Dieting makes you Fat

In the 1980’s Geoffrey Cannon wrote a book called Dieting Makes you Fat.

He has now completely re-written it in the light of what he has found out in the intervening years.

The first part of the book is a truly fascinating agglomeration of facts on every aspect of diet and dieting throughout the world, and looking from the viewpoint of Society and Government.

The second part lays out 7 golden rules to follow to change your attitude to food, to nutrition and to body weight and fitness.

These golden rules are to be absorbed into your lifestyle one at a time, introducing one each month, so that a complete transformation is effected in 7 months.

A fascinating book- and I’ll let you know how effective his ideas turn out to be…!

Hotel Chocolat comes to the US!

Whenever I want to really treat myself or my friends, it has to be gourmet chocolates from Hotel Chocolat.

Up to now, that has only been possible in the UK.

But now Hotel Chocolat has built a distribution hub in the US, from where these scrumptious chocolates can be sent anywhere in the US.

So take a look -and *treat yourself!

ICE = In Case of Emergency

This is a really simple idea which can make a big difference!

It was thought up by a paramedic who found that when he went to the scenes of accidents, there were always mobiles phones with patients, but he did not know which number to call to alert the most appropriate person to the accident.

He thought it would be a good idea if there were a nationally recognised name for this person, and devised the term ICE, standing for In Case of Emergency.

Emergency Service and Hospital staff will now look for the number stored under ICE and be able to contact the right person.

If you are ultra-cautious, and want to list more than one number, then store them as ICE1, ICE2 etc.

This is a great idea, and worth sharing with others!