A Momentary Pause Before Ploughing in This Festive Time
Christmas is coming?.and we?re all getting fat ? unless we choose not to!..... I am not being all bah humbug…
Head Cheese Anyone?
Head cheese (yum!), otherwise known as brawn, is a terrine traditionally made with scraps of meat from animals such as…
Managing Your Body’s Inflammation
I recently had the very great pleasure of recording a podcast with the author and science journalist Maria Borelius. Her…
Carbs Are Not The Answer
Thank you to the very lovely Polly of msmugs.com for my gift of this fabulous mug. Indeed, carbs are not…
The ABC of Omega 3
A lot of questions have come in lately about the essential fatty acid omega 3 and how to ensure we…
Mind Your Oats!
Whenever I mention in my health talks that oats aren?t ?all that?, people are often shocked and horrified. ?But oats…
New Year, Same You?…..
A new year and as usual a mad frenzy of media, TV and articles on the latest must-do extreme diets;…
My sister’s zucchini bread – scrumptious!
With Easter weekend upon us, I had some time to bake. I NEVER bake. Largely because I choose not to…
Alcohol – how bad is it for health?
I am often asked ?which alcohol is best? or ?how much alcohol is ok?. Well, neither of these questions, as…
Why you should be including purple super-foods in your diet
Guest Article: In the world of fruit and vegetables, there is a definite hierarchy of popularity which determines what exactly…
Super Slimmers – Did they keep the weight off?….
On Tuesday February 14th 2017, channel 4 aired a television programme looking at people who had lost a lot of…
The magical powers of black seed oil
My current favourite health tip is Black Seed Oil. I was recently given some freshly cold pressed, organic oil from…
Forget the diets, focus on the joy of getting healthy
Of course this is the time for dieting, new regimes, promises of no more of this and must have less…
The joy of nuts!
As Christmas approaches, the supermarkets and farmers markets are full of in-shell nuts. In shell as opposed to shelled are…
Why LDL cholesterol is only bad once it meets sugar
As the cholesterol confusion persists, I wanted to give a brief, simple explanation of what is good and what is…
