Here are some of the useful bits on the Internet, and some things I have put together about the SARS-CoV-2 virus and Covid-19 illness. Deaths/million of population may be a better statistic than the fatality index, as deaths are more concrete than just test results, and it is possible that… Continue reading
I don’t really go for “motivational videos”… so maybe I will characterise this as a rap that hits the mark…
Fasting diets: 5:2 or 5 days a month? There is a new fasting regime being promoted from that centre of health excellence, Los Angeles () involving a 5 day fast every month. It is supposed to prolong life (hence its brand name, ProLon) but there is little direct evidence. An… Continue reading
What’s the evidence? It seems that the notion that physical activity involving limbs “crossing the midline” is of great neurological benefit may not be based on any experimental evidence. It looks like it is based on the observation that delayed development in children can result in young children not using… Continue reading
Matthew Walker (see previous post) quotes the following 12 tips from the US National Institutes of Health (Trump hasn’t got his hands on this … yet). He goes on to say that “if you can only adhere to one of these each and every day, make it: going to bed… Continue reading
I have been reading a brilliant new book rounding up all of the research into sleep right up to this year: it has told me that we all need 8 hours sleep every night, that sleep I “lose” can only be partially recovered, that learning is adversely affected by sleep… Continue reading
Ben at Boscawen Un, with Linda and
Graham MacGregor on tackling the demons in our diet (The Life Scientific, BBC R4) This is a brilliant programme with someone who doesn’t pull his punches about the effect of the Food Industry on everybody’s health in the North. “The food we eat is the greatest cause of death and… Continue reading