Obesity and the Salt Connection and Other Stuff

What has the phlogiston theory to do with the belief that the only cause of becoming overweight is eating too many calories and taking too l...

If you've got poor circulation - maybe related to mobility problems - get twinkling those toes! - By which I mean - Twiddle 'em! -...

Sometimes it's a struggle to carry on and you are in the position of choosing between options as to what's best to do at the time. A...

Developing cataracts is one if the lesser-known possible consequences of eating a high salt diet. - See http://www.saltmatters.org/site/uplo...

Evidence that Salt-Related Health Problems include calcium urinary stones, as you can read on this pdf. - www.saltmatters.org/site/uploa...

Many prescribed meds cause dehydration, and the sort of meds I'm thinking of are not the sort that cause increased urine output, suc...

It was good to hear a different kind of Today programme on Radio 4 this morning , with much of its content selected and commissioned by PJ...

Don't damage your health for the sake of appearing polite to your host/hostess/family/fellow guests, etc! - The Christmas season can...

Well done, Hull! - Here's wishing you all the best for your year as UK City of Culture 2017! I've written in praise of Hull befo...

Many people who were not sensitive to salt become so when they take certain prescription drugs. - Yes. These are some of the pharmaceutica...

Black and Blue   Her skin was definitely taking on a darker hue. It began with the sides of the nose. She attacked what she took to be...

Women with agonising toothache in the 1980s used to encounter daftnesses like these: Saying that you are in such agonising pain that you a...

If you would like to further your education but the cost has put you off, this offer of free university courses, reported on BBC News On...

If you are trying to get off amitriptyline , you are reducing it gradually, of course, because that is the safest way. But you will alre...

You can read about Invisible Illness Awareness Week here . And  here 's a web article listing the personal thoughts and experiences o...

I've had AF (Atrial Fibrillation) for years but I've never seen anybody about it before. Maybe you've read about GPs frequen...

If my blog and I were transported back in time, and you, Dear Reader, were an Ancient Roman, then I might well say to you, "Cave salem...

Here's a bit of information about butter which may not yet have come your way. - Anchor butter, which used to be a pastured butter, c...

I'm disappointed about the two current government U-turns that disfavour Public Health, namely an indefinite delay in the introduction o...

It's so HARD to find a SOFT bed these days! - or a fairly soft bed, or a medium soft bed, or a slightly soft bed or anything even r...