Extraordinary health effects from curry spice

TURMERIC/CURCUMIN OUTPERFORMS STATINS It’s difficult to refrain from hyperbole when reviewing the natural nutrient curcumin, found in the curry spice turmeric. It may well outperform statins and other arthritis, heart and dementia drugs – all without side effects. Probably the most prestigious database for health researchers is the US National Library of Medicine, Institutes of Health. … Read more

Healthy longevity in the Blue Zones

These three people have one thing in common. They live in a ‘Blue Zone’. A Blue Zone is an area or a population group where people live much longer and stay healthy into extreme old age. Woman from Okinawa, Japan Man from Costa Rica, Central America Man from Greece Researcher Dan Buettner collaborated with National … Read more

Pro-vegetarian diet

Dr Paul Clayton’s Health Newsletter Spring 2015 There are hard-core vegetarians, of course, but many of the folks I know who call themselves vegetarians eat chicken, fish, dairy and eggs. They tend to eschew red meat, and are more correctly diagnosed, even if they don’t know the term, as pro-vegetarians. A pro-vegetarian diet doesn’t make … Read more

Antioxidants – pro or anti? Theories of ageing

Dr Paul Clayton’s Health Newsletter June 2014 New theories of ageing are emerging, which put antioxidants and free radicals in their place. Chronic inflammation as degenerative disease promoter is overtaking the Mitochondrial Free Radical Theory of Ageing. Life, and ageing, used to be so simple. Findings that older organisms, from helminths to mice to men, … Read more