I’m following the Wahls Protocol at the moment, a primarily dietary approach to treating intractable auto-immune problems. The basis of the protocol is the need to have about 12 servings of vegetables and berries a day and lots of healthy oils and no grains. That’s a lot of vegetables, especially...
I asked my specialist this question a few months ago and he looked back at me like a rabbit trapped in the headlights, “I just match symptoms to drugs” he said, useless! I wanted to know what was happening to cause the brain fog, why I suddenly needed 2 hours...
As I emptied the recycling from the kitchen into the bin today I was struck by just how amazing the contents would have seemed only a few hundred years ago. The aluminium cans, the trays, the glass and plastic bottles would have been treasures, now they are rubbish. The seven...
Most retirement planners suggest that planning for retirement should start about 5 years before your target retirement date, I’m 4 years away now but forced retirement AKA redundancy is a possibility before then. I need to start planning, and there’s lots to think about. This post sketches out the topics...
In my reading I often come across the fact that hunter gatherer populations didn’t and still don’t suffer from many of the chronic health problems that we suffer from in the west. One of these conditions (or families of conditions) is Rheumatoid Arthritis, which Adult Onset Still’s Disease is part...
Well, as planned I took advantage of the good weather and a week’s holiday and did the major clear out, tidy up, restructure and fix up of the garden buildings. It was a major job, involving 8 car loads of rubbish going to the recycling centre, the whole of the...
There’s a woman who’s started to come into Caffe Nero early in the morning, she’s a friend of one of the most positive people I’ve ever met who started bringing her to my haven to ‘cheer her up’. This elderly lady exudes negativity from every pore and she has the...
For several years now I’ve been planning a big garden makeover. My plan starts with our existing wooden garage that needs attention, I would pull that down. I would then get a much larger and more substantial garden building made across the whole of the back of the garden. This...
Although for short periods of time I can be content with just the pleasures of life, I’ve found that the only sustainable ‘good life’ comes from having a purpose as well. That purpose is ideally one that’s within my control as work as a source of purpose has become fickle...
In Buddhist philosophy one of the most important life ‘skills’ to develop is to loosen ones attachments. I’m not a Buddhist, but as an approach to life it has a lot to commend it but I’ve always struggled with this lack of attachment idea. It’s always seemed to me that...