Centered

In an age of round-the-clock news and information it can be tempting to view the need for sleep as an inconvenience. But "need" is indeed the imperative here. Have you ever considered why lack of sleep can kill, is used as a form of torture, is linked with early death from any disease, increases the risk of developing diabetes, obesity, mental illness, Alzheimer's and cancer? Perhaps you know that sleep is important but haven't considered why. It

What is thermogenesis and how does it help you to lose weight? Thermogenesis combines two latin words to mean the generation (genesis) of heat (thermos). Whilst the vast majority of your calories are burned as you rest due to what is called your basal metabolic rate (while you sit and read this at rest), approximately 10% of your calories can be burned as a result of eating thermogenic foods (dietary-induced thermogenesis). In other words, thermogenesis is energy expended or

Recently I had some very lovely and willing friends around to help me trial a new product. I think they would have done it anyway but I did offer a little carrot: a very nice dal with freshly fried popadoms with bombay potatoes and spinach fresh from the allotment. It was a very lovely evening with no horrible pre-meal stress because this meal is such a good one to turn to when you are having more guests

Patients are regularly taken aback by my advice to increase the eggs in their diet, even to have two per day if necessary. The recommendation is followed swiftly by the question, "what about cholesterol?". The dogma has been deeply ingrained that eggs cause high cholesterol which causes heart disease. A terribly simplistic equation. But little does the general public know that in 2007 The British Heart foundation quietly retracted their advice to limit eggs to three per