If you have been following along in the health debates these last many years, abbreviations such as BPA, PFAS and words such as micro plastics won't be foreign to you. Still, let me clarify what these mean and where they are found. BPA : Bisphenol A, is an industrial chemical used mainly to make certain hard plastics (like some polycarbonate containers - hard, clear plastic containers) and epoxy resins that line some food and drink cans. The main health concern with BPA is th

My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimers a few years ago. Since then she has sadly been rapidly declining - something I know alarmingly many people are witnesses to with their loved ones on a daily basis. Dementia and Alzheimers are the leading causes of death in the UK. In the UK someone develops dementia every 3 minutes!  And the troubling prediction is that one in 3 children born in the UK today will go on to develop dementia in their lifetime. Every now and then new articl

I recently, somewhat suddenly, lost my father. His heart stopped in the early morning hours almost three weeks ago and with it stopped the life I knew. In many ways we take our parents for granted, which sounds negative, but to me is a beautiful reminder of what parenthood is about: Being the foundation on which our children can rely while they explore and grow into the humans they are meant to become. We expect our parents to always be there - and that is ok. During childho

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