Nutrition
December 2021: Farewells and Final Words
Farewell and good luck to Susan Farwell It is over a decade since noted Osteopath Susan Farwell moved to Oxford with her family, as her historian husband, Nick, became a fellow at All Souls College. We at Helix House were very happy to offer her a professional home and she has become a valued part…
Read MoreMaking Changes on the inside to see the results on the outside. – June 2019, blog
This month, I want to explore the inner psychological challenges we all face should we want to change any aspects of our lifestyle for reasons of climate emergency or just to get healthier or to fit into our clothes! A world fit for our children and their children. Yes that is me with one of…
Read MoreEating just got simpler! April 2019
“When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?” Variously attributed to economists John Maynard Keynes or Paul Samuelson Changing our minds Have you ever changed your mind about something that for years you were in favour of? I think I have had a bit of a major, ah ha moment,…
Read MoreDecember 2018 – What should we eat now?
As October’s autumn fruitfulness is lost in November rains, December days get shorter and we start to look towards a midwinter feast to stave off the gloom. December is not only the lead up to Christmas, but these days it is also when thousands gather for two weeks at the United Nations Climate Change conference,…
Read MoreOne life, One You: What you can do today to really help the NHS! January 2017
“I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying”. Woody Allen In 1919, right after the horrors of World War 1, William Butler Yeats wrote, in his powerful poem, The Second Coming: “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold… …The best lack all conviction, while the worst…
Read MoreWhy Women should do weights: August 2016
A summer of change A lot of changes are afoot both at Helix House and in public health advice recently. Most notably this July with new governmental advice for us to take extra vitamin D as a supplement. Vitamin D supplementation For most people, the bulk of their vitamin D is made from the action…
Read MoreFasting is it the way forward? November 2015
This month I want to talk about the latest buzz word in longevity, weight loss and possible brain health…yes you guessed it, FASTING. In my keen 20’s when living in Japan I experimented with fasting, managing 24 hour fasts every so often and one time, at a yoga dojo just below Mt. Fuji, managed a…
Read MoreMarch 2014 Sunflower , Speedwell Trust Talk
The Speedwell Trust Talk At Greens Templeton College, Woodstock road, Oxford. Wednesday March 19th at 7.30 p.m. Clive Lindley-Jones will be giving an illustrated talk on Helping Children Be The Best That They Can Be! Do come along! Balanced, integrated and healthy children will naturally perform better, feel happier, achieve more, mix…
Read MoreOctober Blog 2012
Big Food: the Olympic Scam The other week I enjoyed the last day of competition at the Para Olympic Aquatic Centre. Like many this summer, I was surprised at how powerfully positive the whole long summer of sport redefined, at least for ourselves, and perhaps for other countries who may have noticed, who we are…
Read MoreJuly Blog 2012
What does a pensioner look like in 2012? As the 2012 London Olympics finally arrive it is time to mention my own attempt to change my shape, get healthier and fitter and even, hopefully raise some money for my favourite two charities. The Sunflower Trust and F.R.O.M.E. the Fund for Osteopathic Research into Myalgic…
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