One of the central messages of our site is that you have to take responsibility for your own health.  There's no such thing as the free lunch when it comes to your health (and, if you happen to be a 'free lunch' believer, you probably also cling to the notion of the 'magic bullet' antidote, which keeps the drug company ...

So many people are worried about their weight! It’s either the look, or the health, or the concern about what other people may say about them, or the bullies in school – all the messages from society are that being chubby, overweight, zaftig, or plump is not OK. At the same time, the common foods we find in cheap restaurants, fast food ...

Most diseases have something to do with lifestyle and the environment, but the experts in our community, the doctors, know very little about such things. As they only get about one hour's teaching on nutrition in their five years of medical training, this is probably not so surprising. So when overweight and obese people come to them for ...

Having researched available dietry/nutritional advice extensively I can say that it is of no wonder whatsoever, that we have an ever increasing, obesity, diabetes, cancer, etc....NHS crippling, health problem!..whilst accepting other contributary factors also, such as life-style choices, emotional problems, man-made toxins, stress, ...

The catastrophic rise of obesity and associated diseases of diabetes,cancers, etc. will cripple the NHS....sooner, rather than later, I fear! Whilst appreciating the emotional content of the problem, it is mostly an issue of too much of the wrong food/drink being ingested....and sedentary life-style choices. The on-going official dietry advice ...