How I ranted my way to a slimmer waist If you haven’t got this in your house this winter, you should get one NOW and protect your whole family The boozy way to better health I’ve just discovered ANOTHER great way to lose weight and keep trim? Ranting. After Friday’s letter, where I told you about how I have my alter ego to contend with I went for a little swim. And I MEAN little. Just changing into my trunks…
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Does your brain play this trick on you? Why it’s good to forget things A neuroscientist’s tips on memory power This might shock you. But there are two Ray Collins. Or should that be “two Ray Collinses”? Anyway, there is the Ray Collins who writes these emails to you with useful (hopefully) information about health and nutrition. He probably comes across as someone fairly ‘on the ball’ – or at least I’d like to think so. Perhaps there’s the odd…
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Is there any science behind children’s colour choice? How prehistoric man (and women!) ate better than we do The 5 caveman foodstuffs we should be eating Something strange happened in the Collins household this morning… As I sat down to breakfast and unfolded my paper, the household braced themselves for my usual tirade round a mouthful of cornflakes. My eldest son got ready to pat me on the back and hand me a glass of water, while Lara stood in…
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This new tea research is bonkers Hot drinks that can make you healthier and smarter Yet more revelations about coffee I spend a lot of time doing research for this letter. Going through the newspapers… looking at online articles… talking to the Good Life team about what they’ve discovered recently. Then, when I am ready to start writing, I always go through a special ritual… I put on the kettle and make a cup of tea. In fact, there’s one…
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Proof at last that you really can reverse your biological age – and in just eight weeks, too Eat these ten things this week to make it happen Why you need to eat more than one kind of mushroom How old are you? I don’t mean your chronological age. That’s just a number! Far more important is your biological age – that’s the one that really counts when it all comes down to it. And those numbers could be significantly…
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Reasons to be a happy slacker, rather than a gummy gym bunny Even major athletes are at risk of terrible damage from exercise The secret to safe exercise – revealed I don’t want to worry any of you who have turned over a new post lockdown leaf and returned to the gym but – you could be doing more harm than good! Especially where your teeth are concerned. We are used to being told that too much alcohol, too much…
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