CAVEAT EMPTOR

Be aware that the information written in fact sheets is based on selective evidence. We writers tend to get trapped down the burrows of our own specialist fields and ignore what's happening in others. That's understandable, no-one can know everything about anything, let alone everything about everything.

So, these fact sheets are my slant on particular issues. You can get other slants from elsewhere and then make up your own mind.

It is pertinent to point out though that the hegemony of the established educational, medical and pharmaceutical industries is providing us with an increasingly jaundiced view on what we all need to do to keep in good health and out of surgeries, hospitals and pharmacies.

Medical and pharmaceutical memory is exceedingly short - about 10 years if you have time to wade through the lists of references in medical journals.

Last year's truths are forgotten. Yesterday's truths are consigned to the dustbin of history, as, regrettably will much of today's.

Generally speaking our health system is based on selective sources of information, particularly those that ignore (and are ignorant of) the health practices of other cultures and other health disciplines.

I'm in the same boat - I'm neither omnipotent or all knowing, so be circumspect in the advice I give.

All evidence is filtered through the rose coloured spectacles of both the writer and the reader.

So, you, the reader can make up your own mind as to whether the facts outlined in these fact sheets ring true for you or not.

The best advice I can give is for you to keep an open mind and experiment with things that you think are likely to help you become fitter and healthier. If an experiment with, say a new exercise or different foods works it works, if it doesn't try something else. Keep looking.

I'd also encourage you to search the internet and Amazon books for information and read old books.

My belief is that you'll find more useful information about how to keep yourself fit and healthy by steering clear of the advice of the medical charities whose heads have frequently been turned by the lure of the drug industry.

It’s a tough assignment keeping yourself healthy without

• keeping yourself fit

• eating wisely and nourishing the cells of your body

• avoiding the toxic environment

• meditating

• being in the right relationship

• being in the right job.

• not having to worry about making ends meet.

If you look after yourself the benefits are enormous, both for you and for your community. All it takes is a bit of time, effort, thought and money.

These fact sheets will provide you with information to inspire and motivate you to stay fit and healthy.

Please feel free to contact me for advice on particular health or fitness issues and I’ll do my best to point you in the right direction. Better still, flick through to useful links.

Any advice I provide comes with the proviso that it may or may not work and on the understanding that you are responsible for the consequences, should you choose to act on the advice you receive.

John Miller