CINNAMON IS GOOD FOR YOU. It’s that time of year. From now on you can pretty much guarantee to get more cinnamon than you get at any other time of the year. Along with cloves, nutmeg and ginger, it’s found in mince pies, Christmas pudding, mulled wine spice, and Stollen. These are all spices […]
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Rose Hip syrup
I went for a walk this morning, not really for exercise, but more a wander along in the sun and eat blackberries sort of a walk. In the hedges at the moment are rose hips, elderberries, blackberries, sloes and damsons, all edible and can be used in preserves. Rose hips were used to make vitamin C […]
Everyday Naturopathy
Everyday Naturopathy What’s Naturopathy? With its origins in Nature Cure, Naturopathy is underpinned by the principle of the healing power of nature, vis medicatrix naturae. The principle was first outlined by the Greek philosopher Hippocrates in about 400 BC. Hippocrates taught that the whole person should be looked at and the laws of […]
What does the thought of Christmas do to you?
How do you feel about the holiday season looming ahead? Dread, happiness, a mixture of the two? The average person puts on half a stone over Christmas and takes three months to lose it. So we need a strategy to deal with the challenges. Eat the good food; turkey, vegetables, gravy, what’s the problem? And […]
New series of posts on healthy Christmas foods
Avoid the after-Christmas anguish and follow our blog posts for stay trim- and- fit advice. Party pitfalls Stay in control, you’re in charge
