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

Often you hear complaints about guest service when staying in hotels or visiting restaurants. And sometimes you are totally surprised and delighted by their actions and want to share the experience with others. Here is a story of great service to warm your heart. After staying at the Premier Inn Thetford recently, I (Alison) left

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

SpaTRAINER™ ‘Deliver brilliant training in your spa’ “Any spa who considers training to be an essential element of excellence should consider this workshop” 29 November – 1 December 2011 Urban Healing Training Centre Blisworth Hill Farm, Northampton Nearest airports: London Luton (LTN) and Birmingham (BHX) Only GBP 850 – plus VAT per learner 6 learner

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

Blisworth, 27 June 2011 Today marks Urban Healing Company’s 4th birthday. We started on 27 June 2007 in Bangkok as a learning and development company, initially focusing on the spa and wellness community. Since then we have extended our scope of work and geographical reach to the Middle East, Europe and the UK and now

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

This letter was send to us via a friend in Hawaii this morning. With all the news about the aftermath of the Tsunami and the imminent nuclear disaster, this letter by Anne, an English teacher in Sendai, Japan for the last decade, is a very moving personal experience. We publish the letter in the hope