Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls
22 August 2022|Health, Nutrition, Recipes, Research papers, Sustainability
‘Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to’ encouraged the group TLC in their 1995 hit song.
The lyrics refer to self-destructive and unsafe behaviour, encouraging people to stick to what they know.
This waterfall is in SW France, it’s Gavarnie, part of a World Heritage site.
It wasn’t unknown to me, having visited a few years ago with a girlfriend and was every bit as impressive as I remembered.
Healing waters.
The SustainableTravel Finland Certification was awarded to Hetta Huskies this week.
Congratulations Anna and team – here’s a peak at their work:
The Lancet Commission has shared new research showing that ‘40% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 risk factors throughout life’.
- Aim to maintain systolic blood pressure of 130 mm Hg or less in midlife from around age 40 years.
- Encourage use of hearing aids for hearing loss and reduce hearing loss by protecting ears from high noise levels.
- Reduce exposure to air pollution and second-hand tobacco smoke.
- Prevent head injury (particularly by targeting high risk occupations and transport).
- Prevent alcohol misuse and limit drinking to less than 21 units per week.
- Stop smoking uptake and support individuals to stop smoking (which the authors stress is beneficial at any age).
- Provide all children with primary and secondary education.
- Lead an active life into mid, and possibly later life.
- Reduce obesity and diabetes.
- Excessive alcohol intake.
- Head injury in mid-life.
- Exposure to air pollution in later life.
Familiar faces? They will be soon… These 7 talented medical professionals have contributed to Deliciously Ella’s new book: How to Go Plant Based, that was released last week.
You can find some of their work on our site too: Gemma Newman, Alan Desmond, Shireen Kassam (Plant Based Health Professionals), Rohini Bajekal.
The future’s looking good in their hands.
The Guardian newspaper reported this week that there are more than 1000 livestock mega-farms in the UK, among them 4 farms with more than one million birds registered in each.
No ‘green and pleasant land’ experience for many animals.
Penny Brohn UK is a national charity providing free care and support to anyone affected by cancer, before, during and after treatment. They recognise that we need more than medicine to cope with the impact of cancer on our life.
They shared a new article from The Lancet on social media this week confirming just that.
“If we could begin to see much illness itself not as a cruel twist of fate or some nefarious mystery but rather an expected and therefore normal, consequence of abnormal, unnatural circumstances, it would have revolutionary implications for how we approach everything health-related.” –from The Myth of Normal
Gabor Maté has a new book out next month: The Myth of Normal.
Cycle Breakers – They’re special souls.
Are all calories equal? No, they’re not. Calorie labelling really doesn’t address the whole story, but, acknowledging obesity is a massive issue in the UK definitely is progress.
More on our site here.
Couldn’t resist sharing, apologies for the language. It just made us laugh. And that, unlike this, really is good for our health.
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