The Montezuma Defence (or, How to protect yourself against infection, including food poisoning)
OnThe adaptive immune system gets a good deal of attention because it can be manipulated via immunisation, which at $40...
Leading scientist in the field of nutrition
Dr. Paul Clayton
America Eats its Children
OnIn 1729 the great satirist Jonathan Swift published his ‘Modest Proposal’ as an attack on the British government's inability to...
Above The Hairline
OnI’m not going to start with an analysis of the symbolism of hair. People have written books about this sort...
Lets Face the Music of Time
OnIn 1936 Irving Berlin composed his masterpiece ‘Let’s face the music and dance’ for the Astaire and Rogers movie ‘Follow...
How We Lost the Nutritional Wisdom of Our Ancestors
OnThe mid-Victorian diet combined a potent cocktail of anti-inflammatory micro- and phyto-nutrients with very low levels of pro-inflammatory compounds, in...
The Sin of Gluteny
OnGluten-free foods are everywhere. It wasn’t always like this. I remember when the first gluten-free labeled products started appearing in...
Tentacles of Love
OnNo, this is not a reference to obscure Hentai. And before you ask, I only know about that because I...
Are You Sitting Comfortably?
OnBecause I am. I am slouched far too comfortably in one of an endless series of airport lounges. Awash with...
Bib and Tucker
OnI am on a lecture tour of Australia at the moment, currently in Adelaide. It’s pouring down but who cares?...
N-n-n-n-Nineteen; Empirical Evidence
OnPrevious posts have considered resilience, affect and attention span, how these are affected by diet and how they impact on...