Here is some good news, and boy, do we need some good news! Olive oil, eaten as part of a Mediterranean diet, is good for you and will also leave you feeling fuller for longer, as it has that ‘mouth appeal’ that good food needs. That means that using olive oil can help you to lose weight. Now, that is good news! Here is an interview with Pat Kenny and Anna Burns on Newstalk 106 fm explaining...

It’s another year…  Did it start stormily for you?  Do you arrive into the New year somewhat battered by physical, mental, emotional or stress-related storms?  Are you feeling bloated by too much eating/drinking?  Did last year end badly regarding work, or with personal or financial problems?  Life can make you feel really down at times. You are not alone. Many people feel like this from time to time. The key thing is to...

COCONUT’S MIRACLES Half of the fat that makes up coconut oil consists of a marvellous and rare gift from nature called lauric acid. When lauric acid enters the body, either when you eat coconut oil or rub it on your skin, it gets converted into monolaurin—a monoglyceride capable of wiping out the viruses that carry a lipid coating—herpes, flu and HIV, as well as dangerous protozoa like giardia lamblia. The next important fat...

When you feel healthy, you have more energy and this in turn gives you the impetus to try out new things. Holidays do not need to be spent sitting round a pool, shopping or drinking till late.  Consider a holiday spent exploring hills, checking out wildlife, or walking on empty golden sands, far from tourist resorts. Here you see a couple in their 60’s and 70’s exploring remote shores in Fuerteventura. (Clara on the right!)

  The solution to losing weight is to eat a whole-foods, plant-based diet, coupled with a reasonable amount of exercise. It is a long-term lifestyle change, rather than a quick-fix fad; and it can provide sustained weight loss while minimising the risk of chronic disease. So says Dr T. Colin Campbell, in‘The China Study’, the most comprehensive study of nutrition ever conducted. (BenBella Books 2006).  Okay. What does a whole...