Just a quickie to point you to a post on anorexia in men by Isabella Mori of Change Therapy (you will find a link to her blog in my Blogroll). Anorexia in men is, I think, not thought about nearly enough. Isabella is reporting a study that attempts to re-dress the balance of the focus [...]
If you’re a smoker it’s worth eating three servings of fruit and vegetables a day and drinking tea (black or green). By doing so you may lower your risk of lung cancer in smokers – this finding doesn’t apply to lung cancer in non-smokers. This is the result of a reasonably sized study (558 people [...]
What is it? Three database on the healing effects of food, herbs and nutrients. There is a huge amount of information here. They have been created by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, as a free public service to promote health freedom and empower consumers with information about the healing power of foods, herbs and nutrients. [...]
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It’s been a while since I did a post about physical health. Lately I’ve been mostly dealing with psychology. So here is a longer post to make up for this a bit. To have good health doesn’t require adopting unusual or bizarre behaviours. Doing little things can make a big difference. (This is for those [...]
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Image by paulaloe The orthodox view is that moderate alcohol consumption is of benefit to health. A New Zealand researcher Rod Jackson has questioned this: saying that it may not (when taken overall) be of any benefit. You can read an interview about this with Rod Jackson on Radio National’s (Australia’s public broadcasting service) Health [...]
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This is a link to a blog called Foods that Heal. Each post talks about one food (or herb) and what it’s health giving properties are. It is an excllent resource. Unfortunately the posts aren’t dated so I don’t know how often it is updated. Well worth looking at. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$(‘div.d132′).each( function(e) [...]
In a study by Dr. Moya Kneafsey from Coventry University called Re-connecting consumers, food and producers: exploring ‘alternative’ networks, it was found that “Through participation, consumers tended to increase their consumption of fruit and vegetables, and improve their cooking skills and knowledge about food. “ The study was of ‘alternative food networks’. Which means things [...]
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Schooling can be bad for your health. Especially if you are an adolescent woman. Christine Halse at the University of Western Sydney has been conducting research on the impact of schooling on young women, especially concerning anorexia. The paper is in the journal Gender and Education, 19(2), 219-235. The whole story is told in her [...]
