On consuming 50g of butter per day for science

Frankly yesterday I felt so full and fatty that I was about to throw the towel but I am holding on.  Butter is kind of OK, even compared to lovely extra virgin olive oil I usually consume.  The key factor is sheer quantities; I usually cook and consume each day about half of the fat […]

Food Diary – Week 1

This was my first week (23-30/Jun) in this experiment, no noticeable effects so far: 23-Jun Friday Dinner: made 150g of penne pasta, dressed with the whole 50g butter and lots of Parmesan cheese.  I grew up eating pasta with butter and cheese so great memory and enjoyable but 50g was a tad too much compared […]

Case study: is Coconut oil good for you?

I got involved in a case study run by BBC’s series “trust me I am a doctor”; apparently there no medical studies to prove whether coconut oil is good or bad for us. Some say that despite the saturated fats it contains other substances which have different effect on our health from butter or other […]

The unreasonable sale person

When someone is too eager to sell that doesn’t listen can easily become unreasonable.  Earlier today I received a phone call; this one of those calls which would normally be filtered by my assistant but this morning she was on holiday. The sales person was a woman; gender is irrelevant for the sake of this […]

Embracing change to enjoy a better future

Some people accept change or look for it as a new challenge or in the hope of some reward. Conservatively we can state that most of us, in some way or form, avoid or elude change as it threatens our way of life based on routine.  I will explore here how I work with people […]