Don’t let your pain medication put you in a wheelchair ?
When it comes to medications, what goes in, must come out, and it’s getting paracetamol “out”, that is…
Include a hot water bottle and an ice pack in your labour bag
The idea of using temperature to relieve pain, is not new. Strategic use of hot and cold, is…
Exercising muscles don’t burn fat, so is exercising for weight loss pointless ?
Burning fat, is by definition an oxidation reaction i.e. it needs OXYGEN. The unpleasant reality, the harder you’re…
False advertising contributes to insulin resistance
When you use an artificial sweetener, your body is expecting sugar calories. But there aren’t any – it’s…
A little leg work is all that it takes to protect from atherosclerosis
Sitting stops leg blood flow, but if you fidget, you can improve blood flow- it turns out, tiny…
Improve sugar levels with a little heat shock
A gin & tonic is a great way to DE-STRESS after a HOT and busy day. Heat shock…
Turn down the lights during labour to get more push
Melatonin is normally associated with getting you ready for bed, not babies, but he is an important part…
Beefing Up those muscles requires eating more beef
Being able to age gracefully is a motivator to “live healthy” now. So what does it take to…
Is floor phobia – a sign of the end ?
Take the sit-rise test, it takes 2 minutes to do and costs absolutely nothing, but this let test…
Tots watching too much TV end up being muscle flops
And muscle flops ....... are on the road to a lifetime of weight troubles, because they hate to…