It is a long held belief of holistic and complementary therapists that we have lost touch with our bodies – we do not hear what they are trying to tell us, we can no longer decode the signals – and that until we relearn that language, we will never enjoy 'positive' good health. …
Allergies
‘Food allergies in children over-diagnosed’
Oh dear, here we go again... The old chestnut. 'Over 40% of the population believe they have food allergies but in fact less than 5% do so the other 35% are unnecessarily restricting their diets and may be making themselves ill by not eating sufficient nutrients. This is …
Childcare – and hugging your non-allergic child
On the radio this morning I heard an interview with Dr Aric Sigman, a fellow of the Society of Biology, who has been looking at the cortisol levels (stress hormone) in infants and toddlers in day care as opposed to those cared for at home. He found that the levels are higher in …
Listening to your food
I read an interview last week with a cook (sorry, name escapes me...) who had, temporarily, thank goodness, lost her sense of smell. She commented on how sharpened her other 'cooking' senses had become while she was smell-less – including her hearing. Having initially raised …
Mill your own g-f flour, green smoothies for acne and shaving off your moustache to improve your hay fever….
Apologies for today's furious flurry of blogs! It is just that between website refurbishment and 'failing to connect with our database' we seem to have been either off air or too-busy-to-blog for weeks. So this is catch up Friday – and I will squeeze my last three bookmarked …