreme circumstances, being chased by a maniac with a knife who's come back from the grave to exact a terrible revenge on former schoolmates. Luckily, I haven't seen any halfrotted corpses just yet, but my day does seem to be cursed... So far I've: ..

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Well, Friday the 13th seemed to pass in the Collins household without too many horrors. Of course, I'm not including the shopping trip I was forced to make with Lara for curtains. She practically had me in a headlock for the whole of the afternoon while I trawled through shop after shop. If there's a natural remedy out there for curing flowery blurred vision, let me know, because after having been dizzied by so many patterns, it was a ..

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