If you find you are eating a bit more unhealthily as the mince pies and chocolates appear, try Kombucha to help ease the stomach.
Kombucha comes from ‘Kombu’s cha’, with Kombu reportedly being a Korean Doctor who used his tea drink to help with a stomach complaint. It reached Russia around the 20th century and became a popular household beverage.
You could even try drinking it instead of wine as it has an almost cider’ish taste to it!
Starting to feel the impact of the colder weather and Xmas festivities?
Try Bee propolis, a natural antibiotic and antiviral! Created from resins that bees collect from tree and plant buds, it is used by bees to sterilise hives due to its great antimicrobial properties.
It has been shown to reinforce immunity, by increasing cellular immune responses and regulating the immune cells responsible for eliminating a specific pathogen, helping with colds & flu and more. Continue reading
The weekend is here so perhaps a great time to hit the crowds and start finding those gifts for friends and family…
However, if that does not rock your boat, why not gift them a lovely homemade lipbalm?
As the first weekend in December approaches, there is a likely chance that some alcohol may be involved as the Christmas festivities commence…
Try drinking coconut water before and after a night out and you will be pleasantly surprised how hydrating it is!
With the Xmas parties about to start and more alcohol being consumed, try having some fresh lemon in water first thing!
Not only will it stimulate the liver and improve detoxification, but it also…. Continue reading
As the festive season kicks off, what better way to warm up than with a glass of mulled wine! Here is a tasty recipe without the high amounts of sugar, but with lots of great flavours!
Happy 1st of December! The festive season is truly here, and it is that time again when healthy eating seems to go out of the window, replaced by tasty temptations coming at you from every corner!
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With the clocks turning back, the nights are going to draw in even quicker, so what better time to hibernate than now! This is a great time to nourish yourself and take some time out for you, whether that be with a good book, a nice warm bath or cooking up some nourishing food. And with Halloween on our doorstep, I thought a great Pumpkin recipe would be just the thing for some inspiration!
Pumpkin is great because not only is it nice and sweet, but it is also high in fibre, low in saturated fats, and one of the richest sources of beta-carotene; giving a whole host of health benefits, as well as it’s lovely orange colour! It is also rich in other vitamins and minerals too, including Vitamin A, E, B vitamins, iron, magnesium and phosphorous.
I love chocolate but anything with too much sugar in it just gives me a massive high followed by a sugar crash, where I just start craving for more!…. with the foggy head to go with it…
By adding more fats and protein, and less sugar, glucose release is slowed so you can enjoy the chocolate and its density, without the highs and lows!
Here is a recipe for some chocolate balls and play around with the quantities to your liking.
The healing power of nature
As a Naturopath, I very much work with the key principle: “The healing power of nature”, which suggests that the body has its own innate ability to heal itself, given the correct conditions.
Living in accordance with nature however, such as eating fresh food; drinking clean water; resting and getting outside into the fresh air and sunshine, is unfortunately no longer the way of life, and instead we are exposed to polluted air and waters, and all sorts of other stresses, suppressing our vital force.
We therefore have to work a lot harder to keep ourselves healthy but nature is still within our reaches, if we look for it, and one way to embrace nature is to use bee propolis!
Susan Alexander 