We have all heard the catch phrases of ‘wellness’ realms by now; the superfood claims, the quick fixes, the magical sexy new lifestyle regimes that claim, ‘you don’t realise how sick you feel until you feel better’ the ‘alkalising of the body’ and the ‘detoxing’. Pioneered by the queens of ‘wellness’ such as Gwyneth Paltrow […]
Author: Phoebe
Spiced Apple Baked Oatmeal
This stewed apple spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, topped with oats and sweetened with maple syrup and date sugar is a delicious alternative to porridge in these chilly months. The best thing is you can make it in advance in muffin cases and reheat them in the morning for a quick weekday breakfast. You will […]
Why we are leaving Juice Plus in 2020
Due to the lack of regulation in the supplement industry, the kind of ‘supplements’ and products that are available to consumers can vary so broadly from some that I think are super helpful and beneficial to some that are totally unnecessary and some potentially even harmful. But how would you know the difference? There is […]
Navigating Alternative Milk – for you and your Toddler
NOTICE: Breastfeeding is the gold standard in infant feeding and recommended exclusively for the first six months of life, and then alongside complementary feeding until a year old. This article is aimed at parents with babies and toddlers over the age of one year. I was pleasantly surprised and amused when I looked on the […]
Beating that after lunch slump at work
We don’t call it the graveyard slot for no reason, presenting to a room or running a meeting after lunch always feels like an uphill struggle, laden with coffee and cold caffeinated drinks to keep everyone alert. So why is it a given that you’re going to be barely functioning between the hours of 1 […]
Warming Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup
Most food and recipe blogs will start off with a long introduction about how the idea for the recipe came to them, how they developed it and why they love it etc… whilst there is nothing wrong with this at all, and I’m sure dozens upon dozens of people enjoy reading cosy descriptions about evenings […]
The amazing science and nature of breastmilk
The importance of breastfeeding has been catapulted into the spotlight in the last few years, the role of breastmilk in nourishing and supporting infants through their first fragile years of life still is not fully understood and we are learning more about its importance every day with more research. Something on the cutting edge of […]
Omega 3 and Omega 6: Part 1
As you have probably gathered from the previous two posts: I try to keep up to date and write articles about things that people ask me a lot about in everyday conversation that I find myself in. One of the topics that comes up, again and again, is omega fatty acids. There is a lot […]
Sugar and Fibre: Carbohydrates
One question that I seem to get asked again and again is the carb and sugar question. That carbohydrates are our mortal enemy and should be avoided at all costs. This is not strictly true and the true answer to this question can be found by considering a few things… When you say ‘carbs’, I’m […]
Probiotics: Dietary Sources
In each of us, there is a microbiome – a diverse ecosystem of ‘friendly’ bacteria which work alongside each other and our gut. Our predecessors (hunter-gatherers and sustenance farmer humans) may have had far more diverse gut bacteria than us modern humans due to their exposure to soil which housed beneficial bacteria (and much less […]