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One question I keep being asked is ‘how much salt can we eat?’ Firstly it’s probably useful to know that our bodies do need salt to function properly and our own, Dr Claire Maguire has answered most of this question in her Dear Doctor question (reproduced below): “Don’t be confused as in my heart of…
My personal experience has now been ‘confirmed’ by science – carbohydrates are addictive (Sunday Times, 5 Sep 10 – Fat fix…). I have seen it with my own eyes, though I’m not convinced that ‘addictive’ is the correct term. Perhaps ‘strong cravings’ is really a better description! My experience comes from Mike. We have been…
I read an article in The Week magazine recently (28 August 2010) commenting on how young girls in America are reaching puberty earlier. It seems that 23% of African-American & 10% of white girls have started developing breasts by the age of seven! The article mentions that possible causes may be obesity (the breasts are…
It’s the end of August and the plums are getting ripe. The problem is, as usual, that all the plums are becoming ripe at the same time! I’ve just picked 16lb (7.2kg) off a single tree, and there are still a lot left on it. And I haven’t even touched the other trees yet… So…
Ever since I watched a documentary called ‘The Disappearing Male’ a few months ago whilst flying from Perth to London I’ve been meaning to write about this subject. I only saw this Canadian programme by accident – there was not enough time left of the flight to watch a full movie and the title caught…
It’s the week of the Great Yorkshire Show, so we went along on Tuesday. It’s THE annual agricultural show in the country and it covers a huge area covering animal barns for horses, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, alpacas, rabbits & other livestock; displays of agricultural equipment & business/grant information, stalls selling country wear, art &…
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