Coco Loco – Part 2
The Daily Mail article, referenced in Coco Loco-Part 1, mentions Dr Mary Newport and her case study about her husband’s struggle with dementia. She comments that in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, multiple sclerosis (& others) it appears that the neurons in…
A Hell of a Trojan Horse!
The scandal of the horse meat in the beef mince is still rising. See the BBC News’ latest report. So while they try to track down the origins of how the horse meat got into the food chain, it’s a…
Climb for the Cure…
The day after publishing my blog about Alzheimer’s & coconut, I came across this: The Alzheimer’s Society, Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge… 28 July 2013. Climb 3 peaks in 12 hours! So all those patriotic Yorkshire people can get fit and…
Coco Loco – Going Nuts for Coconuts (pt 1)
I had just mentioned to a friend about our concern with Dad’s short term memory becoming ‘short’! Although we have our concerns about Alzheimer’s he has always passed the doctor’s tests. Plus as he’s also off the statins now (see…
Season Greetings & Happy New Year
I’d like to wish everyone a merry Christmas, happy holidays and best wishes for the New Year… The photo is courtesy of our local tourist attraction in our neighbouring village of Bagby!
Message for MSG
It’s amazing how we all get taken in by marketing hype. And that means even me too! I was looking at bacon recently in the supermarket. I was determined to avoid the sub-standard quality bacon that used injected brine to…