Rates of infertility across the Western world are rising, and rising significantly. In Canada, they rose from 8.5% in 1992 to 15% in 2009-10; one in six couples now have difficulty in conceiving while sperm counts have halved – yes, halved - in the last 50 years. In Britain, …
Food
The worm doctor
I achieved remission of chronic urticaria (with hookworms) at 5.5 months and was able to stop the cetirizine at that point. Also by that point my migraines had completely stopped, headaches were minimal and I was having pain-free periods for the first time in my life. I was able …
Jamie’s sugar tax – no way……..
Did anyone see Jamie's Sugar Rush on Channel 4 a few weeks ago? Jamie Oliver's new campaign to tackle childhood obesity by reducing sugar intake through a sugar tax on soft drinks. It was an excellent programme and showed, among many other things, how successful a sugar tax on …
The weird things people buy…
About six months ago Hannah signed us up for an affiliate programme with Amazon (and she will not forgive me if I do not point you to our new Amazon shops...) and each month we get a report on our sales. The reports are very discreet. We have no idea who may have bought which …
70s cooking greats!
Radio 4's The Reunion addicts will no doubt have logged in last week and heard the pre-telly chef greats talking about food back in the dark days of the 1960s and 70s. But if you missed it and have even a passing interest in food, it is worth a listen. Claudia Roden's …