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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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!
A few people were asking about the best sugar to use in Kombucha so I am reposting my blog. Basically, Organic evaporated cane crystals (OECC) is a good alternative to plain cane sugar as it contains no GMOs or pesticides. It is however slightly less digestible than refined cane sugar.
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.
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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 are probably aware of the new advice that we should now be eating 7 fruit and vegetable portions a day, rather than 5: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26818377
… and I reckon a lot of people (especially Mum’s) are wondering how this is possible, especially as a lot of people are probably not even clear as to what a portion actually consists of!
Susan Alexander 