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Nutrition
Campus Feast 2013 – a feast of food start-ups
A couple of days ago I found myself heading for Silicon Roundabout, London's answer to Silicon Valley, at the invitation of no less a person than Google!! The invitation was to visit Campus Feast but I must admit that I went because I thought I was going to get to see the famed …
Kefir news
Despite lots of enquiries about kefir, Gill Jacobs' excellent article and and a nagging guilty conscience, since our kefir grains gave up the ghost a couple of years ago, I have not got round to getting another lot started. However, the matter was taken out of my hands by …
Could Omega 3s solve our mental health crisis?
For those holistic souls who see good nutrition as an essential requirement for both physical and emotional/mental health, it is self-evident that a dearth of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids, DHA and EPA, could affect mental capacity and well being. DHA is, after …
How much sugar do you eat?
Maybe not a lot but, if you are wondering, maybe you should cast your eye over Medical News Today's guideline amounts here. It is all very approximate as they do talk about the amount of sugar in a chocolate chip muffin – what size muffin? what ingredients?.... But it does …