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George Henderson

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George Henderson @puddleg is a legendary songwriter who has formed, played, and recorded with bands including The Puddle. After correcting various self-induced health problems including those most characteristic of that occupation, he now researches diet and lifestyle diseases at AUT and lives peaceably in the mountains of Auckland. George was born in Edinburgh in 1958.

Book of the Week: the new rapid weight-loss bible, The Fast 800

Book of the Week: the new rapid weight-loss bible, The Fast 800

AUT diet researcher George Henderson beholds the new weight-loss bible by 5:2 diet superstar Dr Michael Mosley - and declares it a triumph, with its "relaxed, considered, co-operative, mindful, repeatable, and hopefully enjoyable approach."

By George Henderson | 31st January, 2019

MOUNT CLEMENS, MI – 1969: The rock group MC5 (L-R Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson, Wayne Kramer, Fred “Sonic” Smith and Rob Tyner) perform live in 1969 in Mount Clemens, Michigan. (Photo by Leni Sinclair/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)

Kick out the jams one more time, motherfucker

George Henderson reviews a rock memoir by Wayne Kramer, leader of the MC5, a 60s band who advocated "Dope, rock and roll, and fucking in the street."

By George Henderson | 15th January, 2019

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Book of the Week: Let us now ask serious questions about the limited good and many evils of milk

George Henderson gets to grips with the subject of New Zealand's white, lucrative, environmentally disastrous gold: milk.

By George Henderson | 14th June, 2018

Some meat

Let us now eat meat and fat for a longer life

"There is nothing more miserable, pointless, expensive and anxiety-provoking than going through life worrying that some food you ate will give you cancer," writes George Henderson, in his review of a new study which considers the food we eat, and what it's doing to our bodies.

By George Henderson | 26th April, 2018