Dealing with those wee beasties
It is believed that around 70% of us could have a fungal and / or a parasite issue in our digestive system. This often occurs over a period of time, but usually because of long term stress, bad eating and drinking habits, drug use (both legal and illegal), especially...
What’s all this tapping about?
For those of you that haven't really come across EFT/Tapping before or haven't got the foggiest what it is I thought I'd put together a blog to explain this amazing tool you could all easily learn to use. This is the official definition for Emotional Freedom Technique...
Raw Vegan Lemon & Blueberry Layered Cheesecake
Crust 1 cup pecans or macadamia nuts 1/2 cup walnuts 1/2 cup dates (pressed down) 1/4 cup desiccated coconut ¼ tsp of Himalayan salt Lemon Cheesecake layer 2 cups cashews (soaked for 2-4 hours and then drained) 3/4 cup lemon juice 2 tbs lemon zest (are unwaxed,...
Sane New World – Taming the Mind
Last week I had the pleasure of attending Ruby Wax's show Sane New World at this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival. I wasn't sure what to expect as I knew the show was to cover the topic of depression but I also hoped for some of Ruby's sense of humour thrown in for...
Delicious Raw Marinated Vegetable Salad
Here's a great way to serve raw veggies for maximum nutrient and enzymes levels. Enzymes are essential for good health and are lost when we cook our food. The more raw food you consume the more enzymes and nutrients you will absorb from your food. If you swap one...
Top Tips for Detoxing the Body
It's really important when detoxing in any way to support the body as much as possible. Failure to do this could mean you absorbing many of the toxins you have released during a detox back into the body again. Quick-fix detoxes generally allow this to happen. If...
Gratitude is the best Attitude
One of my first experiences of gratitude really turning my life around was when I was very ill with ME/CFS. I couldn’t leave my bed most of the time let alone the house. I became very lonely, isolated, and quite negative and was starting to get very depressed...
Kombucha Probiotic Tea
Kombucha is a 2000 year old fermented probiotic tea. It's beneficial to digestive health, helping to balance the good and the bad bacteria within the gut. It helps the body to lessen it's toxic load by supporting the liver and boasting the immune system. It is also...
The Plastic Free July Challenge
The 1st of July means the start of Plastic Free July. This gives us all a great excuse to try and reduce our plastic usage. But why should we do this? Well, plastics are not only incredibly toxic to our environment but also to our own health. I recently wrote an...
How I Learned to Love to Blog
A year ago today, on 29th June 2013 I posted my first ever blog! In homage to that first blog and what I have learnt as an unlikely blogger in this last year I have decided to share my thoughts and feelings about the journey. I never thought I'd be a blogger, never...
Nice and Simple Sourdough Recipe
The Benefits of Sourdough: Due to the natural yeasts and bacteria in the sourdough starter and amount of time the bread dough it is allowed to rise for it means that any gluten in the dough are eaten up. During this process the starches are predigested which means...
Healthy Travel Tips
As you might have guessed I try to be as healthy as possible and this can sometimes prove difficult when you're on the go. So I decided to put together a list of my top tips for healthy travel. 1. Buy a camping cutlery set. I take mine everywhere I go, this means I...
Free-from Pineapple and Orange Cake: Dairy, gluten, sugar and yeast free
I fancied a little treat today, so along came the free-from pineapple and orange cake! I find a lot of free-from foods are packed full of processed sugars and trans fats, so are actually not very good for you. What makes this cake so good is that although it has some...
Good Vibrations
Here's an excellent and thought provoking article by Bruce Lipton! His book The Biology of Belief helped me with my own recovery from ME/CFS.
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