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An interesting weekend

Posted: Thursday, April 25th, 2013

After a great thursday evening start at Green magic Asparagasm I am attending the Functional Medicine Advanced Practice Module entitled, G.I. Restoring Gastrointestinal Equilibrium: Practical Applications for Understanding, Assessing and Treating Gut Dysfunction – It sounds great – I am going to be delving further into the complexeties of IBS, SIBO Gerd and leaky gut and finding [...]

Green magic

Posted: Thursday, April 25th, 2013

I am looking forwards to the Asparagasm green magic evening of fine vegan and gluten free dining tonight in London…. I am offering goodie bags full of supplements and a free green smoothie to try when you arrive. if you’re interested in attending one of these magical evenings in future check out asparagasm.com for details. [...]

The hidden dangers of high fructose corn syrup.

Posted: Thursday, April 11th, 2013

We have always been bought up to believe fruit is good for us – well it is  - to a point but too much can be acidic to the teeth and is well reported by dentists to potentially strip away tooth enamel when eaten in excess but another more sinister link has been made. High [...]

Fishy body odour on Embarrassing bodies tonight.

Posted: Monday, March 18th, 2013

Tonights programme looked at the embarrassing problem of a fish body odour. There can be a couple of possible reasons for this that should be investigated. If it sounds like you it is possible to get a Vaginosis test  - details about the test can be found here. If the problem isn’t just in the [...]

About turn for Ben Goladacre?

Posted: Friday, November 30th, 2012

After years of dismissing the value of complimentary health and the science behind this and natural or pharmaceutical grade supplements Ben Goldacre, columnist from the Guardian appears to have had a bit of a think. Mr Goldacre has written a book called “Bad Pharma”. This book exposes the tricks and bad science that some pharmaceutical [...]

Prunes apparently do not help constipation.

Posted: Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

Well, I think they do and often tell people with constipation to eat them. A panel of European ‘experts’, who have the job of telling European citizens what they can be told about the health benefits of food, have agreed that there was insufficient evidence provided to establish a cause and effect relationship between prunes [...]

School Dinners the Jamie Oliver way

Posted: Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Jamie Oliver is at the forefront of changing the way people think about their food, what it contains and where it comes from and the huge impact it has on people health. Jamie recently chatted to health about his involment  ”Food is personal. What we choose to eat or feed our families every day is the [...]

Switch to poultry and fish for…

Posted: Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Switch to poultry and fish for protein sources instead of red meat to reduce your risk of cancer. Gov’t says only 1 portion a wk of red meat

Struggling to keep weight on then a daily healthy nutritious build up drink may be what you need.

Posted: Monday, February 28th, 2011

If you’ve recently been ill and lost some weight and need to gain it back or if you have difficulty keeping weight on why not opt for the Smart Nutrition build up drink… Blueberry and Avocado Build-up drink Sesame seeds            1 tsp (about 4g) Whole almonds            1 tsp (about 4g) Hemp seeds (shelled)            1 tsp [...]

Stuck for breakfast Ideas?

Posted: Friday, February 18th, 2011

We all know that Breakfast is the most important meal of the day but in my experience many of you say you just are too rushed in the morning either getting ready for work or organising kids and surviving the morning mayhem. So I’ve come up with some easy Breakfast tips to get you inspired [...]