We have all experienced what happens when things go wrong – the only holiday I ever lost weight on was when I travelled with a cricket team throughout India!  That was extreme gut dysbiosis, but gut problems can also be insidious, gradually creeping up on us after years of poor diets and/or medic...

I lay on that hospital gurney for two and a half hours in an empty hallway, apprehensively awaiting my turn.  I got lost in my thoughts.  I felt a profound sense of loneliness and hopelessness, all the decisions in my life that had brought me to that point laid out before me.  I wanted to be anyw...

Boosting Act 3, the adaptive immune system, is also supported by a healthy lifestyle, and it is here that the use of medical vaccinations come into play.  Vaccinations essentially short-cut the path to the development of our memory cells – we want those memory cells developed as quickly and painl...

Normally, lung tissue is thin and lacy but when fibrosis occurs, it’s like any scars on our body, there is a thickening of the tissue and a reduction in flexibility.  This means when breathe, inhaling and exhaling, it’s harder for the tissue to expand and contract leading to less oxygen in our bl...

That all sounds incredible BUT - the world has over 50,000 edible plants, yet 60% of what we eat comes from three crops – wheat, rice and corn (read more here). On top of that, global distribution of food has led to fewer companies having control of our food supply, for example, in the UK, just e...

My immediate reaction to PM2.5 exposure, is to sneeze, in fact, even as I fly through the smog layer, into Beijing airport, my nose starts to twitch.  But, scientific research shows that extended exposure to PM2.5 is far more serious than a few sneezes.  For every 10ug/m3 increase in PM 2.5, ther...