Ellen Langer on mindfulness, cancer and how to beat the diagnosis
In the third of a three-part series, Harvard psychology professor Ellen Langer looks at the benefits of mindfulness in treatment of cancer.
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Bloomberg View: Americans getting fatter, sicker, poorer
Obesity is enormously costly, because it leads to health problems such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
Sugar tax – a ‘sin tax’ that could help fat people get thin?
 Sugar is marketed worldwide as a health food. Research suggests it is anything but.  It is often called ‘white poison’. In excess, the white stuff is shown to be unhealthy, to say the least. It causes obesity, say researchers, that in turn raises your risk of  hypertension, heart disease, stroke, even cancer, musculoskeletal disorders and dementia, … Read more
Why extreme obesity is more of a risk to lifespan than smoking is
By Sharon Begley NEW YORK – That obesity can cut life short by causing strokes and other illnesses comes as no surprise, but a new study quantifies the toll: The most extreme cases cut a person’s lifespan more than cigarettes are able to do. The analysis, published in the journal PLOS (Public Library of Science) Medicine, … Read more
Tim Noakes: why his ‘real meal revolution’ dishes up a good view of heart disease, cholesterol and fat
University of Cape Town sports scientist Prof Tim Noakes proves many things, including that there’s no use having a mind if you can’t change it. Change it he did in spectacular fashion a few  years ago, over the role of cholesterol and saturated fat in heart disease. He  says they are not the heart-health demons … Read more
The heart of the matter
We talk so much on this blog about money and wealth that we can sometimes forget that there’s more to life, like friends, family, and health. In this blog, dietician and speaker Celynn Erasmus reminds us of what really matters when she talks frankly about how to keep your heart healthy. Often, we think that … Read more
Health break: Time for a spring clean? Here’s a detox programme that’s easy to follow
When my enforced “gardening leave” started last October, I took the advice of an old friend who’d been there, done that. Entrepreneur Jannie Mouton, who started again at 50 and has built a fabulous lifestyle and an amazing business in the last 15 years, shares in his book that after he was fired he spent … Read more