Encouraging a healthy microbiome, by consuming prebiotic and probiotic foods, is essential in order for us to maintain good gut health, and so overall health, immunity and wellbeing
I love a chia pudding and this recipe was inspired by many that I have seen online. As usual, I made it and tweaked to suit what I have in my store cupboard!
When it comes to oils, it can be really confusing to know which ones are the healthiest to use. Whether the chat is around smoke points, cholesterol or heart disease, how do we make the best choice. In other words, what oil should I use when I’m cooking?
As I was cleaning up our new pet pooch’s poop this morning (still in training but doing well, fair play to him), he looked up at me with an “I’m so adorable and innocent look”. I couldn’t be annoyed with him…
We all need to have some quick and easy, but nourishing, go-to recipes for mid-week and this is one of mine. I am not sure if it is strictly speaking an omelette or a frittata so I like to call it an omelettata!
I hesitate to call this a recipe for a smoked salmon starter! It is actually more of an assembly, so really fast convenient and yet….looks so pretty!
We are all very aware that we need to avoid burning in the sun in order to reduce the risk of cancer and so sun cream is near the top of the list when we are preparing for hot weather.
Baths are a luxury these days! We simply don’t seem to have time for them, or at least I haven’t anyway. However, recently I have been making an effort to make time to enjoy the relaxing benefits of an epsom salts bath
Medicinal Mushrooms possess therapeutic properties which have been harnessed by cultures around the world for millennia
While we know that it plays a fundamental role in the building of our bones, Calcium’s influence goes far beyond bone health. It plays a vital role in other processes including muscle function, nerve transmission, and even blood clotting. In other words, it helps us to maintain a well-functioning body, in addition to preventing bone diseases.
Our lovely bones support our shape and movement and it would be really great to start to invest in good bone health all through our lives, so that we can remain mobile and strong for as long as possible as we age. Issues with our bones can be a problem for many reasons including poor diet, compromised digestion, or the influence of ageing and declining oestrogen
I was listening to a podcast with Tim Spector recently, who is a professor of genetics and author, and he mentioned that we should eat a variety of 30 plants per week as a good guide to getting a cross section of the nutrients and phytochemicals that we need. It sounds like a lot
While it would be ideal to eat all organic, it isn’t always possible to for loads of reasons. So have you ever wondered how to wash fruit & vegetables…
Have you ever joined the gym in January with the best of intentions, and yet not kept up your exercise routine? I often think that actually March is a better month to start because you are giving yourself a better chance to succeed. Our brain always wants to succeed, so if we are failing at something we often re-focus onto something else and best laid plans fall by the wayside. However, you might wonder why does our digestion need us to move in the first place? Well read on, in case this is the motivation you need to get back on the horse and start over.
I love red or purple (ok purplish red!) cabbage so much and will literally eat it any way – raw, cooked or fermented! All cabbage is great but red has even more antioxidants and nutrients than green.
We all know that everything is better after a good night’s sleep, but it is not always easy to achieve a good 7-9 hours for a multitude of reasons
When it comes to supporting our immune system, people are generally aware that Vitamins C and D are beneficial. You probably know that 70% of your immune system lives in your gut and so you need to take care to balance your microflora (beneficial and harmful bacteria)…
Our bodies have a natural acid/alkaline balance which should be maintained in order to stay healthy. You might remember from science class at school, that a pH of 0 is completely acidic and a pH of 14 is completely alkaline.
Vitamins and minerals must all be broken down in our digestive tract in order to be usable, or bioavailable, to our bodies. This usually entails simply being chewed in our mouth, churned in our stomach (think cement mixer!) and meeting the right enzyme (think...
Magnesium is a naturally occurring mineral found in our blood, bones, tissues and organs (Lipman 2015). It is involved in at least 300 (yes – 300!) biochemical reactions in the human body and it plays a key role in the following functions.