Five health myths busted

April 25th, 2008 09:00

Cold weather gives you a cold. Everyone knows that, right?

It makes sense, doesn’t it? I mean, for starters, that’s why it’s called a cold, right? Plus your mum said it did and it always happened on amusing TV programmes.

So you are sure, then? Now let me get this straight: you’re presuming because it shares the same name it must be related. So you got chicken pox from a chicken, did you?

Five natural remedies for colds

January 21st, 2008 18:25

Cold cures, cold virus, colds, elderberry, eucalyptus, fighting flu, garlic, ginger, hyssop, illness, natural remedies, virusSo you have tried everything to get rid of your nasty cold and nothing is working.

You’ve digested as many tablets as you can possibly manage and your head still feels like it’s about to drop off. Fancy trying something else?

Well, DietPixie has come up with the best five things Mother Nature has to offer.

Five ways to stop you getting the flu

January 21st, 2008 16:40

hot water bottleAre you one of those people who always gets flu?

Every winter without fail you find yourself coughing and spluttering your way around the house. You've almost finished the box of tissues next to your bed, you could fry and egg on your forehead and your muscles feel like you have done 10 rounds with Ricky Hatton.

Want to be one of those people who never get sick?

You know the kind of smug people I'm talking about. The kind who at the mere hint of someone coming down with a cold in the office never fail to mention that they "never get ill".

Pregnant man, Thomas Beatie, has had the baby

baby, dummy, pacifier, thomas beatie, pregnant man, man baby, man, sex changeAnd if we were a tabloid we’d put man in snarky apostrophes, but we’re just a little bit classier here at DietPixie.

Of course we all know the story. It’s age old. Man meets woman. Falls in love. They decide to have a baby. Man used to be woman until sex change op. Well, partial sex change op. Man still has some of his old womanly bits knocking about. Man carries baby. Goes on Oprah. And now… man has given birth to baby girl.

It’s a beautiful thing.

If only more men gave birth to babies. Maybe then we’d get a bit more bloody understanding about how much it Bloody Hurts. Oh well.

Thomas, 34, was born a lady, but took hormones and had his breasts removed to live as a man. He always hoped to get pregnant one day though, so he kept his female sex organs, telling Oprah it was down to his “human desire” and “right to have my own biological child.”

Some stuffy old squares didn’t agree though, largely the Christian right of America who went flipping apeshit.

His wife Nancy, 45, already has grown-up children and cannot have more biologically after having a hysterectomy.

Look out for exclusive pics in whichever glossy mag has the deepest pockets, very soon.

Picture: Morguefile

Pregnant man, Thomas Beatie, has had the baby

baby, dummy, pacifier, thomas beatie, pregnant man, man baby, man, sex changeAnd if we were a tabloid we’d put man in snarky apostrophes, but we’re just a little bit classier here at DietPixie.

Of course we all know the story. It’s age old. Man meets woman. Falls in love. They decide to have a baby. Man used to be woman until sex change op. Well, partial sex change op. Man still has some of his old womanly bits knocking about. Man carries baby. Goes on Oprah. And now… man has given birth to baby girl.

It’s a beautiful thing.

If only more men gave birth to babies. Maybe then we’d get a bit more bloody understanding about how much it Bloody Hurts. Oh well.

Thomas, 34, was born a lady, but took hormones and had his breasts removed to live as a man. He always hoped to get pregnant one day though, so he kept his female sex organs, telling Oprah it was down to his “human desire” and “right to have my own biological child.”

Some stuffy old squares didn’t agree though, largely the Christian right of America who went flipping apeshit.

His wife Nancy, 45, already has grown-up children and cannot have more biologically after having a hysterectomy.

Look out for exclusive pics in whichever glossy mag has the deepest pockets, very soon.

Picture: Morguefile

Pregnant man, Thomas Beatie, has had the baby

baby, dummy, pacifier, thomas beatie, pregnant man, man baby, man, sex changeAnd if we were a tabloid we’d put man in snarky apostrophes, but we’re just a little bit classier here at DietPixie.

Of course we all know the story. It’s age old. Man meets woman. Falls in love. They decide to have a baby. Man used to be woman until sex change op. Well, partial sex change op. Man still has some of his old womanly bits knocking about. Man carries baby. Goes on Oprah. And now… man has given birth to baby girl.

It’s a beautiful thing.

If only more men gave birth to babies. Maybe then we’d get a bit more bloody understanding about how much it Bloody Hurts. Oh well.

Thomas, 34, was born a lady, but took hormones and had his breasts removed to live as a man. He always hoped to get pregnant one day though, so he kept his female sex organs, telling Oprah it was down to his “human desire” and “right to have my own biological child.”

Some stuffy old squares didn’t agree though, largely the Christian right of America who went flipping apeshit.

His wife Nancy, 45, already has grown-up children and cannot have more biologically after having a hysterectomy.

Look out for exclusive pics in whichever glossy mag has the deepest pockets, very soon.

Picture: Morguefile