How to boost your immune system

Dr Paul Clayton 2014 Maintaining a healthy immune system is a priority, as the dangers of a weakened immune system are very real. More people die each year from systemic bacterial infections than from breast, colorectal and pancreatic cancer combined – and the antibiotics we have routinely used to treat infections are rapidly becoming ineffective. … Read more

What vitamins should I take?

Dr Paul Clayton Most people consider a vitamin supplement for two reasons. First, to make sure they are not deficient in any important vitamin or mineral. The second reason is to help reduce the risk of long term health problems. Important research shows that achieving the first (preventing deficiency) does not necessarily achieve the second … Read more

Living longer – living better …?

Dr Paul Clayton 2013 According to the crude stats, we’re living longer. According to the Global Burden of Disease Study, an enormously expensive and rather fatuous exercise in number-crunching funded by the Gates Foundation and just published in the Lancet (Salomon et al ’13), global life expectancy has risen from 59 in 1990 to 70 … Read more

Omega 3 and Eastern spices both protect health

Dr Paul Clayton 2013 I travel widely for my work. In 2012 I studied and lectured in Finland, Sweden, USA, Australia, Greece, Turkey, New Zealand, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan and India. I always try to eat local food, and am constantly surprised by the variety of dishes that different cultures have to offer. Stinky tofu stewed … Read more

Sarcopenia (muscle-wasting) is a top-5 health risk

Dr Paul Clayton 2013 Sarcopenia – loss of muscle mass – is a very common but surprisingly little-known condition related to bad nutrition and an inactive lifestyle. From early middle age on, most of us lose muscle mass. It’s not inevitable – a very physically active lifestyle can delay or prevent it – but people … Read more