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The Health Secret in this Da Vinci Masterpiece

How was your long Easter weekend? Our youngest child went to a friends’ house while the older two didn’t bother to come home for Easter (too many better things to do, apparently). So Lara and I did nothing except cook and garden all weekend. It was AMAZING. One of the side-benefits of a rapidly emptying nest! Anyway, on Easter Monday I was taking a breather… sipping coffee, listening to a jazz record and flipping through my collection of health supplements…
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The Health Risks of Non-Alcoholic Alternatives

What a sunny week! Well, at least where I live… The springtime really burst into bloom, trees blazing with colour, daffodils and bluebells flecking the greenery and verges bursting with foliage. It was the beginning of the school Easter holidays last weekend so almost everybody was out and about. Lara and I walked through town, where I was struck by how many people were eating and drinking outside – tables were laden with big glistening pints of beer, wine bottles…
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A Frozen Treat That’s Sending Kids to A&E

They’re colourful. They’re ice cold. They taste like liquefied sherbet. And apparently, they’re putting some young children in hospital. Yep – today I’m talking about slushy drinks. You’ve probably seen them, even if you haven’t tried one. They are gigantic cups of brain-freeze-inducing icy syrup, which come in lurid bright colours. You can buy them in corner shops, cinemas, theme parks, and anywhere children are likely to be. Clearly, they are very sugary. But that’s not the main problem. A…
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A tale of two sharply contrasting weight loss headlines

Here’s a tale of two headlines. Both appeared in The Times on consecutive days at the end of last month. Here’s one from Tuesday the 23rd of July… SUMMER SLIMMER RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AFTER TAKING WEGOVNY. Then here’s one on Wednesday the 24th of July NHS COULD APPROVE OZEMPIC TO STOP HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES. Hmmm… In the first one, a weight loss injection user is hospitalised with heart palpitations and seizures, eyes rolling in the back of her head,…
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Grim news for British men

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I’m always reading reports and newspapers. So I’m bombarded with stats and facts every day, pretty much. It all comes with the territory! But even so, I still get surprised by the occasional curveball. For instance, recently, I read that British men are dying a lot earlier than in many other developed, wealthy countries like Australia, Switzerland and Austria. And we’re dying from preventable or treatable illnesses, too, like type 2 diabetes and heart disease, The statistic that really made…
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The issue with exercise

Have you been enjoying the Olympics? I do admit to getting a bit hooked on the track-and-field events, and so I’ve got into some of the action this week. I’m one of those people who – when they see something inspiring on telly – immediately want to start doing it themselves. If I watch a Kung-Fu movie I instantly turn into Bruce Lee. If I watch the rugby, I’m taken instantly back to my youth, and begin ducking and diving…
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