There are times when you really have to take a step back and ask what is going on here? We all want our children to grow up to be happy and healthy. So why do we do things that not only don’t help them with this goal but may make it harder for them?... 

A survey for Australian health insurer MBF revealed that 40% of Australian children miss breakfast on at least one day per week. Some 8% of children never ate breakfast. We all know thatbreakfats is the most important meal of the day. We also know that... 

Two articles caught my eye this mornings paper. An analysis from Oxford University published in The Lancet showed a direct correlation between body mass index (BMI) and longevity. The researchers followed nearly one million people in The USA and Europe... 

Headaches are extremely common. Almost everyone will get a headache at some stage. Yet some people get them frequently and others only occasionally. Whilst there are some underlying causes of headaches such as eye strain, sinus problems, neck injuries... 

Occasionally, the obvious is borne out by scientific studies. It is amazing how really important but obvious facts are overlooked in the health sphere particularly when it comes to diet and nutrition. The study in Diabetes journal looked at the effect... 

We all know that exercise is important yet how many of us convert the knowing into doing. To use the Zen quotation “to know and not to do is not yet to know”. The most common reason given is lack of time. All of us have 24 hours available in the day... 

Whilst the” benefits” of pharmaceutical agents are studied and promoted intensively less research is done on vitamins and other natural products like spices and herbs .Part of the reason for this is that there can be no patent applied to something... 

This is a quote from time Magazine Total U.S. health-care spending in 2007 rose to $2.2 trillion, and the public portion is growing fast. “Medicare and Medicaid on their current trajectory cannot be sustained,” Obama told a group of columnists... 

http://www.wcrf-uk.org/research/cp_policy_report.htm http://www.dietandcancerreport.org A new report from the London based World Cancer Research Fund has once again highlighted the importance of simple lifestyle measures that you can apply everyday....