I just dug out this article for a female friend of mine and I decided it was worth including this as a feature for me too, as the author describes so well, just how harmful insulin can be for hormone ...
We human beings have a survival brain that is designed to keep us safe. It’s our reptilian brain. Psychologically it gets in the way of taking action on ideas that are outside of our comfort zone, or more specifically, zone of ...
A few weeks ago I finished reading Grain Brain – a superb book which explains how our brains our affected by grains, and more specifically, wheat and gluten. Grains are higher on the glycemic index than table sugar, so trigger ...
I’ve been in Brazil for the last week and I must say, I do love this country – the culture, Brazilians, the history, the scenery, the sunshine, the wind (there’s a reason I love the wind, bear with me), the ...
On Friday I appeared on Rewired Radio, a radio show on RadioMD, hosted by the lovely Erica Spiegelman. I covered three 9 minute segments; how our hormones are being disrupted by our modern day lifestyles, certain foods we eat, the ...
Image credit: http://www.artofmanliness.com/ Tomorrow I’m off to Phoenix to see a leading authority in the field of helping men increase testosterone naturally. He helps men into their 90s maintain high levels of testosterone. In fact, one of his patients was 103. I can’t wait ...
I recently went to see a talk by an expert in neuropsychiatry, and bestselling author, John Ratey, MD, latest book being ‘Spark’. He presented about the effects of exercise on our brain. In this picture, the woman on the left is ...
Given that water is our life fuel, I think it’s worth really knowing what we’re putting inside our bodies throughout the day, particularly if you’re drinking tap water. A number of studies have shown that there are a number of ...