What is the difference between Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

What is Fibromyalgia? The best description I have found about this condition is found on the “Patient” website for medical articles and was written by Dr Colin Tidy in 2014.  He states that Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder of unknown origin with some evidence of genetic predisposition and links to abnormal stress response or… Continue reading What is the difference between Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

What are Boobs and Moobs? Let’s be gender neutral about them!

Breast cancer has been in the news again and I thought it was time that I did a blog about breasts.  It’s not just women who get breast cancer so as our bodies are pretty similar in design, let’s take the gender out of breasts and see what lies beneath that goes a bit awry.… Continue reading What are Boobs and Moobs? Let’s be gender neutral about them!

What are Complex Carbohydrates?

What are carbohydrates and what makes some complex? Organic compounds are the building blocks of all life on the planet and these are made primarily of carbon and hydrogen atoms and usually (but not always) oxygen. Carbohydrates (organic compounds also called saccharides) are molecules that contain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. The three types talked about… Continue reading What are Complex Carbohydrates?

What is the Lymphatic System?

What is it? Essentially the lymphatic system is the rubbish recycling plant for the body. Anything your body can’t use or recycle is either ejected or broken down within this system, to prevent infection and disease taking hold.  Much like your neighbourhood sewer system, if the lymphatic drainage system isn’t functioning properly, you will get… Continue reading What is the Lymphatic System?