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Avoid weight gain, feeling bloated & sluggish during the Festive Season!
Top Tips for a healthy festive season: Office parties, family gatherings & celebrations with friends can play havoc with healthy intentions. Over indulgence of party foods & alcohol can cause bloating, indigestion, weight gain, and feeling sluggish. So, here’s how to stay healthy & enjoy the festive season! Never go out feeling hungry: Enjoy a …
Read MoreKick start your child’s academic year
As a Granny and former GP Nurse – I believe that strong immunity and good energy is the best gift we can give our children. A healthy diet is essential to help our children achieve their potential – however, sometimes life just gets busy and what – ever our good intention it’s just not enough.…
Read MoreTop tips for a healthy holiday
Top tips for a healthy holiday Getting packed and ready to go! By the time holiday time comes around, most of us are tired and exhausted. Tying up all those ends at work and at home; leaving pets and dependant relatives, as well as packing can make going on holiday even more exhausting and stressful!…
Read MoreFight off Winter Blues
Fight off Winter blues! Are cold and darker days bringing on the Winter Blues? Embrace the seasons and be grateful for all that winter brings. Take time to rest, sleep longer and appreciate the warmth and comfort of home. Relax indoors with warming colours, textures, candle light and log fires. Nourish yourself with warming winter…
Read MoreWarming spices to keep out the cold!
It’s that lovely Autumnal time of year again – time to add warming spices to cooking to help you to stay warm on the inside, increase metabolism, and help you to stay a healthy weight. Cooking with warming spices will naturally keep your gut healthy and support digestion. My favorite winter warming spices are: Cinnamon…
Read MoreAre cravings making you anxious about your weight?
Are cravings making you anxious about what you eat and are you struggling with your New Year Diet Plans? Are you getting afternoon energy dips? Are you finding it difficult to eat healthy? Would you like to let go of negative feelings for good? You are not alone – every day stress and easy access to…
Read MoreAre you looking for IBS treatment?
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, late Summer is associated with the EARTH element. So, as I enjoy the yellow colours of the country side, ripening fruit on hedgerows and smell the earth as fields are ploughed, I understand the wisdom of those ancient Chinese sages. In TCM the EARTH element is related to digestion, which must be…
Read MoreDo you feel guilty for looking after yourself?
Do you feel guilty or selfish when you take time out or spend money on yourself? Do you feel that you are on constant ‘red alert’ answering to the demands of others. Do you feel overloaded with work or business or giving time and energy to the demands of family and friends. The fast lives that many…
Read MoreTime to up the exercise!
Wow – it’s almost Summer Solstice – the days are long & I can feel my energy is rising – so I’m making the most of all the extra day light and getting lots of exercise out doors….cycling- walking – running – enjoying any out door sport is so good for us. I ‘m feeling…
Read MoreSummer Foods
Asparagus – my favourite food is now abundant locally – not only is it better nutritionally to to buy local seasonal food – it is so much better for the environment. So, make the most of the short asparagus season – it is a rich source of folic acid – so important in pregnancy and for…
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