Stay Healthy Over Christmas: Tips that Actually Work!
Tis the time of Christmas cheer for most of us in the Western World. This usually translates into social engagements such as Christmas drinks, office parties, local get-togethers and family gatherings with the aftermath of uncomfortable symptoms from overeating and drinking including brain fog, wind and bloating, to name a few. The weather doesn’t help […]
How to Boost your Immunity, Naturally
With the advent of central heating, hot water and food abundance, modern man has forgotten how to protect the immune system effectively from seasonal bugs including coughs, colds and flu. Watch my video here! How did our ancestors survive? With this question, I am not suggesting for one minute that we all go […]
A DAY AT WELEDA – “COMMITTED TO THE WELL-BEING OF OUR PLANET, OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR PEOPLE”
This year the Herb Society AGM was held at Weleda, who sponsored the entire event. Weleda describes itself as a “unique organisation – economically thriving, kind at heart and committed to the well-being of our planet, our environment and our people.” The weather was perfect and the meeting was held in the terrace conference […]
Why we are Addicted to Prescription Drugs
Some will say the recent news about addiction to prescription drugs is already “old”. But when compared to Brexit, this is certainly not the case! The headlines I’m referring to include “Hundreds of thousands of people in England are getting hooked on prescription drugs, health chiefs fear.” Watch my video on this topic here: […]
“Al Desko” Dining – Does your working day eat into your lunch break?
As with most things in the UK around working hours and conditions there is legislation that dictates the amount of hours worked in relation to the time allocated and legally allowed for a break. I would suggest that most companies are not only aware of this, but also follow the legislation, explaining to employees the […]
Are You Drinking Enough Water?
Having just returned from a holiday in Europe where temperatures were between 30-35 degrees C practically every day, hydration is in the forefront of my mind. Naturally we drink more liquid when the weather is hot and we are perspiring. However, this does not mean that we do not need liquid during the cooler and […]
Death Begins in the Colon
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov was a Ukrainian and Russian pathologist best known for his pioneering research in immunology. Known as the Father of Orthobiosis theory and Probiotics, he was credited in 1882 with the discovery of phagocytes, which came to be known as the major defence mechanism in innate immunity. No less than 75% of the […]
Anxiety Got You Down?
Anxiety is something that is creeping into our society on a much more regular basis. Some sufferers find it completely debilitating and as a result are not able to leave their homes for fear of an attack. For others, it is the leaving of their homes that causes the anxiety in the first place. On […]
Why You Need Antioxidants
The importance and power of antioxidants that have the ability to boost our immune system and thus general health, is huge. Antioxidants combat free radicals caused by a diet rich in additives, stress, exposure to electronic magnetic radiation and pollutants in the air and water. What are antioxidants? Antioxidants are compounds that inhibit oxidation. […]
How to Ease into Menopause
It is wonderful and very good news that the BBC has been featuring menopause in a week long feature called “Wake up to Menopause”, including identifying symptoms, typical treatments as well as experiences from individual women of all ages, on last week’s breakfast TV. As a naturopath, herbalist and kinesiologist I look at menopause as […]