Lets' start with a new year pressie from me...

If you’ve started this year with the usual “must lose weight” resolution, then your luck is in!

My most popular book in January – and most of the year, actually – is the Lose Your Belly Fat ebook. My 40 page missive will show you how to get that weight to shift off your middle once and for all. And I’ve just fully updated it for 2021.

It usually sells for a fiver – and you can purchase it here still if you prefer. But this year, I wanted to give you a gift since we’ve all had a bit of a rough time of it.

Of course, there is more method in my madness, as always.

I am very mindful, in this ever-extending COVID era, that people carrying excess weight and those with metabolic issues like diabetes tend to be more vulnerable and have a harder time with the virus. Belly fat is directly linked to a loss of insulin control and the Belly Fat diet and protocol will help you regain that control, lose inches from your stomach and also beat the bloat.

You will be in better metabolic shape in just a few short weeks if you follow it. That has to be a good thing at the moment, doesn’t it?

So, this is my new year’s gift to you, or anyone you think could do with it. Duck when you give it to them ;)

Get the basics right

1. Make sure you have enough magnesium and tryptophan in your diet. Both have been shown to help anxiety and mood in FM sufferers. Chicken and pumpkin seeds have useful amounts of both.
2. Take up yoga, tai-chi or Qi Gong. Studies show doing a regular mind-body technique with gentle movements, deep breathing and relaxation techniques can help. 
3. Check your thyroid and adrenals. Both can be under-functioning and give very similar symptoms, including fatigue, depression, brain fog and muscle/joint pain. If adrenals are low, you won't have enough of your natural steroid, cortisol, to help bring pain and inflammation down. I see it often. 
4. Avoid gluten and dairy, preferably grains and dairy. See my TrulyGlutenFree section of the website. Get tested with a Cyrex 3 and 4 before you give anything up as you can't test later. 
5. Ensure your Vitamin D levels. It's a major anti-inflammatory and hormone, not 'just' a nutrient. And don't necessarily believe all is well on GP results. I look for a minimum of 120-160 nmol. See my Vitamin D factsheet for more here. 

Allergy Research

Humic-Monolaurin Complex

Trust me: this is the one you want to have in your cupboard to avoid long-Covid and to hopefully shorten illness if you do get it. Read my long-covid post here.