Take Back Your Health

Have you heard that before, “Just reduce calories and do more exercise”. If you asked most people including many doctors how to lose...

In 1847, Ignaz Semmelweis , a young doctor working in Austria noticed that more young women were dying after childbirth in the hospital...

I had an interesting conversation with a young doctor at a local hospital recently. He was convinced that high cholesterol always...

Letter to every New Zealand MP, Government Minister and Prime Minister Sent to every Member of Parliament and Minister of the Crown, on...

It's a puzzle. Despite extensive research on the dangers of excessive levels of linoleic acid in our diet and the resulting increase in...

Is fruit really good for us? Can we eat too much fruit? Why is it linked with vegetables in our nutrition guidelines? Can too much fruit

So, you just had your first consultation with the wellness guide. He first asked about your goals, eating history, explored what foods...

Perhaps you are being controlled more than you realize. Ed Yong wrote a fascinating book called “I contain multitudes” in which he...

There is a debate about cancer, as to whether cancer is a genetic disease, e.g. it’s in your genes and there is little you can do, or is...

You have a problem. Type-2 diabetes is a silent killer and is wreaking havoc on your body. Along the way it will damage your body in ways...

Hi everyone. I just finished listening to the amazing Mary Ruddick talking about how to protect yourself from the more serious impacts...

There are many opinions about dietary protein levels. Here I have attempted to simplify the information to help you choose the best levels.

In these days of COVID19 we hear that people with poor metabolic health usually suffer a much worse outcome from getting infected with...

Free radicals are produced in your body as part of your immune system’s defensive activity, plus other activities such as response to...

They identified a direct correlation between HbA1c scores and the Fibromyalgia.

Pizza is easy and very much liked by us, and so when switching to Low-carb (Keto) we went looking for a good replacement pizza recipe....

If you follow conventional dietary advice you will recognise the expression “Healthy Whole grains” and you have been bombarded by a...

Are some carbohydrates addictive. A number of researchers’ are taking this thought seriously and conducting studies to try and establish...

Preface to the 3rd edition. Have you ever heard of the ‘Dunning-Kruger’ effect? Part of this describes a condition whereby people with...