On Friday I talked about the problem with fad diets... How simply cutting out a whole food group... starving and depriving yourself... or yoyo dieting can be worse for your health than staying overweight. (If you didn't see that letter, it's on my website now, just go to www.goodlifeletter.co.uk ) Anyway, I also talked about Ruth Searle, the creator of Slim While You Sleep. She's put together a programme that tackles the root causes of ..

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If you saw the subject line of today's email and thought: 'Eh? What? Slim while you sleep? Can Ray be SERIOUS?' Then I completely understand. The idea of losing weight while you sleep is like something out of a science fiction film. You know.... the kind of film where Tom Cruise, Will Smith or Harrison Ford end up running from robots in a world where humans live like crazed savages. But this isn't to do with a futuristic wonder pill ..

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On the 23rd of May I wrote you a Good Life Letter about celery ('the Diet Food that Helps Alzheimer's'). If you didn't get it, then take a look on the website here Now, while I'm about to recommend celery AGAIN.... but this time for blood pressure, insomnia and even weight loss... let me make something clear. Please don't think that I'm a merciless 'celery pushing' maniac Yes, I'm getting into celery as a home remedy... But you won't ..

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Did you read Friday's Good life Letter? If so, you'd have heard me waxing lyrical about an amazing wonder honey from New Zealand. (Or 'beeswaxing' lyrical, perhaps?) This unique wild honey can treat MRSA, indigestion and ulcers... ease your digestion.... treat wounds and cuts naturally and quickly... and even treat skin problems. If you didn't read my letter, it's called 'manuka honey' and seriously you should give it a try. Take a l ..

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My mate John laughed when he read my Good Life Letter last Sunday ('The Best Way to Shift Stubborn and Dangerous Fat'). 'Hey Ray', he roared down the phone (I think he was drunk). 'I've just read your latest missive. You're busted, mate. I know your secret.' 'What's that then?' I sighed My friends often read my emails and pick me up on things I say... often ridiculing me for being a 'health nut', 'information junkie' or 'food obsessi ..

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Did you see Horizon on BBC2 on Tuesday night? It was called 'How to Live to 101'. I have to admit, that's the kind of title that gets me watching programmes. Not just because I write this newsletter, but because it's very hard not to be curious to know what the 'secret' is. Also, it allowed me to deter Lara from yet another cable TV property-based show. (A winner on all counts, then.) In the programme filmmakers travelled to Okinawa in Jap ..

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First off, HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope you had a great festive break, and that 2008 brings you good health, wealth and happiness (perhaps with a little help from The Good Life Letter). In fact, if you really want to improve ALL aspects of your life this year, then you could do a lot worse than read these... Two late Christmas presentsThe first The Rich Life Letter is written by my good friend Lewis Geary, and if you haven't tried it yet, I really ..

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Lara came into the living room as I blinked at the World Cup Rugby qualifiers on the TV. 'Is there some kind of squirrel on the loose in here?' she said. I was momentarily confused. See, if you make statements like that out of the blue, my brain will briefly assume that there possibly COULD be a squirrel in my living room. My hunter-gatherer reflex action is to tense my muscles and scan the room for a squirrel. No couch potato, I am ALWA ..

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A week last Friday I wrote to you about 'The Threat of Zombie Eating.' If you didn't get that email, no I didn't mean that it's dangerous to eat Zombies. That much is obvious. The Undead are not advised as a main meal, or even a snack. Unless, of course, you wish to become one of them... No, my letter was about the struggle to stop yourself automatically reaching for the snacks that give you instant gratification... white bread, biscuits, b ..

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All right, I admit it... You caught me red-handed. Last week I mentioned I was reading my morning paper whilst happily working my way through a mouthful of cornflakes. Not a fresh fruit salad, or eggs and bacon (poached eggs and bacon are an excellent way to start the day), or organic, mueseli, but cornflakes. Honey Nut cornflakes to be precise. That's right - me, Ray Collins, Officer in Charge of Moaning About Refined Food, was munching hi ..

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