As any regular reader of this blog will know - I am besotted with coconut oil. I spread it on my bread, I cook with it, I use it to clean my face – and of course, I use it to ward off Alzheimer's disease. (For those of you who do not know about the link between medium chain …
Junk food addiction
Over indulgence in junk food is widely blamed for the epidemic of obesity that has swept over the Western-eating world, but many would also hold it responsible for the equally massive rise in food sensitivities and related digestive, skin, respiratory and behavioural …
2013 FreeFrom Skincare Awards shortlist – bathing in beauty balms!
A very small selection of the 200+ products that were entered into this year's FreeFrom Skincare Awards – and which we spent two very long, balm-filled and fragrant days judging last week. By the end of day two my right arm had been 'polished' (with the aid of salt, sugar and nut …
Pasta and greens…..
This scarcely counts as as recipe but is so delicious that I feel that I have to share..... Through one of those muddles which happen every now and then to everyone who orders on line, I ended up last week with an amazing quantity of fascinatingly different greens in my Farm …
The glass-half-full approach to a restricted diet
A few days ago I got a panic-stricken email from a lady who had just been diagnosed with a salicylate intolerance. She had been looking at a clutch of websites that listed all the foods that contained salicylates. There was nothing left that she could eat! A salicylate …