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The food that makes you 55% more likely to die young

I know I’m preaching to the choir here… Because it’s unlikely that anyone who signed up to get the Good Life letter is not aware of this… But, dear me, the evidence piling up against ultra processed foods looks increasingly grim. According to a recent study in The British Medical Journal, published in February, mass produced ready meals and sugary cereals are now linked to 32 different damaging health outcomes. These include… Diabetes Cancer Heart disease Depression Anxiety In the study of ten million…
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Could broccoli and mackerel help avoid serious disease?

Vitamin A might not always grab the headlines like some of its vitamin cousins. But it’s seriously important. This essential nutrient helps with everything from seeing in the dark to fighting off germs. Despite its low profile, vitamin A is a big deal for our bodies, making sure our eyes, skin, gut and immune system are all running smoothly. It has been proven to be effective against the worst of all cancers – pancreatic tumours. This evil condition has the…
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Easy Greenhouse Superfoods

I’ve really enjoyed your comments about cucumbers after my Good Life letter a few weeks ago. There is a real underground movement in favour of what I had always thought of as a staple but uninteresting salad vegetable. I was thinking about this on Easter Monday as I pottered in my little greenhouse, where I am starting to grow tomato, cucumbers, green peppers, and chilli plants. These might be known as trendy superfoods, but if you grow them yourself, they…
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3 amazing, rare berries with superpowers

Bilberries can improve eyesight

At the time of writing this letter to you, the sun is out. There is NO rain – I repeat – NO RAIN! I woke up with light streaming through the blinds, feeling very happy. As soon as I’d drunk my coffee, I got out in the garden, thinking about spring and what fruits I am going to try and grow this year. Not just for the taste and sheer joy of nurturing life, but also to create our own…
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How this this seaside mineral keeps hair healthy

Hair loss is not inevitable

My son was home the other day with his girlfriend and for some reason he felt the urge to get out the old family album. I do like seeing pics of the kids when they were young. But seeing my old self can causes me a pinch of sadness. On those pages are the images of a happy dad cradling his bundles of joy; clear skinned, flat bellied and with a full head of hair. Twenty-five years ago I was…
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The 6 biggest risks of sleep apnoea

I’ve never admitted this before. But I’m a bit of a snorer… Just like my father before me – and his parents, too! In fact, one of my early memories is staying with my grandparents and hearing them BOTH snoring in stereo from their separate rooms, The walls would literally shake on either side of me. In the morning, they would both emerge from their bedrooms and grumpily accuse each other of snoring all night. It was such a shame…
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