Even so, this is just the most current scientific finding in a campaign to blame sugar for practically every little thing, particularly the so-called epidemic of diabetes and weight problems. It is not automatically that folks are consuming more sugar, but rather, it is claimed by Californian endocrinologist and prominent anti-sugar evangelist Robert Lustig, the incorrect kind: the cheap, higher-fructose corn syrup typically located in carbonated drinks that has replaced a single third of our complete sugar consumption in excess of the previous thirty years.
The current report from the Department of Energy that, on average, our residences are seven degrees Fahrenheit warmer than in the 1970s is scarcely surprising, as 40 years ago, two thirds did not have central heating. This has manufactured us perhaps a less hardy nation – not like elsewhere, as I learnt from a Russian patient who, with her husband and 3 kids, celebrated the Orthodox Feast of the Epiphany on January 19 with a swim in an outdoor pool in south London.
This chilly ritual has been taken up with great enthusiasm because the fall of communism. The spiritual rewards are paralleled by the physical and psychological, as recommended by a research of 49 winter swimmers carried out by Prof Pirrko Huttinen of the University of Oslo, published in the Worldwide Journal of Circumpolar Health. Above a period of four months, they reported an improvement in memory and mood, much less stress and fatigue, and lowered signs and symptoms of rheumatism, asthma and fibromyalgia.
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The young female featured last week with a variety of distressing neurological signs and symptoms following her return from a backpacking vacation in West Africa has elicited some valuable observations. Initial, an RAF Group Captain, now retired, reviews the exact same pattern of events following a sailing vacation on Minorca in 2007, commencing with a serious sore throat, major to deafness, loss of balance, facial palsy, trouble in swallowing and double vision. It took sixteen months to recover, and even now he is even now really deaf, his stability is bad and, bizarrely, his left eye closes at the breakfast table when consuming and reading through The Daily Telegraph at the exact same time.
This pattern of symptoms, observes neurologist Dr John Boughey, is strongly suggestive of an inflammatory process in the brain stem, possibly induced by the herpes simplex virus – even though there are a number of other feasible candidates. The signs must proceed to boost, albeit gradually, although the vertigo and clicking in the ear warrant a more assessment from an ENT professional.
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Finally, my thanks to a reader for passing on a most beneficial tip for those troubled by recurrent cystitis – as she has been for 15 years. Her GP arranged for her to have an ultrasound of the bladder, which demonstrated some residual urine. She was advised to stroll about the bathroom for a couple of minutes soon after passing urine and to then attempt once again. The outcome of this practice has been “astounding”: she has not had cystitis because.
Email healthcare concerns confidentially to Dr James LeFanu at drjames@telegraph.co.uk. Solutions will be published on the Telegraph website each and every Friday, at telegraph.co.uk/wellness
Doctor"s Diary on sugar: Scaremongers fail to mention that it also saves millions of lives
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