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Olé – Cactus Saves the Day! 22 June 2023|Health, Nutrition, Recipes, Research papers, Sustainability What do Givenchy, Mercedes Benz, Adidas and H&M have in common?   They’ve all collaborated with these two….  Who knew? https://www.youtube.com/embed/x4sGOYbHoXo Leather comes from cows (we know this), cows have a huge environmental impact (widely acknowledged), here’s one of many new, environmentally sound alternatives.…… Continue reading Olé – Cactus Saves The Day!

De-prescription Begins 14 June 2023|Health, Nutrition, Recipes, Research papers, Sustainability Too Many People Take Too Many Pills Is a recent article’s headline in The Economist:  ‘Doctors, nurses and pharmacists are setting up de-prescribing networks to try to spread the word’.  ‘Evidence supporting de-prescription is starting to build’ it says. Here’s an old (2014), but equally damning article…… Continue reading De-prescription Begins

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?

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? 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 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?’ 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 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 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 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