Articles on health

Below I have listed articles that may be of interest to you. A brief description is given beside the link. Some are technical articles written for scientific journals while others are of general interest.

Online articles:

Weight Loss Tips - Tea, Earl Grey, Hot What has Earl Grey got to do with dieting and slimming? Read on to find out how making a simple switch from your usual cuppa could save you hundreds of calories!

Emotional Overeating - Snow White and Other Fairy Tales So how emotional are you over food? Some people regard food just as a source of fuel. Other people eat when they are happy, grumpy, or sleepy...

Emotional Eating - What's Your Excuse? Sometimes no matter how hard you try you find it difficult to lose weight. Is it poor choice of foods, poor self-discipline or a difficult relationship with food? This article shows you how to abandon the excuses and get control of your eating habits

Conquer Emotional Eating - Start with Spring Cleaning Emotional eating and overeating can wreck diets. Sometimes people reach their target weight successfully but can't maintain the weight loss, because their emotional relationship with food has not changed while they are dieting. This article shows you how to begin a new relationship with food and conquer emotional eating, outlining practical steps to help you along the way.

Similar articles on weight loss and emotional eating have been translated into Spanish and Dutch.

Contributions to the Ask the Experts page (Healthy Magazine)

Natural remedies for reducing the risk of deep vein thrombosis on long plane flights

Other articles

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1. Short-chain fatty acids and gut health (A PDF file)
The full title of this article is "The role of short-chain fatty acids in inflammatory bowel disease and implications for nutritional therapy." Adapted from an original article published in The Nutrition Practitioner, it is a technical article that discusses the foods needed for good bowel health. This is relevant to inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease) and prevention of cancer.

2. How to Choose a Therapist
Alternative and complementary therapy is an unfamiliar area for most people. Here you'll find tips on choosing a good, safe therapist.

3. Pumpkins & Diabetes
Don't throw away that Halloween pumpkin! Recent animal research indicates that pumpkin may be of help in diabetes.