I woke in the night so thirsty that my throat was on fire. Stumbling out of bed, I felt like the little mermaid in Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy tales — as though I were walking on knives. I was only 42, but I felt crippled as I stumbled to the kitchen just across th...

Take off your shoes and dance barefoot on the earth!

Recent studies show that doing this for as little as 30 minutes a day can radically improve your health.

Why do we feel energised by walking barefoot on the sand by the sea? Or padding on soft green turf?

Blood supply t...