Child Health

When it’s cold we ………..

When the weather gets cold, we wrap up warm and take the necessary precautions.   More and more people suffer with health problems at this time of year, more colds, more viruses, more infections on the chest and all lasting longer.  Some other “NORMAL” winter symptoms are…… Dry itchy skin /lack of lustre hair/brittle nails, …

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SOFT FOOD DIET

Who is this diet for? This diet is for anyone who has recently had surgery and has been advised to follow a soft food diet. Cancer treatment Chemotherapy and radiotherapy can make the digestive tract sore and inflamed, this is known as mucositis. If someone is experiencing mucositis, they might benefit from a soft food …

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Banana Bread

RECIPE OF THE WEEK I often get asked which bread is the better of the ones available in supermarkets. It’s a tough question, everyone has different needs and tastes. All you really need in most recipes to make bread is flour, water, yeast, salt. Breads these days have long and complicated ingredients lists. These extra ingredients are …

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12 Easy days of fitmas

On the first day of Christmas  Try your turkey/meat with low salt organic gravy Walk 8000 steps that day after dinner or before. On the second day of Christmas  2 fillets of oily fish walk 9000 steps and fast until lunchtime On the third day of Christmas  3 portions of fruit (with protein to lower …

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Shakshuka

Shakshuka The word shakshuka comes from Arabic, meaning, “a haphazard mixture” or “all mixed up.” This is actually a North African dish traditionally, the traditional shakshuka dish would have used chopped tomatoes though and not lentils. You can use red or green lentils. This dish is incredibly tasty, packed full of healthy ingredients and can be …

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What diet is right for you?

What diet is the right diet for you?   Have you tried various diets and found they either do not work or they work while on them then the weight that you lost previously goes back on and some more on top! Frustrating! Are you at the point that you have told yourself that nothing …

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Power House Pea Soup

Pea soup       This Pea power house tastes amazing,  I may be slightly biased as I made it, but if my children ate it,  it must be good.   See what you think. Ingredients 1 Tbsp Coconut Oil 1 onion chopped 3 garlic cloves chopped 2 celery stalks chopped (organic) 500 g Frozen …

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Fuelling your four hats

Fuelling your four hats. When I talk about hats, I mean the different hats we all wear on a daily basis, let me explain… I personally have four hats, some people may have more, some have less and the best part is everyone is different. We are all the same person under these hats, but …

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How quickly do you feel angry?

Getting angry is a secondary emotional response to many life situations, it is how we deal with this emotion that affects us. It is often called a secondary emotion because we tend to resort to anger in order to protect ourselves from or cover up other vulnerable feelings. “It is not the action but the …

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