Photo by Larisa P. on Pexels.comLeek Cake Ingredients 2 leeks 1 onion 150 grams of bacon 1 apple 3 eggs 75 grams of grated gruyere cheese 200 ml cream nutmeg pepper Preparation Preheat the oven to 200ºC. Clean the leeks and cut the little ones, into small chunks.  Peel the onion and cut it in small chunks too. Finally peel and cut the apple into cubes. Leave the apple in a bowl with water and a few drops of lemon so that it does not blacken. Brown the bacon with a few drops of oil in the pan. Remove it and let it rest on absorbent kitchen paper. In this same pan fry the onion for a few ..read more

Photo by MART PRODUCTION on Pexels.comDiabetes in Control Nov 6, 2021 Author: Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, FACSM Q: Can you speak to the ability or inability to “cure” T2D? Does it have to do with the loss of the pancreatic beta cells? A: Yes, it has generally been shown that new-onset type 2 diabetes is easier to “reverse,” meaning that blood glucose levels can be so well managed that it appears diabetes has been cured. Over time, a loss of some insulin-making capacity occurs in people with long-standing T2D, particularly if it has not been well-managed, related both to the impairment of pancreatic ..read more

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Chinese Steak and Peppers by Jovina Coughlin Ingredients 1 tablespoon plus 1/4 cup water ¼ teaspoon baking soda 1 pound tender steak{beef tenderloin tails, ribeye, or flank steak} trimmed, cut into 1-inch squares 3 tablespoons soy sauce, divided 3 tablespoons dry sherry or Chinese rice wine, divided up to 3 teaspoons cornstarch, divided up to 2 ½ teaspoons packed light brown sugar, divided 1 tablespoon oyster sauce 2 teaspoons rice vinegar 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil 1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper 3 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon peanut oil, di ..read more

Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich on Pexels.com Adapted from Medscape 5 Dec 2022 by Vinod Rane BS Pharm Glucosamine, popularly used for osteoarthritis, has previously been found to have anti-inflammatory properties and regular use has now been shown to reduce cancers overall and particularly kidney, lung and rectal cancer. This was a large prospective study that included 453,645 participants aged 38 to 73 who did not have cancer at the start of the study. 19.4% were taking glucosamine regularly and 80.6% were not. The patients were followed up for a median of 12 years. Cancer was reduced in cancer ..read more

Photo by Maksim Goncharenok on Pexels.com BMJ 18 March 2023 The Lancet has published research concerning the effect of clinical Covid 19 infection protection against further infections. Looking at 65 research studies, the conclusion is that alpha, beta and delta variants strongly protected against future infection. There was 78% protection at 40 weeks post covid. The Omicron variant however was less protective, immunity only being 36% at 40 weeks. Any infective agent however was highly likely to protect against hospital admission or death. The effectiveness was 90% at 40 weeks. This was consid ..read more

I attended the PHQ conference in Edinburgh on 17 March 23. This was the first such meeting in Scotland and it was well organised, interesting and well attended. Moira Newiss is on your far left of the photo in her navy dress and black boots. Moira organised the meeting and also spoke about her experience of having post viral fatigue twice in her life. This led her to explore the functioning of the mitochondria in our cells. She found that the mitochondria don’t function normally and become depleted in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia but that primitive pathways in the cell using keto ..read more

Photo by Jess Bailey Designs on Pexels.com Adapted from Diabetes in Control March 24 2023 Mortality Reduced With Adherence to Low-Carb Diet in Type 2 Diabetes Mar 24, 2023   Lower mortality seen with increases in total, vegetable, and healthy low-carbohydrate diet score By Elana Gotkine HealthDay Reporter × FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For individuals with incident type 2 diabetes (T2D), a greater adherence to low-carbohydrate diet (LCD) patterns is associated with lower mortality, according to a study published online Feb. 14 in Diabetes Care. Yang Hu, Ph.D., from the ..read more

Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels.com Adapted from The Displacing Foods Age Related Macular Degeneration by Chris A Knobbe. Medical Hypotheses 109 2017 184-198 Chris A Knobbe from the University of Texas has studied factors that are thought to be important in the causation of Age Related Macular Degeneration. (AMD). AMD is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in developing nations. In 2020 some 196 million people were affected worldwide. And Dr Knobbe thinks this is almost always down to dietary factors, in particular the consumption of processed food such as sugar, vegetable oils ..read more

Photo by Pexels.com Adapted from Medscape Get More Sleep, Lose More Weight: A Randomised Trial by F. Perry Wilson MD MSCE. Feb 7 2022 A study in JAMA Internal Medicine has shown that you can lose more weight just by lying in bed, having a good sleep. Because, if you sleep poorly, you will eat more the next day. The whole thing becomes a vicious circle. Sleep loss leads to poor impulse control, and a preference for hypercaloric food. Long term stress can even increase eating disorders such as emotional eating. Sleep loss increases Ghrelin and decreases Leptin which increases the appetite. Stres ..read more

Photo by Bedbible .com on Pexels.com Adapted from Medscape The Male Biological Clock- How to Tell the Time by Mark Trolice MD Most women know that their fertility declines from the age of 30 onwards. From then on it will become more difficult to become pregnant and there will be an increase in the rate of miscarriage and in infants with chromosomal abnormalities. Yet, due to our modern lifestyles, the availability of contraception and the economic situation, first births in women aged 35 to 39 has increased six fold. To give an increased chance of conception women are increasingly freezing the ..read more