Road Test: Glucosamine – The best value supplements to heal your arthritis
The last several years have seen a revolution in the treatment of arthritis with the discovery that cell communication takes place through carbohydrates (sugars) attached to amino acids in the proteins located on the surface of every cell in your body. Glucosamine is among the eight sugars required to make these ‘glycoproteins’. Researchers have theorised […]
Special Report: Meals in a glass – The Best and Healthiest Liquid Meal Replacements
The idea that humans can get all the nutrition they need in a pill or a drink has been the stuff of science fiction for decades. Today, life is imitating art, with many companies claiming to produce powders which, when mixed with milk, water or juice, can provide all the nutrients we need in a […]
Most of the so called inactive ingredients added to food and drugs to make them more appealing can have as many side effects as drugs themselves. When you use a drug, whether by mouth, by inhalation, by injection or on your skin, you’re getting more than just the active ingredients. You are also getting what […]
Lyme Disease – Underreported, Underdiagnosed and Undertreated
It is a disease which affects almost any part of the body and produces a bafflingly wide range of symptoms, including skin lesions, meningitis, progressive muscular and joint pain, mood changes and behavioural problems. Doctors don’t know how best to diagnose or treat it, and can’t easily tell when it has been cured. Yet, left […]
In 1999, we published an investigative report on toxic toiletries by our contributing editor Pat Thomas (WDDTY vol 10 no 7). The article caused a furore, raising public awareness about the chemical dangers in common cleaning products. went on to write a book on the subject, Cleaning Yourself to Death (Gill & Macmillan, 2001). The […]
The epidemic of eczema, which affects one fifth of children, may be the fallout from our obsessive concern with keeping our children free of germs. Eczema is now a worldwide epidemic. In the UK, up to one fifth of school age children and one in 12 adults suffer from it. It is itchy, painful, reduces […]
The drugs industry rushed the new ‘human insulin’ onto the market and forced out animal insulin, leaving many diabetics far more ill and now with no alternative form of insulin. In nearly all areas of medicine, the advances come so thick and fast that it can be hard to keep up with them. But, in […]
Touted as the ‘natural cure’ for menopause, the high dose plant supplements may have strong oestrogenic effects on the body, with all the dangers of large doses of ordinary oestrogens. As bad news about HRT keeps rolling in, conventional and alternative practitioners have found themselves scrambling around for something to give women complaining of menopausal […]
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma – A Cry for Help From a Polluted Body
It took the death of a 20th century icon, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, to bring non Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) to the world’s attention. With her passing, we began to realise that this once rare form of cancer was not so rare anymore. In the last 20 years, the incidence of NHL increased by approximately 73 per […]
Road Test: Natural diet products – Are there heavyweights
At any given time, as much as 50 per cent of the population is on a diet. Yet, surveys show that we are getting fatter, not leaner. No one could deny that taking an appetite suppressant to lose weight is the fast track to nowhere. Recent health scares related to heart and respiratory problems linked […]
I am an award-winning campaigner, journalist and author. A former editor of the Ecologist magazine Pat has run campaigns for Paul McCartney’s Meat-Free Monday, Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) and Neal’s Yard Remedies. In 2011, my work leading the campaign, Cows Belong in Fields, won CIWF the Observer Ethical Award for Campaigner of the Year. In 2014 I co-founded the campaigning group, Beyond GM.
I am a qualified psychotherapist and the author more than 40 books for adults and children and I was inducted into Who’s Who in 2014. In addition to my work with Beyond GM, I work occasionally with the film production company Ecostorm. I also currently edit and oversee NYR Natural News – a campaigning natural health website, continue to write in a freelance capacity and make regular public speaking and media appearances.
I have been a trustee of both the Soil Association and the Organic Research Centre in the UK and am currently on the advisory board of GMO Free USA and am a trustee of the investigative media agency, Eyewitness.
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I am interested in and available for short- and long-term projects/consultancies, and am particularly keen on those that focus on food, sustainability and culture change. I am also an experienced public speaker.
My unique professional experience means I bring a variety of skills to any work I do, including effective and persuasive communication and writing skills, an holistic perspective on sustainability and change, and both intuitive and analytical ability. I am well known in my field and comfortable working in most fora.
Recent projects/consultancies include work with: Stella McCartney ‘Care’ range, Paul McCartney’s Meat Free Monday, Friends of the Earth, Compassion in World Farming, Soil Association, Neal’s Yard Remedies.
Recent public speaking engagements: UK Aware, Oxford University PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) Society, Durham Union Society (Durham University), Bristol Festival of Nature, World Preservation Foundation, Women’s Institute.
I'm a highly experienced journalist and award winning campaigner specialising in environment and alternative health. I'm also the author of several books for adults and children and a qualified psychotherapist.
