Nuts are one my favourite foods, they are a great snack with a piece of fruit or you can sprinkle them in to a salad to give a bit of texture and flavour. Nut butters are nice with vegetable crudités and you can also chuck them into a smoothie to add a bit of protein … Read more
Male fertility rates are dropping to an all time low. Dr Bob Rakowsky suggests that we at a point in history where there are more infertile males than females and that male birth rates are dropping day by day – yes males are a dying bread!. Even those males that live are turning in to … Read more
On Tuesday the Daily Mail reported that a chemical which causes cancer called acrylamide has been found in a huge range of processed foods including chips, instant coffee, bread, biscuits, crisps, breakfast cereals and baby food. This nasty little chemical has been linked to several types of cancer and is known to cause infertility.
These are the latest advances in cardiovascular medicine direct from Dr Mark Houston, founder of the Hypertension Institute in Nashville, Tennessee. There are 3 mechanisms at work in the development CVD – it’s not just about cholesterol. Inflammation Oxidative stress Autoimmune disease of the vascular system (leading to endothelial dysfunction and vascular muscle dysfunction)
You’ve done it! Those last few miles really took it out of you though, you felt there was nothing left in your legs or that your lungs were about to burst, but you just kept telling yourself “move your legs!”. So i bet you are dreading the aching legs and tending the blisters over the … Read more
Perhaps not… http://www.drbriffa.com/2011/03/08/milk-and-calcium-good-for-the-bones-dont-think-so/
In his latest newsletter Patrick Holford highlights research that breast cancer risk for women in the UK has increased; affecting one in every eight women today, up from one in nine a decade ago. The biggest rise is in the 50 to 69 year-old age group, where instances of the disease have increased by 6% … Read more
Read this re-post from Fulham FC website…. http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/News/NewsArticles/2011/January/SchwarzerKeepingForm.aspx
The second most common running injury I see in recreational runners is knee pain, oftentimes also called patella femoral joint pain or chondromalacia patella syndrome. This knee problem very often also involves the patella tendon, whereby there is tendonopathy in the patella tendon – much like what happens in the Achilles tendon (read my blog … Read more
Dr Briffa points to some research that shows that it is a myth that a vegetarian diet is healthier for you than a diet containing meat=> http://www.drbriffa.com/2011/01/07/question-marks-raised-over-the-vegetarian-diet/