So here we have it, the future of smoking. Yes its an electronic cigarette. It looks like a cigarette, the manufacturer claim it tastes like a cigarette, and it even contains nicotine.

Here’s what the manufacturers of SuperSmoker have to say:

• No fire, no combustion, no tar and no real smoke. No carcinogenic substances (some 40 carcinogenic substances are released during the burning of tobacco). No ashtrays, no cigarette butts, no stale smells and no air pollution (no release of CO2).
• SuperSmoker is an alternative cigarette. It looks like a real cigarette, tastes like a real cigarette and smokes like a real cigarette. It comes with an exchangeable cigarette filter.
• SuperSmoker contains no tobacco.
• The nicotine content is many times lower than that of a classic cigarette.
• SuperSmoker is a revolutionary product resulting from high-tech computer technology and an advanced evaporation process.

• SuperSmoker is safe for those around you. No harmfull effects from passive smoke.
• SuperSmoker works electronically. The cartridges are of German manufacture and are available in various concentrations of nicotine.
• SuperSmoker works on rechargeable batteries. The charger comes standard with the delivery.

Watch out for our update on the SuperSmoker soon, when we test this electric wizardry.

Yes researchers would now like us to believe that mothers can now use their diet to influence the sex of the baby. It is suggested a high calorific diet at the time of conception is likely to increase the chance of conceiving a baby.

(from bbc)

The study, by the Universities of Exeter and Oxford, appears in the Royal Society journal Biological Sciences.

The study focused on 740 first-time pregnant mothers in the UK, who were asked to provide records of their eating habits before and during the early stages of pregnancy.

The researchers found 56% of women with the highest energy intake around the time of conception had boys, compared to just 45% among women with the lowest energy intake.

Women who had sons were more likely to have eaten a higher quantity and wider range of nutrients, including potassium, calcium and vitamins C, E and B12.

(end bbc)

News reports have carried the subtext, that perhaps this is a good reason for mothers wanting a boy, to increase their intake of “Breakfast Cereal” - which might suggest that the research has sbeen funded by a certain cereal manufacturer or infact a grain trade association. Watch out for other news suggesting an increase in the intake of grain oils miht be good for us. Is there a grain mountain somewhere on the farside of the atalantic I wonder? It may help the USA GDP to promote this story, but I dont think the worlds favourite psychedelic rooster is going to help you conceive a baby boy. You’d be more lucky than clucky.

In an unusual turn of events today scientists decided that vitmain supplements, taken in regular high doses could increase mortality rates in some users. Vitamins A, Vitamin E and Beta caretone were all specifically linked with what the press are calling ”rapid death”.

Healthfoods indsutries spokes people were quick to play down the claims, saying that many people could not get all the vitamins they need from their regular diets.

 See you in heaven…. with some solgar 57.

Over the years I have been drawn to the power of herbal and alternative therapies for the relief of symptops associated with a range of diseases. From the use of echinacia for the common cold through to high dose oil of evening primrose for my mothers MS I have come to realise how diet, herbs and traditional remedies can so often help relieve illness.

Hopefully this site will be a worthy guide to the power of nature in the fight against human disease.