In last week’s blog I wrote about the paradox of prevention, a human nature phenomenon whereby we overvalue the treatment and undervalue the prevention of chronic disease.

I asked for your feedback as to why this might be, and there were so many thoughtful responses.

Your insights were really quite profound so I’ve summarized them into 5 key points. [Read more…]

I love TED talks. And I love podcasts. So it’s no surprise that I love the TED Radio Hour podcast.

Those who know me also know that one of my favourite sayings is,

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

So the episode titled Prevention caught my attention as I was bingeing on old episodes recently.

It delves into why it’s so hard to do the things we know we should do – like exercising or eating the right things. [Read more…]