Sugar by any other name
Sugar naturally appears in fruit (as glucose and fructose) and milk (as maltose) and in starches (once digested, as glucose). If you eat a variety …
Category: Addictions
Legal drugs – alcohol
We’ve looked at the legal drugs caffeine and nicotine; today we’ll look at alcohol. There are many aspects to this, so today we’ll consider why …
How to drink less
This was written near the end of ‘Sober October’. What’s your tipple? The two-headed beast known as alcohol has the friendly face – the one …
Legal drugs – sugar
We’ve looked at the legal drugs caffeine, nicotine and alcohol; today we’ll look at highly processed ready-meals and snacks or ’junk food’. While junk foods …
Legal drugs – nicotine
If you were handed a pesticide to inhale, would you take it? Are you sure? Last time we looked at one of the three legal, …
Legal drugs – caffeine
Billions of people worldwide use three legal, widely available, psychoactive drugs daily; do you? The drugs in question are caffeine, nicotine and alcohol. Today, we’ll …
Root Causes of Addictions
ADDICTIONS: My column in today’s Jersey Evening Post (part 1 of 2) is what lies behind addictions, no matter what they are (sugar, shopping, sport, …
Some Yuletide Eating Tips :-)
In two minds/having guilt about celebratory Christmas food? My advice, is enjoy yourself, and try these tips: No-guilt approach: The worst thing to do is …
Reversing Type 2 Diabetes (World Diabetes Day)
It’s World Diabetes Day today, and here is a piece I wrote in yesterday’s Jersey Evening Post about reversing Type 2. Diabetes (the condition and …
RTT for addictions
Addiction is a very powerful force. It is extremely harmful not just for the addict but everyone around them. Every year millions are spent battling …