Those of us who wish to protect our health and that of our families and patients are definitely on a collision course with the 'Big Brother' authorities – multinational pharmaceutical companies, globalization entities such as CODEX, the European Parliament, even UK governmental agencies such as the Food Standards Agency (FSA) which has released a report warning that people could damage their health by overdosing on high dose vitamin pills.

There are few people I speak with who don't consider being afflicted and disabled by a stroke to be one of their worst nightmares. In that momentary cerebral accident, lives change forever, for the victim, their family and their carers. It is certainly one of my worst imagined nightmares – to be paralyzed, perhaps unable to speak, wash, dress, even perform basic toilet functions independently.