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3rd May 2021

What’s in Season in May?

I remember growing up in Honduras and Malaysia, and tasting the fragrant mangos that fell off the trees, and being horribly disappointed when I came to school in England and spent my pocket money at the village supermarket on a single, precious mango. The mango variety you usually find in the supermarket is popular because …
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4th February 2018

The Low-Down on Oxalates and Low Oxalate Diets

How Oxalates Can Affect You Limiting oxalates in the diet can be very beneficial if you suffer from inflammatory conditions, autoimmune conditions or if you are minerally depleted.   High oxalates have also been linked with autism.  Symptoms of high oxalates include pain, burning, fatigue, muscle aches, foggy brain, frequent urination and kidney stones.  The thyroid will also suffer …
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21st January 2018

My top ten favourite adaptogens for optimal health

All adaptogenic herbs help to increase the body’s resistance to stress but some of these have specific individual quirks that make them a bit special so I’ve singled out some of my favourite adaptogens to create a top ten list, which was very difficult as they all have such wonderful and useful properties.  Ashwaghanda – …
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5th September 2015

My ultimate top 10 cancer-fighting herbs

Why would you want to know what are the top 10 cancer-fighting herbs? Cancer statistics are getting scary – it is the second most common cause of death in the Western world and, according to Macmillan Cancer Research, an estimated 2.5 million people in the UK have had a cancer diagnosis in 2015. This is …
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16th December 2014

How to identify and deal with a milk protein intolerance

Milk protein or casein intolerance occurs when the body has a food-specific IgG antibody response to the protein found in milk. This is not to be confused with lactose intolerance, which occurs wheninsufficient amounts of lactase are produced by cells in the small intestine. If lactose is not broken down into smaller, simpler forms that …
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