Medical information
Last updated 27 October 2026
Who writes the content
The content of this website is written by Dr Dmitrijs Sokolovs, a registered medical practitioner in the United Kingdom (GMC 7055978). Qualifications and current roles are listed on the About page, with the Disclosures.
Education, not personal medical advice
The articles, digital products, newsletter and group sessions are general education, based on the published evidence they cite.
They are not personal medical advice. Any recommendation in them – of a habit, test, product or supplement – is general, not specific to any person or condition, and does not mean it is safe, suitable or effective for you. Reading the website, emailing, buying and using a digital product, attending a call or a group session does not create a doctor–patient relationship.
Decisions about investigations, medicines or treatment belong with your own doctor or clinician, who knows your history. Never disregard professional medical advice, or delay seeking it, because of something you have read here.
Structured lifestyle coaching
Structured lifestyle coaching is offered to people living outside the United Kingdom. It does not include diagnosis, prescribing or treatment.
Investigations and any specialist consultations are arranged and paid for by you, with your own doctors, who give the primary interpretation of the results and make the decisions that stem from it.
Coaching offers additional interpretation, education, structure and accountability, and works alongside your own medical care, not instead of it.
The Private Medical Advisory
The Private Medical Advisory is a medical service for UK residents, whose registration with Healthcare Improvement Scotland is pending. It is not accepting clients, and no medical service is offered on this website at present.
No medical advice is given by email or calls outside the Private Medical Advisory.
Urgent or emergency care
Nothing on this website, in the newsletter or by email is designed to manage urgent medical matters.
- In an emergency, call 999 in the United Kingdom, 112 in the European Union, or your local emergency number.
- For urgent advice in the United Kingdom: NHS 24 on 111 in Scotland; NHS 111 in England and Wales; in Northern Ireland, your GP or GP out-of-hours service.
- Outside the United Kingdom, contact your local doctor or health service.
Exercise, nutrition and supplements
Changes to exercise, diet or evidence-based supplementation can affect health conditions and medicines.
If you take medication for diabetes, these changes may improve your insulin sensitivity, and you may need more frequent glucose monitoring and dose adjustment.
If you have or develop symptoms such as chest pain, breathlessness, palpitations or fainting, or have a heart, lung or metabolic condition, seek medical advice before starting new or harder exercise or other lifestyle interventions.
Supplements and medicines are discussed for education only; agree any decision to start or stop them with your own clinician.