The continuum of health and disease: why we must not wait until conditions like hypertension or diabetes are confirmed before making the changes that will mean we avoid them Andy is a gentleman in [...]

Exercise not only delivers many metabolic benefits – weight loss, cardiovascular efficiency, blood health, avoiding diabetes and stroke – but also helps you age gracefully, avoid falls, depression and dementia, look good, and maintain [...]

 Deficiencies in your mitochondria (the energy production in your cells) can cause metabolic syndrome and associated obesity, diabetes and heart disease It makes sense that an inability to produce energy – through mitochondrial dysfunction [...]

Metabolic risk factors that are otherwise difficult to explain are sometimes caused by simple-to-correct nutritional deficiencies When Kate, a 56-year-old lady, attended the Vitality Clinic with metabolic risk factors including excessive weight gain, lately [...]

Anecdotal evidence and many studies make the connection between blood donation and a range of health benefits, including lowering cholesterol, blood pressure and body weight, and avoiding metabolic syndrome, heart attacks and strokes There [...]

Going gluten-free is seen as a healthy move, but gluten-free foods can trigger metabolic syndrome  It is an interesting – and worrying – fact that, when gluten-intolerant people think they are doing the right, [...]

Curing your periodontal disease will not only preserve your teeth but could also save your life by preventing Heart Disease! Patients presenting with symptoms of tooth pain, bleeding gums and bad breath should be [...]

Statin can play a part, but lifestyle changes are the safer choice for heart disease prevention I did not immediately think about heart disease and its prevention when I met Andy this week. Being 42 years old, he presented with vague symptoms [...]

Metabolic syndrome and obstructive sleep apnoea have a bidirectional relationship – especially in the obese At the time unconnected with metabolic syndrome, the first case of sleep apnoea I ever saw was in a [...]

Asthma and metabolic syndrome – along with obesity – are associated with a multitude of health problems – but even a change as minor as a 5% weight reduction can help This 36-year-old gentleman [...]