How I healed from arthritis. National Arthritis Week 2020 runs from 7-13 October and as I know from personal experience, it’s the biggest cause of pain and disability in the UK. In this post, I share how I healed from autoimmune arthritis with nutrition and lifestyle medicine. Around 10 million...
Immune Support #2 – bone broth. As more of us become aware of the fundamental impact of our gut health and integrity of our intestinal tract on our immune health the issue is how can we improve both. Enter bone broth 💪 💪 Bone broth! Chicken soup, or broth – often hailed...
Carrot, Celeriac & Blood Orange Soup is not only deliciously comforting and uplifting, but with a little help from a well-stocked, health-friendly spice cupboard, it will warm the cockles of your heart and look after your body too! Wars were fought over them, kingdoms were lost because of them, and...
Real foods and why we need them back on the table is very much the subject of the new The Real Food Solution which began its life as Once Upon a Cook, Food Wisdom, Better Living and was originally published last year under that title. Now retitled as The Real Food Solution, this...
Every year on 1st October, the world comes together on International Coffee Day to celebrate the liquid nectar and recognise the millions of people across the globe – from farmers, to roasters, baristas, coffee shop owners and more – who work hard to create and serve the beverage we...
Mineral broth is a micro-nutrient powerhouse! This restorative vegetable-based broth is powerfully health supportive for our bodies – who can remember the tales of grandparents (and theirs) drinking the vegetable boiling water? Yep, Granny always knew best! Mineral broth is pure goodness, whether enjoyed on its own, with your choice of...
Sadly, my younger self wasn’t able to piece together the complex medical and research jigsaw on arthritis and psoriasis that convinced me that food-as-medicine was the ONLY way of truly healing myself from a progressive autoimmune disease – psoriatic arthritis. IN THE FIRST POST in this series I shared how good it felt to know I...
Wanting to trim up to look good in your swimwear? Yes of course! Wanting to lose fat and build muscle? Oh yes! Gearing up for the last minute ‘Summer’ diet? NO. NO. NO! Many, many people make this common mistake and instead of effortlessly achieving the slim and healthy body they...
I drink OJ daily, powered up with sprinkle of sea salt (to aid hydration and down-regulate stress hormones) and a teaspoon of powdered gelatin (collagen hydrolysate – to support the liver with non-inflammatory amino acids glycine, proline, glutamic acid and alanine). But, buyer beware – there’s real orange juice and then, there’s the fake stuff passed off...
There’s a perfect solution for that ‘between’ season breakfast. Breakfast smoothies are great in the warmer months, but what to do when mornings are still a bit (very?) chilly, and we’re wanting something warm and comforting but quick and delicious to kick-start our day? Oh, and transportable if possible! Hmm … So I put my taste buds to...
