Animals Need Real Food Too

I read the other day that there are only 25,000 acres of traditional hay making meadows left in England as more intensive farming methods have taken their place. For years I have q
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Sugar is so Addictive

Whilst on holiday this year I bumped into a lady who I had met on one of our previous visits a few  years ago. I remembered her but had forgotten that we had talked about diet. Sh
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Sunbathing

When I was a child no-one knew about the dangers of too much sun so we spent all day outside and frequently arrived home red and sore. Since then we have gone to the opposite extre
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Food Resolutions 2018

It’s at this time of year that I think about improvements I want to make in my diet and lifestyle.  I’ve been into sugar, gluten and dairy free cooking for over 30 yea
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Could Vegetables be the Answer?

  I was in a queue at the fish van the other day when yet another report was in the papers listing meat and especially processed and red meat as contributing to cancer. People
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Not all Natural Sugars are Equal

Sugar is the new tobacco and sugar free-recipes, books and cafes are springing up everywhere. I’ve been sugar free for over 30 years since I trained as a nutritional therapist in
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Healthy Eating on a Budget – part 1

Healthy Eating on a Budget – Part 1 People often complain that eating healthily costs more but I’m not sure that I agree. In order to eat more healthily you need to major on ve
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Healthy Eating on a Budget – part 2

Scrumping and foraging are good ways to save money. I love to make nettle soup in spring (see recipe on website) and always make extra to freeze down for winter. I also love to pic
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