Nutrition

The Perils of Probiotic Yogurts

As someone who spends far too long sitting in front of a TV, I get more than my fair share of extended advert breaks - so long in fact...

My local health clinic and the junk food it sells

I had to go to my local health clinic. It's a public clinic which as in the rest of Spain offers universal healthcare to one and all. It...

A possible natural solution to psoriasis

Want a simple way to stop psoriasis in its tracks without creams or medications? If so, this might just be for you. I sometimes have...

How to stop nausea naturally without drugs

You know that unpleasant feeling. The saliva in your mouth increases, you can feel sweat building up on your forehead, you've suddenly...

Skipping meals is self-defeating!

Skipping meals is a real problem. A report of the Schools Health Education Unit in the UK gives us a scale to problem. They surveyed...

What is a healthy diet? Not the food pyramid!

Have you ever read any advice about eating a healthy diet? Was it one of those pyramid shaped illustrations? I saw a doctor a while ago...

Understand your food allergies

There was a report that came out last year that people with a food allergy are more likely to be murdered than to die from a severe...

What are pungent foods and how do you use them?

The Chinese classification of the tastes of food can help you choose what foods you should eat more of and what you should eat less of....

Supermarket sliced bread is bad for your health! Why are you still eating it?

There’s an advert on TV in Spain for sliced bread. In it the celebrity squeezes one end of the loaf and then proclaims that it stays...

Would you like your milk hot or cold?

The temperatures of the food we eat can have a major impact on our health and well-being. Our obsession with calories and fats etc has...