LTN’s = Greenwashing? 31 May 2023|Health, Nutrition, Recipes, Sustainability, Testimonials Low Traffic Neighbourhoods ‘The Department for Transport said it could give no evidence that low-traffic neighbourhoods reduced the number of miles driven’ says an article in the UK’s Times newspaper last week. ‘An official responsible for the schemes, known as LTNs, which ministers present as…… Continue reading LTN’s = Greenwashing?
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Denise Stevenson founded the health and wellness charity Double-zero.org in 2021 after healing from stage 3 breast cancer at (5-zero) and realising there was no one source to access the wealth of resources that had guided her back to health without the mastectomy her oncologist said was a certainty. Denise is a church founder and president, author and local councillor. She's English-born and has French nationality after living there with her husband and 3 girls for the past 20 years.
Sleep. Exercise. Diet.
Sleep. Exercise. Diet. 22 May 2023|Health, Nutrition, Recipes, Sustainability ‘Stop treating your health as a side hustle’ Sleep, exercise and diet are what Simon considers the cornerstone habits of good health. And he found that it was only AFTER focusing on these three areas that he could begin to transform his own life. Thinking our site could…… Continue reading Sleep. Exercise. Diet.
Still Hungry? Or Just Enjoying Eating?
Still Hungry, Or Just Enjoying Eating? 11 May 2023|Health, Nutrition, Recipes, Sustainability Michael Pollan, he of those 7 famous words: ‘Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants’ joins the crusade against UPF’s (Ultra processed foods) in this fascinating interview with Lewis Howes (The School of Greatness). During the interview Michael poses a question we…… Continue reading Still Hungry? Or Just Enjoying Eating?
Love Is Thicker Than Icecream
Love is Thicker than Icecream 3 May 2023|Health, Nutrition, Recipes, Research papers, Sustainability, Testimonials https://www.youtube.com/embed/s47uAMakba0 When your grandfather founds the world’s largest ice-cream speciality shops on the planet (Baskin Robbins), how does it work when his only son decides to not eat sugar and processed food? Not easily… Here’s the grandson’s first TED Talk -…… Continue reading Love Is Thicker Than Icecream
‘Apeeling?’
‘Apeeling?’ 26 April 2023|Health, Nutrition, Recipes, Research papers, Sustainability Lots of talk about the Apeel food coating which seems to have hit the UK stores and has been in US ones for a while now. What is it? Is it safe? Great website, re-assuring and very slick. Who wouldn’t endorse less food waste? https://www.youtube.com/embed/IBrIpmCuoXU Many…… Continue reading ‘Apeeling?’
Happy 80th Little Prince
Happy 80th Little Prince 12 April 2023|Health, Nutrition, Research papers, Sustainability A small space traveller who inspires us to live well and to take care of that which we hold dear is 80 years young this year. It’s Springtime; season of new growth. This little man took great care of his home in this french…… Continue reading Happy 80th Little Prince
Anhedonia
Anhedonia 3 April 2023|Health, Nutrition, Recipes, Research papers, Sustainability ‘Losing the ability to get pleasure from things you used to enjoy’ From the Greek. In The Times newspaper last week it was described as ‘this grey space between happiness and despair where most of us live’, ie the antithesis of hedonism. Is that you? It…… Continue reading Anhedonia
Culture or Codeine
Culture or Codeine 27 March 2023|Health, Nutrition, Recipes, Research papers, Testimonials The number of antidepressant prescriptions is soaring More than 8M of them last year in the UK alone – an 8% increase since 2019. 23% of women, 12% of men take them. Worryingly 2/3 have been taking them for more than a year. What…… Continue reading Culture or Codeine
Live Long and Prosper
Live Long and Prosper 20 March 2023|Health, Nutrition, Recipes, Testimonials Captain Kirk is 92 this week – boy has he taken this famous Star Trek line seriously… ‘Don’t die. That’s it; that’s the secret, simply keep living and try not to slow down.’ he says. And that is exactly how William Shatner lives his life:…… Continue reading Live Long and Prosper
Diets Don’t Work
Diets Don’t Work 13 March 2023|Health, Nutrition, Recipes, Research papers Why do people fail to change? As one of the comments on this YouTube video shares: ‘The battle hasn’t been not knowing what to do to improve myself it’s been not knowing WHY I refuse to do it.’ Fascinating. Shahroo Izadi knows her stuff. She’s a…… Continue reading Diets Don’t Work