Excellent Microbiome Talk
An excellent video by William Davis, MD.
Health
Anything about general health, medicines, vitality and energy
Discovering Osteopathy with Barrie Savory
Barrie Savory’s new website ‘Discovering Osteopathy’.
The debate about masks
How to think about mask wearing, for yourself and others.
How to assess the result of your lateral flow test?
How to interpret a lateral flow test result.
Increasing use of lateral flow tests?
Some thoughts on the increased use of lateral flow testing to improve Covid-19 detection in the community.
Have I got loose ligaments?
Anxiety – and even panic attacks – seems to be up to 7 times more common in hypermobile people than in the general population.
Ventilation and Covid-19
The importance of ventilation for aerosol dispersal.
The government acts!
A UK policy on vitamin D supplementation may now happen.
Coronavirus – useful tips
How you can help your immune system perhaps cope better with the virus if you catch it.
Breathing Exercise
Sub-optimal breathing can contribute to and even cause a variety of health problems. Better breathing can be regained quickly, even in long-term cases.
Energy and inflammation
Inflammation must be regulated properly to be truly healthy.
Sleep – the number one factor?
Sleep is so fundamental to health that I’m beginning to realise that being a good sleeper is indeed the secret sauce.
The weather and your joints
Most people think there’s a link between weather patterns and how their muscles and joints feel.
Should I use muscle relaxants?
Be a little cautious about taking ‘muscle relaxant’ medications for spinal pain.
Can the immune system affect the mind?
The immune system has many ways in which it causes problems for us, rather than the bacteria, viruses and other pathogens it should be focusing on.
Gut bacteria might influence what we want to eat?
Gut bacteria might influence what we want to eat.
Exercise and rheumatic disease
Exercise can – at least for a while – suppress local and systemic inflammation.
Food & Eating – 10 Principles
Some principles of food and eating that you might find useful and interesting.
Vitamin D – children and infants
Be up to date with the current guidelines.
Hairdressers – stroke risks?
If you are over fifty, always have your hair washed leaning forward over the sink, and never backwards.
Happy Food?
The connection between mental health and the state of the gut’s microbiome.
Tailored medicine?
Over the next decade or two we will have a better understanding of what medicines work best for an individual.