Part 6: Optimising vitamin D activation Fine-tuning calcitriol As I've stressed in previous in

Part 5: Optimising your vitamin D status 16 September 2024 In Part 4 of this miniseries on vit

Part 4: Reverse causation - cart before horse? 9 September 2024 In Part 3 of this miniseries,

Part 3: What is a 'normal' vitamin D level? 2 September 2024 In Part 1 of this vitamin D minis

Part 2: The many faces of vitamin D... or, what doesn't vitamin D do? As you'll (hopefully) recal

Part 1: Origin story 19 August 2024 Back in February, I asked my paid subscribers to suggest t

Why doesn't orthodox medicine make people well? 22 July 2024 In last week's post, Ozempic lin

Who could have seen that coming... and what does it have in common with other drug side-effects?

10 June 2024 One of the least-discussed facts among medical and health practitioners of both an o

3 June 2024 I know I'm frequently critical of medical doctors in my articles, but even I am start

4 December 2023 As I’ve discussed in previous articles, antidepressants are now the most common

10 May 2021 As temperatures drop here in the southern hemisphere, and we edge into the winter col

19 April, 2021 Look up any collection of witticisms penned by the French Enlightenment writer, hi

27 July 2020 Among the many terms which have entered the lexicon of public discourse since the em

These days, it seems every disease condition has its own day, week or even month. World Allergy Week

7 June 2021 For many years, I've been writing articles about the frauds perpetrated on the public

Updated 16 November 2020 Of the many confusing, contradictory, nonsensical and even bizarre edict

15 October 2018 Oh boy, October really is the month for 'health awareness'! Aside from Sleep Awar

In this, my second report on the 5th International Plant-Based Nutrition Healthcare Conference (

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article and made a video, both called ‘A Matter of Trust’, on

Take a deep dive into PCR testing for SARS-CoV-2, the (lack of) science supporting universal mask-we

In Part 1 of this series, I summarised the decades-long process via which neoliberalism and its offs

During my Honours degree in public health, I learned about the history of the public health movement

There has been considerable admonishment from both public health authorities and the media that we s

In Part 1 of this series, I discussed the way in which statistics about SARS-CoV-2 infections and CO

8 February 2021 In 1948, perennial dissident Eric Blair wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four under the pen-

7 December 2020 Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a constant repetitio

With Victorian premier Daniel Andrews unleashing a SARS-CoV-2 testing blitz on Melbourne suburbs lab

After reading Gretchen Rubin's book The Four Tendencies last year, which lays out a conceptual frame

and     Dementia. We all make jokes about it: grey nomads put 'Adventure Before Demen

20 November 2023 In my monthly Ask Robyn sessions (a feature of my EmpowerEd membership program),

31 May 2021 This is the final instalment of my three part series examining the corrosive effects

24 May 2021 Last week's post began my three part series examining the corrosive effects of the po

17 May 2021 As anyone who knows me to any degree is aware, I'm a big ol' science nerd. A geek gir

A recent US study has revealed a worrying trend: in the midst of growing concerns about rising rates

I've written previously about the alarming rise in childhood obesity in Australia (see Obesity: An i

The endless parade of 'disease awareness' days, weeks and months rolls on. This time it's diabetes'

One of the most common complaints I hear from my clients about the various medical professionals the

  You've probably heard the saying, "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food"

I've been hearing so many astoundingly stupid things that doctors and other health professionals (in

As winter enshrouds the southern hemisphere and millions of us continue to be barred from accessing

As I discussed in a previous article, we are constantly being told by politicians, the media, and no

Winter is now well underway in the southern hemisphere, and so is the annual push to persuade everyo

Last week's Deep Dive webinar on cancer screening was a pretty wild ride; many EmpowerEd members exp

I have to tell you, I am having an absolute ball with the EmpowerEd membership program (and thankful

18 January 2021 Within weeks, the Australian Federal government will be spending A$24 million of

Updated 1 February 2021 In Part 1 of this special series on covering recently-published research

Updated 15 February 2021 In Part 1 of this special series, in which I'm covering recently-publish

Updated 22 February 2021 Over the last few months, I've been collecting numerous medical journal

A meta-analysis of observational studies published in the journal Nutrition, Metabolism & Ca

Social isolation kills. This is neither a controversial statement, at least among those who have eve

Having high blood pressure is a big deal. According to the massive, long-running and ongoing Global

18 September 2017 Last weekend I attended the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM) a

A massive Danish study has sounded alarm bells about the effect of hormonal contraceptives (incl

Thomas Edison wrote that “The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest h

22 March 2021; updated 28 August 2023 In last week's post, How to sharpen your bullsh*t detection

15 March 2021; updated 21 August 2023 The American philosopher Harry Frankfurt opened his 1986 es

5 April, 2021 It's now over a year since we were told we all needed to stay home for a couple of

25 January 2021 Back in July 2020, I published a post on so-called 'silent spreaders' of SARS-CoV

4 January 2021 Two years before Event 201, the good folks at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Secu

With roughly one quarter of Australian women aged 18-49 using the oral contraceptive pill, and aroun

29 March 2021; updated 4 September 2023 In Part 1 of this mini-series, I covered the first ten of

26 July 2021 As an unprecedented wave of germaphobia swept the world in 2020, with hand sanitiser

12 April, 2021 Back in 2016, I undertook an Honours program in the School of Public Health at Edi

1 March 2021 Does an article that appeared in a recent edition of JAMA really provide conclusive

25 January 2021 Back in July 2020, I published a post on so-called 'silent spreaders' of SARS-CoV

  On Thursday 4 May, I had the great privilege of attending a lecture by David Robinson

Yet another drug that medical researchers hoped would be a godsend for people at high risk of cardio

14 December 2020 In last week’s article, COVID-19 vaccines: Magic bullets or mirages?, I drew a

13 July 2020 A study published on June 23 2020 in JAMA Network Open, one of the journals of the A

4 November 2019 A study published on 7 October 2019 in the British Journal of Psychiatry has call

In a previous post, Hormonal contraception and women’s mental health, I discussed the findings of

I've been cognisant of the remarkable power of water-only fasting to facilitate healing and recovery

19 July 2021 It has been observed by notable people ranging from Thomas Jefferson to Winston Chur

8 March 2021 I was honoured to be invited back to Clare Mann and Mark Doneddu's Second Stage Vyst

12 October 2020 As long-time readers will know, at this time of year I'm normally in California,

Please enjoy and share my conversation on the PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 and the contentious issue of a

There's a strange paradox that characterises life in the 21st century. Never before in human history

As I discussed in last week's blog post, Drugs and gut bugs, research on the human gut microbiome is

Yet another drug that medical researchers hoped would be a godsend for people at high risk of cardio

Updated 29 January 2024 In Part 1 of this series on proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), I covered the

Updated 22 January 2024 In Part 1 of this series on proton pump inhibitors, I covered the basics

Updated 15 January 2024 Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are a class of medicines that include Nexiu

10 September 2018 September has been designated 'International Prostate Cancer Awareness Month' b

18 June 2018 June has been designated Bowel Cancer Awareness Month by Bowel Cancer Australia, whi

8 March 2021 I was honoured to be invited back to Clare Mann and Mark Doneddu's Second Stage Vyst

The inaugural 2019 Australasian Nutrition in Healthcare Conference has officially wrapped up - and t

The chances are high that right now, you or someone you know is taking an acid-suppressing drug.

During an Ask Robyn session - one of the membership benefits of the EmpowerEd program - a member as

Winter is finally upon us here in the southern hemisphere, and many of my clients have been asking m

14 June 2021 Unsurprisingly, lately my email inbox has been flooded with questions from clients a

Originally published 28 September 2020; updated 14 August 2023 Paracetamol, also known as acetami

Receiving a prescription for the oral contraceptive pill is practically a rite of passage for Austra

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One of the most frustrating elements of my work as a health practitioner is having to dispel misinfo

13 March 2017 Vaccination policy is in the news again, with One Nation leader Pauline Hanson'

26 April 2021 Amongst the tiresome war rhetoric that the COVID-19 debacle has spawned (which I di

9 November 2020 As the world gradually adjusts to the reality that SARS-CoV-2 is not going to mag

2 April 2018 I've been becoming increasingly worried over the years about the creeping medicalisa

Updated 19 December 2022 Back in May 2017, I conducted a Deep Dive webinar, 'Understanding Yo

A month or so ago, the indefatigable Greg McFarlane, who has been involved with the animal rights an

21 December 2020 I normally write articles rather than do videos but when I started writing about