Health and Wellbeing

Our health expert Dr Trevor Chetcuti, an applied kinesiologist and chiropractor, discusses the wellbeing issues that concern us on a day-to-day basis, from anxiety and stress to our alcohol and caffeine intakes.

How To Keep Your Head Clear In 2015

By Trevor Chetcuti on 12 Jan 2015 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

Clouded thinking is a huge cause of emotional stress for many men and women. Feeling overwhelmed, your brain overloaded with too many things to remember, things to do and questions to answer. No time is this more noticeable than the lead up to a big event like Christmas, or the pressure of a New Year and new beginning. ...

Cycling Pain And Numbness

By Trevor Chetcuti on 10 Oct 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

Since Cadel Evans won the Tour de France in 2011, cycling in this country has grown in leaps and bounds. This seems like great news for our fitness, but there are a lot of health issues associated with cycling. Fortunately, most of these come back to one simple fact: we just aren’t designed to sit on a saddle ...

Which Mattress Is Right For You?

By Trevor Chetcuti on 26 Sep 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

Sleeping is one of the most important requirements for a healthy life. It is a time when our nervous system can concentrate or repair, detoxification and rejuvenation. It's also been suggested that the average adult requires 8 hours of sleep a night. So why do many of us take sleeping for granted? ...

Can We Take Oxygen As A Supplement?

By Trevor Chetcuti on 18 Sep 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

Oxygen is the most crucial substance to our health. Every one of our cells is dependent on it for survival and function. In fact, we know sleep apnoea is associated with many development and age-related conditions. While it is always important to solve issues with low oxygen, sometimes adding oxygen to our system can be of great benefit ...

Oxygen And Hypoxia: What You Need To Know – Part 1

By Trevor Chetcuti on 22 Aug 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

Whilst there are many vitamins, minerals and other cofactors essential for life, none of them are as important to us as oxygen. In fact, oxygen is as vital as water for most life forms on earth. It enlivens our muscles, nerves and every other tissue in our body. Getting oxygen to our tissues is actually a very complicated process ...

The New Science of Epigenetics

By Trevor Chetcuti on 18 Jul 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

The concept of epigenetics has been around for a long time now. The term epigenetics was derived from the word 'epigenesis' and coined by Conrad Waddington in 1942. Epigenetics refers to the expression of our genetics which can change through various influences without necessarily changing our actual genetic (DNA) structure ...