Brigitte MarsBananas (Musa acuminata, M. sapientum) are native to Malaysia, India, tropical Africa and Australia. Technically, bananas are not from a tree, but from a large perennial herb. They are members of the Musaceae (Banana) Family. They are the second...
What Doctors Don't Tell YouOne evening last summer, I looked up at my husband with alarm - not simply by the fact that he’d begun to develop a fair bit of extra upholstery around the middle,
Just as orthodox medicine operates on received wisdom as to what's good for your health, so does alternative medicine. In our special millenium issue, WDDTY sorts out good claims from bad.
Following your Special Report on diabetes in the March issue, I must enquire whether you are familiar with the classic work of T.L. Cleave - The Saccharine Disease?
It’s been reckoned that the average American will gain 8 lbs over the Christmas holiday, and we don’t suppose the average Briton is too far behind. Many millions of pounds have been made by authors and organizations, all claiming to have found the...
MONTIGNAC EXPLAINED: The low-carb slimming sensation explained
An apple a day is far better than a baked potato if you want to reduce your risk of a heart attack, important research has found. ...
Your report on diabetes (WDDTY vol 13 no 12) was useful and timely, and a valuable aid for ongoing client education on the correlation between food intake and wellbeing.
What are good sources of info on vertigo? - K.B., via e-mail
''Nuns and midgets, that’s the ticket,'' American author John Gregory Dunne was advised as a fledgling journalist by his editor at Time magazine. Dunne took his mentor’s advice, and the oddity - in the form of the flotsam and jetsam of the human...
