Or do they? How do you define who or what a winner is? We think this entire table are winners: nutritionists, naturopaths, oncology specialists, charity chief executives, holistic dentists, volunteers and their partners. Here’s Denise, along with her fellow dinner guests at the Yes to Life Gala Dinner at Kew Gardens in London last week. As the charity’s founder shared ‘So much altruism in the room’. There was, it was palpable – and we won the Community Partner award!
Roland Garros’s winner gave us a 42 second perspective on what a winner looks like to him:
Denise’s week ended on another high; watching this young man bounce around a stage in the centre of the Olympique de Marseille football stadium in front of 70K fans. Ed Sheeran’s 2021 hit ‘Bad habits’ seems to have morphed into good ones. He has become a proponent of exercise, good sleep, improving your diet and improving your work/life balance. And boy, those 3 hours on-stage showed the benefits to all of us.
Maybe not who they’re pretending to be?
It’s that time of the year. The Environmental Working Group have recently published their Clean Fifteen and Dirty Dozen Guides.
Winners first:
Clean Fifteen 2025: Pineapple, Sweetcorn, Avocado, Papaya, Onion, Sweet Peas, Asparagus, Cabbage, Watermelon, Cauliflower, Bananas, Mangos, Carrots, Mushrooms and Kiwi. ‘These 15 items had the lowest amounts of pesticide residues, according to EWG’s analysis of the most recent USDA data.’
Dirty Dozen 2025: Spinach, Strawberries, Kale (Collard and Mustard Greens), Peaches, Cherries, Nectarines, Pears, Apples, Blackberries, Blueberries and Potatoes. ‘Of the 47 items included in our analysis, these 12 fruits and vegetables were most contaminated with pesticides’
Our ‘rule of thumb’ is that if it has a skin on that you remove before eating it seems to be less pesticide ridden.
Talking of pesticides… They’re in our air, our water – and it seems even more so when you live near a golf course, as this recently published 20+ year research shows.
No winners here.
Dr Ray Dorsey, Professor of Neurology at Rochester University in the States is a Parkinson’s expert. Here he shares more about the links between pesticides and dementia:
A couple of memes that made us smile this week:
Summer may have arrived here in the northern hemisphere, but this comforting dish was spot on: Vegan moussaka made with some of the glut of aubergines currently available. Batch baking as usual; one for us, another for Sunday’s church lunch. Why do these things always taste better when reheated? A definite winner.
Nature is showing off in the sunshine too; this jasmine has invaded an outhouse and is the best indoor fragrance ‘money didn’t have to buy’. No toxic additives here.
A definite winner.
What it means to be a true winner in this game of life from coach Simon Alexander Ong.
Last week may have seen us receive our first award – it won’t be our last.
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