I arrived back in the UK a couple of days ago and happened to have the TV on yesterday. On came an ad for Sainsbury’s featuring Jamie Oliver. His message during the short 30 second advert was how delicious the CORN FED chicken shown in front of him was… It’s upsetting when these famous people,…
We made a tough decision a few weeks ago – we’re moving back to the UK so we can help Claire with her business and our grand-daughters. The good news is that we’re now able to concentrate on getting our beautiful farmhouse up and running as a well-being retreat.  I’m flying out of Perth at…
The Science Museum in London has recently announced (The Times article, 24 March 2010) that due to the increase in the public’s scepticism over climate change, helped by the recent ‘Climategate’ revelations, that it is revising its past practice of trying to convince people of global warming. It will now change the new exhibition name…
If you clicked on the BBC website this week, you’d have seen an article called ‘‘Good fat’ cuts heart risk by a fifth, study shows’ and if you read it you’ll be led to believe that by increasing your consumption of polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) there would be fall in heart disease by 10%. What the…
I caught an advert on TV this evening by Flora margarine. The whole ad was that their margarine was high in omega-6 and good for the heart. It’s no wonder everyone is confused, when we’re also continuously told to increase our omega-3 intake. Are we supposed to eat more omega 3 or omega 6? Or…
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…
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