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I won’t be posting for a week as I am off on holiday tomorrow, See you next week.

Sounds to me that before long we’ll be walking computers. The intelligent Pill is a capsule which contains a miniature camera it contains a microprocessor, battery, wireless radio, pump and a drug reservoir to release medication in a specific area in the body.  It records more than 55,000 pictures over eight hours on its journey through the digestive system.

 The iPill can be used to treat digestive tract disorders such as Crohn’s disease.

All you chocoholics out there can now breathe easy, just take a 15 minute walk and the craving will be gone.  Mind you its not all bad, if you walk for 15 minutes every time you crave chocolate just think about that weight you will lose. It is suposed to work for cigarettes as well, so soon we will be a nation of healthy slim people !!!

Did you know that bowel cancer is the second most common cause of cancer in the UK. Bowel cancer kills at least 50 people every single day in the UK alone.

It is usually the older person that gets this disease and because of this screening is available for those over 60 years of age.

Almost 85% of bowel cancer diagnosis is on people over the age of 60 and so a screening test is offered every two years up to the age of 69.

Once you reach the age of 70 you can request a screening kit. If the screening kit is available in your area you can phone this helpline to request one. 0800 707 60 60. this a free phone number.

The screening test is very easy to do in your own home.

In future think twice before spitting out those grape seeds.  The seeds are rich in compounds and are thought to reduce degeneration of the brain in later life.

An extract of grape seeds prevents the formation of deposits of amyloid proteins, which is a major cause of  Alzeimers a disease in the brain.

The tests were carried out on mice showing signs of dementia and there was a 50 per cent reduction in brain cell damage after being fed with the extract for 6 months.

They believe that the seeds could be used as a cheap treatment for preventing Alzheimer’s. The leading researcher Dr Yanjiang Wang said that moderate wine consumption is recommended to prevent Alzheimer’s disease, but since it is mainly elderly people who are afflicted with Alzeimers many will not or can not drink alcohol, grape seed extract is a better choice for them.

As a dietary supplement, the effect of grape seeds is significant and beneficial. It is a safe, natural product which can be eaten safely.”  Grape seeds contain  contain polyphenols, complex molecules with anti-oxidant properties.

Now it seems they have got it in for the roadside snack vans. Serve healthy food or you’ll be shut down.

Is this country going daft or crazy?  If you are into healthy food you wouldn’t consider going to a snack van anyway, unless of course your starving.

Councillors at Guildford, Surrey are the first and they have issued this warning.  Each year the traders have to renew their licence to continue trading, and if they don’t comply to the new healthy regime they will be refused a licence.

The list of food that is recommended includes low fat grilled sausage with wholemeal bread, chilli con carne with lean mince and jacket potato with a selection of fillings.  The amount of mayonnaise served is also to be  limited as it has been branded a “very high fat product”. They must also offer soups, salads, or low fat yogurts.

With all the restaurants and roadside cafes available to the motorists, I would say this is taking things a bit too far. I for one would like to see this group of councillors, I wonder if they are all healthy and fit, also slim from from the healthy lifestyle they follow.

I am not saying we should not eat healthily, but it is everyone to their own choice. Or it used to be once upon a time.

Here is one way to earn some money if you are inclined to let them use you as a Guinea pig.  All the new drugs that are brought out on to the market have to be tested on humans before they can be released.

Clinical trials are not meant to be in the danger zone, but as we know things can go wrong, so you must make any decisions to join them when you have spoken to the people involved with the Clinical trials.

AstraZeneca is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the World and they develop new medicines to treat a wide range of diseases.  They are looking for healthy volunteers to take part in the clinical trials to test those medicines.

You could receive £100 to £150 a day to take part in the trials depending on the study.  This clinic in question is at Alderly Edge in Cheshire but I am sure there must be some in other parts of the country which you can look up. Here is the url to check out the website for a phone number if trying out clinical trials catches your imagination.   www.healthyvolunteers.com

What are we coming too?  The new health guidelines are for hospitals and clinics are to remove childrens toys from the waiting areas. To prevent disease they say.

This is going to the extreme what do you think?

Before long they will be closing down librarys and the lending of childrens toys which they do every month. Can we catch disease from the books we borrow I wonder!   And what about the waiting rooms in Hospitals and doctors surguries, do we look in horror at the person sitting next to us wondering if they have some infection or disease they are waiting to pass on.

The same goes with public transport, we could catch anything anytime, so are they going to close down all these dens of iniquity as too dangerous ?

I wonder where these people get all these ideas from!

As far as the childrens toys go in waiting rooms, they only have a few, so can’t they be washed once or twice a week to keep them clean. Its should be just a matter of normal health and hygiene.

Cancer is one of the most common diseases in this day and age. Being told you have cancer is like someone prounouncing the death sentence on you.  Those are the first thoughts that go through your mind on hearing the dreaded word Cancer.

Although there is no known cure for Cancer there are treatments and drugs available that do help in most cases.  

But I want to tell you about alternative medicine that is claimed to cure cancer.  Did you know that German cancer clinics are allowed to use treatments which are effectively illegal in the United States because they cure cancer.

This alternative Cancer treatment is called  ”The Joanna Brandt grape cure” Her book “The Brandt Grape Cure” was first published in 1920 but since then many things have changed and it has been brought up to date.

It is said to cure cancer so it could be a life saver.

All the information on what to do and how to prepare the Grape juice is totally free, it explains what type of grapes are best, and the length of time required to take it.

I will direct you to the website where I obtained this information as it contains a lot of reading,  and more alternative methods.  

It says there are natural or alternative cancer treatments that can provide a 97% true cure rate on recently diagnosed cancer patients, and can even achieve a greater than 60% true cure rate on cancer patients given up on by orthodox medicine.

You can read all this information yourself and make your own decisions. But do read everything to understand it clearly.  http://cancertutor.com/

Here’s the news everyone is longing to hear. Chocolate is good for you. Is it true ?  Well here are the facts.

Chocolate is good for the heart.   As most of you know chocolate is made from cocoa beans and these cocoa beans contain antioxidant super-nutrients known as flavonoids.

Research recently carried out reveals that flavonoids have anti-clotting and anti-inflammatory effects, which supposedly could reduce the risk of heart disease.

The reason for this is that flavonoids seem to stimulate and make more nitric oxide in our bodies, this helps to widen and relax the blood vessels, which may help to lower blood pressure.  Flavonoids may also help to stop bad cholesterol from oxidising, which means there is less likelyhood of the arteries furring up.

So according to the research flavonoid rich chocolate could be good for you. Dark chocolate is said to contain more flavonoids so it is the better option, while milk chocolate only contains a few, and white chocolate contains none at all.

This does not mean you should rush to the shop and stock up on chocolate, as you must think about your weight.  If you eat just 100g of chocolate you would need to walk briskly for one and a half hours to burn off the calories gained.

A recommended amount is 35g a day, not much use if your a chocoholic but think of your heart and stick to it.