Welcome December 2024 Festive Fun ! Happy Holidays, Health Warriors! The festive season is upon us, a time of joy, cheer, and…indulgence. We all know the drill: delicious treats, cozy nights in, and a few too many glasses of bubbly. While it’s important to enjoy the festivities, it’s equally important to take care of …
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, …
Isolation and Immunity The current situation has left more people than not, working from home. One of the biggest fears of being isolated at home for many of us is, remaining healthy. How do you keep your immunity high, or can you maybe give it some help? Choices made at this time are vital to our …
Drink 1/Carrot Kick This drink is great for your skin because of the abundance of healing properties, it has Vitamin C and Beta carotene which reduces inflammation and the apple contains collagen, making it great for maintaining that fresh skin look. Ingredients 1 medium sized carrot cut into chunks 1 medium sized apple cored and …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 olive Oil 1 onion chopped 3 garlic cloves chopped 2 celery stalks chopped (organic) 500 g Frozen …