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: Body Health
A walk around Beauport [Video]
Beauport is a beautiful place to be, and a great place to unwind and reground – the only time I wouldn’t go up on the headland is during big winds! Fresh air is an amazing …
Poor hospital food and parking
Jersey Evening Post article 05 February 2020 Some years ago, when I last went to see my doctor, I remarked how stressed and tired he looked; that, he said, was because the practice was short …
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 …
Winter pause for thought
My article in the Jersey Evening Post 22 January 2020 Winter throws all sorts at us in Jersey: big winds and rain, less sunshine and shorter days, stuffy rooms and buses with steamed up windows, …
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 weight loss
The reason so many people struggle with weight is that we look at it in the wrong way and ignore the effects the mind can have on the body. If you: Have been losing weight …
Ancient toilets & IBS
How much loo paper do YOU use? This is my article in today’s JEP (400 words): Why do women go to the loo in twos or threes? Safety in numbers is one reason; there’s a …