The Symptoms of Narcolepsy Narcolepsy was brought sharply to my attention, when a friend of mine kept falling asleep during the day. The main symptom of narcolepsy is exactly that: excessive daytime sleepiness commonly referred to as EDS. This type of sleepiness causes an individual to fall asleep without warning, which can be during a conversation, […]
We all want a healthy lifestyle? Obesity and disease free; brain and body energy rich? I am confused with all the talk of consuming fermented products. The reason given is to keep the gut healthy and to encourage good bacteria. But. According to the Duke School of Medicine and their sound theory of the appendix, […]
I don’t use soap. I don’t use shower gel. I do shower! And soak in the bath! I use cold-pressed fruit, seed, nut, magnesium and essential oils. Many years ago I researched what people in the time of the Byzantines used for beauty. In particular how they cleaned themselves. Soap was first recorded as being invented […]
Has the rise in Dementia sufferers increased with the rise of the use of additives in so called food? The following statement on the BBC News the other morning made me pause for thought. The newsreader said that the rise in Dementia sufferers being diagnosed had increased and one person was being diagnosed with dementia […]
What to do when you have a problem. Where is the real help, when you need it most? Inside yourself. You have the power to help yourself. For most of my life I was like a sheep, following rules. Following my parents rules, fair enough as a child; following the church’s rules. At the time, […]
I have just eaten some fresh pineapple and almost immediately my mouth, lips and tongue reacted with a strange prickling, burning, itchy, swelling sensation. I googled it and many websites said the same thing: allergy to the bromelian enzyme in pineapples. This didn’t make sense to me. I have never had this reaction before and […]
Calcium. In my treatment room where I work using remedial massage I talk endlessly about calcium because it effects the functioning of the muscles. However despite my passion on the subject sometimes I cannot get across the vital, essential importance of this nutrient that must have other nutrients alongside it. In my book A Happier […]