Following on from my previous video about wine, I’ve now had a chance to talk to the author of “The very good news about wine” himself. What Tony Edwards, a science writer and investigative health journalist, had to tell me, is nothing short of miraculous. Drunk moderately, wine has incredibly beneficious properties and even protective ones against some of the …
Why is everyone talking about vegetable oils?
There’s a new bad boy on the block. Just when we thought sugar was as bad as it could possibly get, this bad boy could be even MORE detrimental to our health and wellbeing. The murmurings about vegetable and seed oils began in earnest about the same time as the pandemic started and are now being shouted about all over …
The healthy sweetener
We all know by now (surely??) that sugar is detrimental to health and can lead to weight gain, diabetes and god knows what else. To circumnavigate this unfortunate fact, who hasn’t tried out alternative sweeteners convinced that they’re much better for our health? Maple syrup anyone? Or how about honey, dates, coconut nectar, fructose or maybe agave syrup? But are …
Why having a dog is good for you
I had a dog for 12 joyous years. We all loved him to bits and were devastated when he got ill and died 6 years ago. As anyone with a pet will tell you, losing them is just like losing a family member and is heart breaking. I always intended to get another dog but felt we needed time to …