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….so, I’ve been sharing some insights around things that seriously contribute to, if not cause, health problems. I’ve actually been a bit ‘stronger’ with my comments, calling these things the ‘deadly sins’ that cause disease, disability and an early death. Every day I am confronted by patients that are submitting themselves to any one, or [...]

As with so many, if not all of the  processes that the human body initiates in the course of keeping us alive, when the process begins it is usually beneficial, but, if left unchecked, can become dangerous. A temperature would be a good example. When the body is attacked by a bacteria for example, it [...]

Unbalanced insulin production may be the single most important metabolic dysfunction related to chronic disease. Why does insulin have such wide-reaching effects? While it’s probably futile to debate which of the human hormones is the most important, we certainly should pay special attention to insulin – it’s been stated that the body’s inability to manage [...]

Exposure to radiation from cell phones during pregnancy can affect the brain development of offspring, potentially leading to hyperactivity, Yale School of Medicine researchers have discovered. “Although this study was done on mice, it’s the first experimental evidence that fetal exposure to radiofrequency radiation from cell phones does in fact affect adult behavior“, said senior [...]

Eating a portion of processed red meat daily can increase a person’s risk of dying young by up to 20%, according to a long – running US study of more that 120,000 people. The research was done by the Harvard University experts and published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

It seems that consuming caffeinated coffee may significantly reduce the risk of Parkinson’s Disease in some men and women, depending on their genetics, according to research published by the Public Library of Science. On average, heavy coffee drinkers were found to have a 27% lower risk of developing Parkinson’s Disease, regardless of the genes they [...]

The whole concept of Male Menopause is something that is gaining more attention in scientific circles, but that is still not properly understood and rarely considered as a potential cause of altering physical and psychological states that occur in men with advancing years. Menopause in women is now well accepted as being responsible for many [...]

How does a human ‘Pimp his or her Ride‘? Someone asked me the other day what I did and without really thinking about it too much blurted out that ‘I’m a pimp your ride guy‘. Well needless to say his eyebrows perked up a notch or two! Only afterwards, as I started to elaborate, did [...]

Eternal youth, the commodity sought after so intensely by so many; the commodity on which billions of dollars, pounds, rands  are spent every year; the source of billions in income for companies specialising in anti aging, vitamin therapy, spa treatments and the list goes on and on. Is the process of senescence, the ageing process [...]

The human body is a finely tuned, chemically run and controlled machine. Everything is controlled and mediated via the production of hormones, the chemical messenger substances produced by the glands of the endocrine system. Amongst the most complex of the human biochemical processes are the processes mediated by the so called sex hormones. Even mild [...]