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Does the flu vaccine work?

The ‘flu shot’, or influenza vaccine is being widely touted again. Winter every year causes incidences of influenza to rise, and there is no doubt that getting the flu is not much fun. Following on from my last article regarding the dubious benefits of Tamiflu, I thought I would give you the real low down on the flu vaccine.

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The Tamiflu story

Winter is the season for colds and flu and with just under a month before the official start, I thought I would give you a quick summary of the drug, Tamiflu. You have almost certainly heard of it, a drug that was widely ‘promoted’ to fend off swine-flu in 2009. For those of you who need a refresher, the media breathlessly touted it as a treatment for ‘swine-flu’. Fear was everywhere and there were queues at pharmacies to buy it.

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Why a calorie is not just a calorie

For decades, we’ve been told that eating fat will make us fat and the only way to lose weight is to exercise and cut calories. Yet again, the ‘experts’ appear to be incorrect. Dr Nigel Harris, a senior lecturer of fitness and exercise science at AUT University wanted to test the theory that fat is not to blame for the obesity epidemic and can in fact help people to lose weight.

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Mediterranean Salmon

Salmon is considered one of nature's super foods as it is rich in the essential fatty acids EPA & DHA. DHA in fish oil is a major structural component in our brains, and low levels are associated with all sorts of mental issues such as depression and neurological decline. Try this Mediterranean salmon recipe, it’s delicious, nutritious and easy to make.

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How to keep your brain young

Staying healthy is more than just not getting cancer or having a heart attack, we need to keep our mental faculties as well. With this in mind I asked Dr Laurence Eyres to write a summary article on brain health nutrition. As you can see from his more technical article, there is a lot to it – and this is really just an introduction.

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Nutrition and Brain Food

When it comes to good nutrition for humans, it all begins with the mother. Sufficient omega-3, folic acid, iron and iodine are all essential for the baby and are present in breast milk and are added to infant formulas.

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New Study on resveratrol

Those of you who have been following the life of resveratrol, which is probably most of you, will be aware of the many benefits linked to this amazing natural substance.

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Gender Bending Chemicals

A major study has just been released stating that a huge number of everyday things we use and take for granted as being safe, ranging from plastics to cosmetics and food actually contain substances that feminise boys and likely cause a great many of the diseases of modern life.

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Why drug companies research supplements

It may surprise you to know that despite the medical profession doing their darndest to tell us that supplements and natural remedies don’t work, drug company researchers hover around countries like China, investigating anecdotal evidence that they do. China’s history of herbal medicine goes back thousands of years, and while much of it is dubious, there are some real gems to be found. An interesting example I encountered involved a concentrated extract from a vine called Kudzu.

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Ian Wishart slams Cancer Society’s sunscreen claims

There is no evidence that sunscreen protects you from Melanoma, none, zip. This is what Ian Wishart States in his book, Vitamin D : Is this the miracle vitamin? While I do not pretend to have read the thousands of papers on vitamin D, I have kept a keen eye on this. I have heard not one person in the scientific community challenge this statement and, if you watch the exceptional interview below (lan Wishart vs. Dr Jan Pearson, of the Cancer Society) she does not refute it either.

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