Health Essentials Blog

In my last post I discussed my experiences regarding a 3-day water fast I undertook as an experiment.
While my comments box did not overflow, the feedback I got was much appreciated. I also had a number of friends ask me whether I had lost weight as a result....

I must admit I have been incredibly frustrated over the last 18 months or so.
You see, I qualified as a personal fitness trainer in my mid-40's after a successful career in corporate business. Like every other new trainer, I was convinced I could make a huge impact in other peoples' lives....

I decided to visit the BBC Breakfast website this morning for some inspiration.
So I clicked on "Health" expecting to see at least one article about health! As I write this, there's not even one.
Yes, there is an article on fibroids, paracetamol, foetal kick charts, chlamydia and the old standby, swine flu! And a headline announcing that "it is up to doctors to fight for the future of the NHS"....

More need, less available resources ... the NHS continues to be painted into a corner with a new round of confusion that underscores the inevitabilty of viability problems in the future.
A decision will be made by NICE in two weeks on whether local health authorities will have to fund the cancer drug Nexobar. This drug is touted to extend the lives of people with terminal cancer, adding an optimistically-estimated 6 months to 2 years...