As the next step on my health campaign, I decided to start making sourdough bread. Sourdough is an alternative to the standard baker’s yeast that most bread is made from now. It is made from a wild yeast, rather than a cultured yeast and was traditionally used to make bread. This wild yeast contains lactobacillus, [...]

Some time ago I borrowed a book entitled A Complaint Free World from my local library. Basically the book was saying that if we stopped complaining we would be much happier. On the strength of this I looked at their website and ordered some of their wristbands. The principle behind the wristbands is that each [...]

Research published in the medical journal, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, and which was undertaken in the University Hospital of Lille and Broussais in France on 9636 French people aged over 65 indicates that women who drink at least three cups of tea a day are less likely to have heart attacks and strokes. However, [...]

Epilepsy can be a very distressing condition and the medication from the doctor is not always as effective as we would like. However, the correct diet can help the condition. First of all it is necessary to follow the guidelines recommended for general health such as plenty of water, plenty of fruit and vegetables and [...]

A recent survey of 3500 breastfeeding mothers in the United Kingdom has shown that most breastfeeding mothers have had problems feeding their babies in public, due to the reactions of others. Over one third of mothers prefer to feed their babies in public toilets and a fifth will leave the baby crying rather than stop [...]

It is thought that about one third of women suffer from stress incontinence. It is the most common form of incontinence. The symptoms are accidental leaks of wee when you laugh, cough, sneeze, lift or exercise. Stress incontinence regularly occurs during pregnancy, due to the hormone relaxin, which softens the muscles, but often goes after [...]

The campaigning group, Consensus Action on Salt and Health, have recently released research which says that some processed food contains the entire recommended daily intake for a six year old in just one portion. There are indications that salt can not only increase heart attacks and strokes but can also have a negative effect on [...]

It is not uncommon for the first symptoms of the perimenopause to show themselves when we are in our mid thirties. Sometimes these symptoms are put down to stress, overwork, not enough sleep etc, but they can persist. As we get older our body can struggle to keep the natural cycle of hormones going as [...]

My sister and her family recently came to visit, leaving the Australian summer for the Welsh winter. Needless to say, they all went down with coughs and colds. Lizzie, the good Australian mother that she is, wanted eucalyptus oil. She laughed when I produced the 10 ml bottle that I keep in my first aid [...]

Intestinal worms is probably one of the most embarrassing conditions that your child may suffer from. There are many different types of worm, of which the most common is thread worm or pin worm. These worms just look like a small piece of white thread and are usually completely harmless, although they can cause considerable [...]