Try buying poultry or meat from different shops or supermarkets to see if you can find one which suits you better than others. Some people find that one shop’s produce makes them ill, while they tolerate another shop’s quite well. This could be due to different feedstuffs or drugs used in production. Some people tolerate [...]
The fourth strategy for eliminating chemicals is a radical clear-out. It is only worth doing this if you are seriously affected by chemicals and, even then, most people come to it only after a period of selective elimination. It can be disruptive and can cause a lot of tension with family and housemates, so you [...]
It is possible to obtain untreated pure cotton furnishing fabrics. These are mostly fabrics from India where chemical treatments are less applied. Sources for these are given below. Some of these fabrics are washable. There is no problem at all about using these untreated fabrics for curtains, soft furnishings or bedding under fire safety regulations. [...]
Water-based gloss paints for indoor use are produced by Dulux (who also produce a water-based satin paint), by B & Q, and by Green Paints. The first is available from DIY shops, the second from B & Q stores, and the third can be ordered through the trade or direct from Green. None of these [...]
If you are not sensitive to chemicals, you will not be concerned with the need for an activated carbon or HEPA filter, or with the materials from which the device is made. You can make a choice based more on cost and convenience. Ionisers are the cheapest option, but they have a decidedly mixed performance [...]
As menstruation stops the vagina is usually ‘dry’ for some days. This is followed by a phase in which vaginal mucus is found to be thick, whitish or yellowish, opaque and sticky. Before ovulation the mucus becomes clear, slippery and watery, like the white of a raw egg and you have to stop having intercourse [...]
This is all about searching for the contributory causes of the problem and then treating it in as precise a way as possible. Such therapy is, of course, highly personal and unique to the individual or couple being treated. Nearly always the unravelling of the problem involves uncovering layer after layer of complexity and is [...]
This then describes the basic mechanics and we shall see later what can go wrong. Overall, it is probably fair to say that in our teens we experience intense, quick onset orgasms and that as we mature arousal takes longer, lasts longer and produces better quality orgasms. This is certainly true up to old age [...]
The penis is a man’s most obvious and talked about sex organ. Most men at some time or another have worried about the size of their penis, just as women concern themselves with their breast size. Surveys of women who have had many sex partners show that a man’s penis size really does not matter [...]
Marriage, or the close man-woman relationship that exists whether or not it has been dignified by the marriage ceremony, can be an enormously strong bond. It can withstand long-term illness, mental and physical disabilities, sexual deprivation, addiction to alcohol in one partner, unemployment in the breadwinner and so on. All of this suggests that a [...]