Healthy Eating

My father has been off Lipitor (and statins) since May last year, so that’s 10 months, and he’s now had his first blood test which, of course included his cholesterol levels.  My mother came to me concerned that Dad’s cholesterol level had increased to 6mmol/l (from 3 mmol/l a year ago when on Lipitor). Actually…

I was flying back to Australia last night and the menu on the flight stated ‘corn fed chicken breast’. I find it amazing that so many restaurants promote ‘corn fed’ chicken and ‘grain fed’ beef as a hugely desirable factor on their menus!  (see my blog page regarding the impact of Grass Fed vs Grain Fed Animal…

A small article caught my eye in the news early this week – “Fish oil IV drip boost to intensive care”.  It mentioned that hospital trials involving adding fish oil to the intravenous nutrition of patients suffering from systemic inflammatory response syndrome recovered much quicker than those still on the regular treatment. That sounds sensible…

I haven’t mentioned this before, but my step-daughter was diagnosed with breast cancer last year.  She has gone through surgery and has almost completed her chemo plan, to be followed by radiation therapy.  At the tender age of 37, with 2 small daughters, it’s been an emotional time. As you might expect, we’ve all been…

I’m back in the UK, up in North Yorkshire for Christmas and New Year.  It’s been snowing here, on & off for about a week and it looks beautiful.  Mind you, it does cause havoc on the roads and a lot of people had their Christmas travel plans messed up.  I hope everyone ended up…

I got a good reminder yesterday – not everything is what it seems! I saw some new hand-soap which called itself ‘organic’ with a very eco-friendly name.  As I looked on the back label for a company website to see where to buy it, I noticed the ingredients – the second one listed was Sodium Lauryl Sulphate! It was a real…