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Cancer is mostly preventable – even for those with a genetic predisposition cancer is mostly preventable – even for those with a genetic predisposition. In fact, genetics accounts for only around 30 per cent of cancers. The rest is down to lifestyle factors such as diet, exercise and environment. * Go vegetarian or, at the […]

While we tend to accept heart disease as an inevitable result of ageing, the overwhelming evidence is that heart disease is preventable through simple changes in lifestyle. Some of the suggestions here may quite literally save your life. * Eat fewer animal products. Eat less meat and more plant foods rich in vitamin C and […]

Non-lethal cancers, spontaneous remissions, people with genetic risk factors who don’t get cancer in their lifetime – these things are neither mystical nor miraculous; they are medical facts. Yet, there are few subjects that make mainstream physicians more nervous or uncomfortable than the idea of cancers that cure themselves. Most cancer treatments are doled out […]

Many of the diseases we associate with ageing – such as heart disease, cancer, dementia and stroke – may be the result of lifelong, poorly managed stress. A body under stress is a chemically altered body. It is a body awash in hormones and other substances that are normally kept under tight control. In the […]

We almost learn it at our mother’s knee: calcium is good for our bones and teeth, and we must drink lots of milk to give us enough calcium to grow up to be strong, healthy adults. For years, this health message has been an article of faith. However, recent evidence is beginning to challenge the […]

Doctors believe they need to assist the body’s natural repair mechanisms when treating wounds. But evidence shows that many antiseptics and dressings may do more harm than good. Cuts, grazes, wounds, and lacerations – to varying degrees, we have all had to deal with them at one time or another. If you are admitted into […]

They’re cheap and plentiful, but will they do you any good at all? As the quality of our food diminishes, so the humble multivitamin has become one of the most popular health supplements in the world. Yet, taking supplements can be expensive. One option is to buy low-dose multis from large, reputable manufacturers that are […]

When the sun is out, many of us feel we are doing our best to protect our skin by using suncreams. But some scientists believe that sunscreens may, in fact, encourage the dev-elopment of skin cancer. In addition, some of the chemicals in suncreams are oestrogenic and may be toxic to living cells. Two basic […]

Every time you make up, you lather your face with a deadly cocktail of carcinogens, preservatives, mutagens, allergens, toxic heavy metals and other poisons that slip through the loose regulatory net. Many women think that makeup is just a bit of harmless feel-good fun and that the makeup they put on their faces each day […]

No other herb has served as many culinary and medicinal roles in as many cultures as garlic (Allium sativum L). Indeed, over the past 20 years, there have been more than 2000 papers published on garlic chemistry, pharmacology and clinical applications (Koch HP and Lawson LD, Garlic: The Science and Therapeutic Application of Allium sativum […]