The spud is a great food to fight off colds. Winter is almost here and all types of lurgies and viruses are waiting to make us sick. Now is the time to boost your immune system. Up to 80% of your immune system lives within the gut. So how do you keep a healthy happy…
Don’t Let The Flu Get You Down: Flu Banning Solutions
Fight off the flu using foods that heal Grandma knows best When I was a little girl, tucked in bed sick with a cold, my grandma would make me swallow a teaspoon of raw chopped garlic. She said it would clear my nose and make me feel better. I used to think she was a…
Do You Really Need Pills And Potions to Detox?
Healthy food background. Collection with different slices of fruits and vegetables The shelves of pharmacies are weighed down with bottles and packets of products that tout they can detox your body. But do you really need these pills and potions to keep your body tip top? The truth is your liver is busy detoxifying every…
It All Comes Back To The Gut
Folk wisdom tells us that ‘gut feelings are always right’. This age-old saying just goes to show how crucial a role this organ plays in our health. The gut is a sensory organ and our primary environmental interface. More formally known as the gastrointestinal tract, the gut is responsible for all the functions in our…
Eight Make-Or-Break Health Habits
Food can be an exciting, as well as a creative outlet. I like to think of eating as an experimental adventure. You may not even realise how easy it is to eat healthy food without having to go to the Jamie Oliver school of cookery. New research from the American Journal of Cardiology 2014 says…
Atchoo – Get Zinced to Get Over Colds
Lurking on hand rails and in confined spaces is the dreaded winter cold, waiting to make us miserable. While the cold is often more a nuisance, it seriously hinders our quality of life for a week. This year, instead of reaching for vitamin C to stave off a cold, give zinc a go. Ok…there is…
Combat the cold
When I was a little girl, tucked in bed sick with a cold, my grandma would make me swallow a teaspoon of raw chopped garlic. She said it would clear my nose and make me feel better. I used to think she was a bit nutty. The only thing I felt the garlic kept way…
Flourish philosophy
Where Nutrition Meets Health Hippocrates the father of medicine (460 BC – 370 BC) is famous for saying ‘let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food’. His therapeutic approach was based on ‘the healing power of nature’ and was both humble and passive. Hippocrates believed that the body has the capacity to re-balance…