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, …
Nutrition
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 …
It’s August so…..
The middle Sunday in August and, apart from the leadership row in the Labour party, not a lot to write about so, guess what? Both the Mail and the Guardian dug out the old 'coeliac food on prescription outrage' and 'food intolerance - fact or fad' stories this Sunday! To be …
Secrets from Chuckling Goat
There is no doubt that goat milk soap is all the rage this year – we had a whole clutch of goat milk soaps entered (and winning) in the FreeFrom Skincare Awards recently. So when my good friend Prudence Nuesink (she of Body Talk) leant me a book about the making of goat milk …
Scotland the Bread – urgent support needed!!
OK, you Scots!! You are very much in the news these days so step up and support this excellent project to help local communities bring wholesome bread within everyone's reach. Anyone who is remotely interested in good bread has heard of Andrew Whitley – craft baking pioneer, …