How’s the liver-loving campaign going? Bought (and eaten) your first pack of mince pies already, washed down with brandy butter and some mulled wine?
Studies have shown that 50% of the average annual weight gain is most likely to be gained in the six weeks between mid-November and Christmas. So we’re about one week in to [...]
Sarah came to see me last April complaining of constipation, stomach pains and tiredness.
The first thing we did was improve her diet – she had got into the habit of grabbing a muffin and a coffee on the way into work, and sometimes not eating again until 4.00pm! I get her to eat breakfast! I [...]
In case you haven’t noticed, there are only 51 days till Christmas. Now, that freaks me out a little bit (and I’m not just referring to all those upcoming over-indulgent client lunches, dinners, parties, mulled wines and mince pies).
And if you are freaked out, just think about your poor digestive system and liver, which will [...]
If you go to your doctor and complain of being tired, he or she might tell you just to go away and take things easy – as simple as that sounds, sometimes we can suffer the kind of tiredness that is not solved straight away just by resting. Indeed, sometimes we can have the kind [...]
If you suffer from IBS, it may be that your doctor has mentioned that you could be suffering just from stress. It is a funny word “stress” because the implication is that somehow you are just not coping. Maybe a better word is pressure – because in busy lives that pressure can just build and [...]
Everybody likes a treat, whether it’s the ‘Sunday-cake-treat’, the ‘after-work-wine-treat’ or the ‘Friday-I’v- been-good-all-week-treat’. Usually these treats are far from being nutritious – chock full of sugar, salt, nasty fats, and lots of E-numbers. I think it’s time to stop tricking yourself and treat yourself to the taste of Halloween by adding some pumpkin to [...]
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