Author Archives: Max Tuck

About Max Tuck

Hippocrates Health Educator. Long term living foods vegan. Athlete, lecturer, author of four books (with the 5th coming soon) and firm advocate of healthy living.

Your big vision

Posted on September 2, 2020

From a young age I was a big fan of Lewis Carroll. Indeed, I was delighted to receive “The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll“, a huge tome of a book, from my parents when I was eight years old. Yes, … Continue reading →

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Longevity Part 3

Posted on June 29, 2020

In Part 2 of this blog last month, which you can access here, I focused on some nutrients that have been shown to be helpful in boosting telomerase activity, to lengthen those little end bits of your chromosomes, thereby boosting … Continue reading →

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Longevity Part 2

Posted on May 31, 2020

What happened to Part 1? I wrote a longevity blog in 2013 which you can access here. Further research has allowed me to elaborate on this, so here I bring you Part 2, with Part 3 to come next month. … Continue reading →

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5 important ways to keep your vitamin D levels high

Posted on April 26, 2020

Before launching in to this vital topic, let’s think about why we might want to maintain optimal levels of D3, the active form of vitamin D, in our bodies. Vitamin D is involved in keeping the immune system healthy and … Continue reading →

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Help – we’re in lockdown! What can we do?

Posted on March 28, 2020

We are currently living in unique times, and people might be wondering where all this is going and if everything will be OK eventually. Many will be wanting to keep some semblance of normality, and for good reason. Studies have … Continue reading →

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Why are we still churning out the same outdated dogma?

Posted on February 2, 2020

Even before I read it, I had the feeling that the article would annoy me. Featured in the January issue of Platinum magazine, it was called The Bare Bones. Would they be serving up the usual outdated and inaccurate information … Continue reading →

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Please don’t do it!

Posted on December 29, 2019

They’re everywhere, aren’t they? Catchy, attention-grabbing headlines such as “lose weight for good”, “try our 10-day “shred” to get in the shape of your life”… all the usual stuff to create guilt after an overindulgent holiday season. Look more closely … Continue reading →

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Getting Back to 100% Hippocrates

Posted on November 3, 2019

It’s been going on for a few weeks now. You know, that niggling feeling that something’s not quite right. That you don’t feel quite as good as you could. That maybe, dare I say it, you might have deviated too … Continue reading →

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The Path of Most Resistance

Posted on October 1, 2019

Compared with many people, I have had a pretty easy life, and looking back I have made the most of the many opportunities that came my way. However, as I describe in my book The Fatigue Solution,  I was often … Continue reading →

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Oestrogen (Estrogen) Dominance

Posted on August 31, 2019

One of the growing concerns over our hormonal health in recent years has come from the many conditions that are all closely related to oestrogen dominance in both sexes, leaving us immunologically susceptible to such conditions as Syndrome X, diabetes … Continue reading →

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