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When I realised I was low on vitamin C supplements I thought I’d better stock up, particularly as hayfever season is just around the corner. Was I in for a ...

It’s very satisfying when the simple things can give remarkable results. Just as a bowl of soup can turn around a cold, so a hit of aromatherapy can help you...

Since I started using zest of lemons to make homemade lemon tea, I’ve thought it a shame that, apart from its use in baking, we don’t have much use for the s...

Warming ginger drink that's very easy to make.

Several years ago, news came out that taking B12 could help slow down or prevent cognitive decline and, in particular, Alzheimer’s. Since then, B vitamins h...

When news journalists report that the chocolate recipe on Creme Eggs has changed, and that Dairy Milk bars now have rounded corners, it's proof that in the U...

When I was last in Singapore, healthy cafes and restaurants were popping up, as if to combat the craze of delicious Chinese pastry shops that had populated t...

I used to be a closet stock-maker because I was embarrassed to admit that I boiled bones. Making your own stock A.K.A. bone broth has become trendy of late...

For years post Christmas and post Easter I’ve been to the shops where they have a glut of cream and they reduce them to silly prices. Well, I always buy the...

I love attending training courses. It’s a bit like going back to school but there’s no uniform, you wear as much or little make-up as you like, and you can ...

Drinks can be deceptive, none more so than Long Island Iced Tea. I sipped this gently on a lovely summer holiday one year. It tasted like nothing more than...

where muscle meats are concerned, cooking at high heats forms carcinogenic chemicals.

Patrick Holford says that it takes 3 weeks to break an old habit, 6 weeks to form a new habit and 36 to hardwire that habit. To endure those 36 weeks, you e...

Do fat-busting diet pills work? Or are they too good to be true? Every so often, a major pharmaceutical company launches a new diet pill which claims to incr...

Studies have been conducted which show no evidence detoxifying works! That said, there are thousands of people who do go through the regime

It's becoming a bit of a tradition where I make a Christmas gift for clients who visit me in the days leading up to Christmas. This year it was soap! A few...

In ancient China, Chinese women used to hold mandarins in their hands so they would be scented with the essential oils. Slowly cut into an orange peel and y...

I've known for ages that sugar is bad for you. We learnt at school that sugar gives you an energy rush. But eat loads at one time, like from a doughnut or ...

I have an incredibly sweet tooth and this is my 1st attempt at a low-sugar recipe. Read my earlier post on Sugar & Ageing Skin. (If I could get this link w...

In true blog style I should start off by saying that I had a glut of plums but I didn't. I bought these from the supermarket because they were cheap and the...