Food Health-e-Bytes

Modern medicine needs to acknowledge that more than 80% of our health is determined by how we live our lives — the food we eat, the work we do, the stress we’re under, the quality of our sleep, [...]

What we eat has a much bigger impact on our brain than most people realise.  Food influences: The clarity of our thinking How quickly we process information How well we learn and remember things [...]

Recently I’ve been asked about the sugar, alcohol and caffeine content of kombucha, so here are my answers. Firstly, there is no such thing as completely sugar-free kombucha. While kombucha can [...]

Thank you for your ongoing interest in my audiobooks. The first book I recorded was NeuroSlimming — Let your brain change your body. I thought that recording my own book was going to be a few [...]

Consuming alcohol on an aircraft is an underestimated health risk, especially on long haul flights. The higher a plane flies, the lower the atmospheric pressure inside the aircraft. To counteract [...]

After last week’s HEB about replacing chips with nuts, I received a deluge of questions from people with nut allergies. The crux of their questions was: what’s the best thing to snack on if you [...]

Scientists are celebrating the discovery of a technique that will make potato chips less carcinogenic. But wait! Who knew that chips were carcinogenic in the first place? Most chips are deep [...]

Scientists can now peer into our brains to see if what we’re eating is benefiting or impairing our memory and thinking skills. This is known as Nutritional Cognitive Neuroscience.  One hundred [...]

A question I’m always asked at Easter is whether dark chocolate is really brain-healthy. As with most things, the answer is more nuanced than media headlines will have us believe.  Claims about [...]

High blood pressure (a reading above 120/80mmHg) is a leading cause of heart disease and a major risk factor for stroke, kidney problems and dementia. Consequently, people with high blood [...]