Weight Loss

The Aspartame Lie Continues

20/03/13

Our regular readers will know that we’ve been highlighting the dangers of the artificial sweetener Aspartame for years.  Perhaps some of you saw the BBC programme Bang Goes the Theory on Tuesday evening. For those of you who missed it or live abroad, here’s a quick recap: Bang Goes the Theory is a hands-on science [...]

Gastric Bypass Surgery Is No ‘Miracle Cure’

04/03/13

Gastric bypass surgery… it’s no joke, I tell you. Recently I told you about the extra 7kgs I gained in the past year. It turns out that by allowing a few bad habits to slip into my daily routine, I gained weight at a very slow and unnoticeable rate. When my doctor warned me about [...]

Obesity Deplete Vitamin D Levels

22/02/13

Vitamin D is the rising star of all vitamins and as more and more research is proving the negative health effects of having low vitamin D levels, it has become increasingly important to understand exactly why the sunshine vitamin is so important to all-round good health. A recent study, published in the peer-reviewed medical journal [...]

Diet: How I Gained A Stone In One Year…

19/02/13

It creeps up on you very quickly and before you know it, those extra couple of pounds you gain here and there become a stone… I mean we don’t always keep an eye on your diet? That’s just boring, right? However, if you allow those extra ‘innocent’ pounds to pile on and lose sight of [...]