This simple headline in the Guardian newspaper caught my attention immediately. Adequate Vitamin and mineral levels are a core determinant of a healthy life. When people are showing up in hospital because of or with a lack of vitamins and minerals, something has gone seriously wrong. I dug into the numbers and present here what I think may be going on and how to fix it.

As it says on the tin…I’ve described the major themes that emerged for me in 2024 and listed by month the 40+ articles I wrote.

The shortest day and longest night in the northern hemisphere marks the start of the astronomical winter.

Salta region…nothing but high altitude, arid beauty…

Puma and glaciers…just spectacular

The awesome and frightening force of moving water

A CGM can show us which foods are raising blood glucose and may harm us if we continue to eat them.

An illustrative reminder of the way heart disease (plaque) is caused by repeat clot formation in arteries, not cholesterol.

Have you ever wondered why it’s so difficult to lose weight when eating a recommended high carbohydrate diet? We’re not doing anything wrong. Quite the reverse, on such a diet our body is evolved to gain weight.

Want to know what some of the UK’s most prominent doctors are saying about diet and metabolic health? Read on.

A summary of what is happening in the vegetable garden in October…with a reminder of why I’m now doing this monthly…and a picture showing the source of this month’s organic mulch

When we consume real food, we consume fat and every type of fat. There are no exceptions.

Have you noticed that mental illnesses such as depression and Alzheimer’s are on the rise in the same was as things like heart disease and type 2 diabetes? Well, they are. I recently attended a conference in which a compelling case was made for high carbohydrate diets causing mental illness in the same was as they do so-called chronic diseases. This article presents that case and describes a solution.

If you’re interested in mental illness causes and remedies this is a conference you might consider. It was packed with interesting speakers, their inspirational stories of recovery and how a ketogenic diet helped them.

A summary of what is happening in the vegetable garden in September

Getting that autumnal feeling

Everyday foods like fruit juice, bread, croissants, pasta, potatoes, and rice are readily turned into blood sugar when we consume them. Much of that sugar is then turned into body fat. Eating these things all day and everyday goes a long way to explain why so many of us struggle with our weight. I explain how this happens here.

Maybe we shouldn't be surprised that light and microbes are good for us. They are two of the most influential evolutionary influences on human biology

A summary of what is happening in the vegetable garden this month

Did you know that sunlight reaches deep into our bodies, especially in babies and young children? I didn't. Sunlight has benefited all life on earth since the very beginning. Humans harvest sunlight just as we use the nutrition in our food.