On Wednesday, May 2nd, Urban Healing hosted a private Chopin piano recital with the famous Russian Pianist, Zoya Shuhatovich. This was Zoya’s third appearance in the UK after having played at St. Martin in the Fields in 2010 and 2011. The Recital Hall at the London Showroom of Steinway & Sons was filled to the

Campain report by Patrik Holford, 21 January 2012 Vitamin B3 (niacin) is the most effective substance, even better than statins, for both lowering LDL cholesterol, but importantly raising HDL. Niacin is usually given in doses of 1,000mg to 2,000mg, in a non-blushing or slow-release form since, in high doses, it causes vasodilation. There are many

Last month, Alison and I attended a “Happiness at work” conference in the Cotswold Conference Center. We had heard about the concept of Happiness as government policy for a couple of years. Much has happened since the King of Bhutan launched this concept based on the principle that every human being aspires for happiness, so

In Dying To Have Known, filmmaker Steve Kroschel went on a 52-day journey to find evidence to the effectiveness of the Gerson Therapy — a long-suppressed natural cancer cure. I first heard about the Gerson Therapy during a fasting retreat at Dharma Healing International on the tropical island of Koh Samui in Thailand. I heard

Join James Wong, an ethno-botanist from the UK, in this exciting show airing on the BBC in the UK. In this episode James talks about wild harvesting fruits and berries, including Goji berries. He then shows a fantastic flu fighting winter soup recipe loaded with medicinal foods. If you are a vegetarian you can make

  Obesity in America has reached a crisis point. Two out of every three Americans are overweight, one out of every three is obese. One in three are expected to have diabetes by 2050. Minorities have been even more profoundly affected. African-Americans have a 50 per cent higher prevalence of obesity and Hispanics 25 per

This article was published in the German weekly news magazine “Der Spiegel” in its issue 13, dated 28 March 2011. It featured on the cover page and describes the benefits of therapeutic fasting and the latest scientific and medical research to proof it. Die Biologie des Hungerns Eine Gesellschaft der Satten übt Verzicht: Mehr und

The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans was released last week. The United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Health and Human Services served up a number of new dietary recommendations with the goal of combating the growing obesity epidemic and arming Americans with the information they need to live healthier, longer

Wellness is not just the absence of disease – its something much stronger; the more wellness you have, the less you will be affected by illness. Wellness is an alternative to dependency on doctors and drugs. Wellness is a mindset, a predisposition to adopt a series of key principles in many areas in your life

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