If you’re struggling with your weight the culprit may be modern food. It is chock-full of hidden sugars and starches which are addictive and cause all sorts of health issues. I broke free from the cycle of cravings and poor health by reducing bioavailable carbohydrates, eliminating processed foods, and focusing on nutrient-dense whole foods. In my opinion, these things hold the key to long-term wellness.

Scotland isn’t the first country that comes to mind when considering where to get an early Spring sun tan (and neither should it). However, today on March 11, for the first time in 2025, the sun has started giving us some UVB and potential to generate Vitamin D in our skin. It only lasts for about 30 minutes but as my boss used to say, “It’s time to dine on the delta”. Let the tanning and vitamin D production begin.

This is the inspirational story of one young man finding the strength to figure out for himself how to use his diet to reverse poor mental health.

I’ve never been good at predicting things, especially the future. We’ll see if this plan survives exposure to the field of battle. Two big things…we need to take care of ourselves…this means being exposed to the natural world we evolved alongside. Think real food, the microbiome, sunlight, and the earth’s electrical charge.

A 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

11 cookbooks that my wife and I (ahem) use regularly

“Food is the bedrock of health. Our food choices can either lead to disease or create health and vitality.” I defy you to read this story and not be inspired by one woman’s story of how she reversed the debilitating symptoms of multiple sclerosis with food. She now leads a healthy, relatively normal life

Fruit juice must be good for us, right? Not so fast, fruit juice is not a natural food, it has been processed and changed from its natural fruity origin. It can be OK when consumed in moderation by someone who is metabolically flexible. Otherwise, be careful.

This is a simple graphic that highlights the difference between healthy and unhealthy dietary carbohydrates. I tend to follow this guidance but point out where I do make exceptions

It’s not often I read about the pros and cons of meat-based vs plant-based diets in a major newspaper. This was a good one

Have you ever wondered why, indeed did you even know that the sugar and starches many of us eat today are the main causes of weight gain and obesity? Even worse, if left unchecked, the metabolic damage they cause can include heart disease, high blood pressure, and Type-2 diabetes. I explain here how eating to much industrially processed carbohydrate drives up blood insulin and insulin resistance to produce those ill-effects.