My article in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine J R Soc Med. 2013 Jul;106(7):288-92 can also be read in full here in the James Lind Library online Hippocrates put the person at the center of his attention, while modern medicine focuses on the disease. Hippocrates was first and foremost interested in finding out what led […]
Introductory workshop on Saturday 8th of November from 1-3 pm (including herbal tea made with the famous Greek Mountain sideritis flowers & Kozani saffron, Dr Eleni’s joy biscuits and recipes) Nutritional Medicine meets Greek Philosophy Our food & the way we eat, combined with the exercise we take and other lifestyle factors, are key factors for our health […]
Slowly but steadily healthcare professionals acknowledge the important role nutrition has to play in the management of people with cancer. Next week I will be speaking to UK oncology pharmacists about the value of good nutrition in cancer patients I am going to talk about the two big systematic reviews which showed that current dietetic treatment […]
While I was away, I read some interesting articles about the relative benefits of walking and running. This was of interest to me, as I had taken the advice of Eleni Tsiompanou, the integrative doctor at Penny Brohn, to stop running some time ago.Overall, it seems the benefits of a 5-minute run, match those of a 15-minute […]
If you are interested in using diet and Ancient Greek wisdom to live a more healthy life, join the Health Being Institute education program on: “Diet and Hippocratic Wisdom”. The program will be launched next Monday in the birth country of Hippocrates, Greece. A number of workshops will be given from September onwards in Central London. […]
JULY 14, 2014 BY BRIDGETTE WHITE Exposed by my children for what I really look like Flipping through the pictures on my phone, I see it. My first reaction is shock. Who took this hideous picture of me? Self-loathing and disgust swell up and threaten to bring me to tears. Just as I am about to hit delete, […]
CardioBuzz: Vegan Diet, Healthy Heart? In this guest blog, Kim A. Williams, MD, a cardiologist at Rush University in Chicago and the next president of the American College of Cardiology, explains why he went vegan and now recommends it to patients. Physicians want to influence their patients to make lifestyle changes that will improve their health, […]
The main sources of vitamin B12 are animal foods. People who are vegetarians are at risk of becoming vitamin B12 deficient, especially if they have other factors that can cause increased demand such as during pregnancy or impaired absorption of the vitamin, such as after stomach or gut surgery, from long-term use of proton pump inhibitors, due […]
“The dance, of all the arts, is the one that most influences the soul. Dancing is divine in its nature and is the gift of the gods” Plato Hellenic folk dancing is a form of art still very much alive in the 21st century. Some of the dances performed today originate in the very distant […]
‘Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature Be Your Teacher’. William Worsdworth’s call to be immersed in Nature comes with a promise of a deeper understanding of life and of ourselves. In this Health-Being meeting we will explore what we can learn from Nature for our Health and our Being, but also how in […]