How to drink less
What’s your tipple? The two-headed beast known as alcohol has the friendly face – the one that we associate with relaxing, celebrating, socialising and sophistication – and the hooded yet fearsome face that represents varying …
Category: Addictions
Legal drugs – sugar
We’ve looked at the legal drugs caffeine, nicotine and alcohol; today we’ll look at highly processed ready-meals and snacks or ’junk food’. While junk foods are not classified as drugs, any food high in sugar …
Legal drugs – alcohol
We’ve looked at the legal drugs, caffeine and nicotine; today we’ll look at alcohol. There are many aspects to this, so today we’ll consider why alcohol makes us ‘drunk’ and why some seem to need …
Legal drugs – nicotine
If you were handed a pesticide to inhale, would you take it? Are you sure? Last time we looked at one of the three legal, widely available, psychoactive drugs that billions of people worldwide use …
Legal drugs – caffeine
Billions of people worldwide use three legal, widely available, psychoactive drugs daily; do you? The drugs in question are caffeine, nicotine and alcohol. Today, we’ll look at caffeine. We consume caffeine mainly through coffee, energy …
Root Causes of Addictions
ADDICTIONS: My column in today’s Jersey Evening Post (part 1 of 2) is what lies behind addictions, no matter what they are (sugar, shopping, sport, gaming, drugs, etc). I love helping people overcome their addictions …
Sugar by any other name
Sugar naturally appears in fruit (as glucose and fructose) and milk (as maltose) and in starches (once digested, as glucose). If you eat a variety of unprocessed foods, that’s about enough sugar for your body …
Some Yuletide Eating Tips :-)
In two minds/having guilt about celebratory Christmas food? My advice, is enjoy yourself, and try these tips: No-guilt approach: The worst thing to do is ‘cheat’ often and then not enjoy it because you feel …
Reversing Type 2 Diabetes (World Diabetes Day)
It’s World Diabetes Day today, and here is a piece I wrote in yesterday’s Jersey Evening Post about reversing Type 2. Diabetes (the condition and disordered eating) can be helped with nutritional advice, RTT and …
RTT for addictions
Addiction is a very powerful force. It is extremely harmful not just for the addict but everyone around them. Every year millions are spent battling addictions, often with long therapy sessions and rehab centers. But …