UK Health Radio: Optimising health, weight and well-being – real food IS medicine! It was a real pleasure to be invited onto Dora’s show ‘Nutrition for Health, Perfect Weight & Wellbeing‘. We talked about ‘real food’, why I wrote my book and the growing consensus amongst health-led organisations like The...
National Vegetarian Week 2021 runs this week (10-16 May) and, by happy co-incidence or design, its neatly timed to run hand-in-hand with Mental Health Awareness Week (see my post Mental Health Awareness Week). This confluence could not be more appropriate and offers perfect timing to learn about and celebrate all the micro...
What is ‘whole-health’ and how can we achieve it? Orla Hayes and I found each other when I responded to a ‘journo request’. I was delighted to discover her magazine ‘Natural Way’, a fast-growing online resource for consumers wanting to know more about products and treatments that can enhance a...
Shop local – now more than ever. The rise of supermarkets during the second half of the 20th century (which has continued unabated into the 21st) has been phenomenal. The convenience of a one-stop-shop is undeniable, but at what cost? I came across this interesting article from the Sustainable Food...
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...
Diabetes Awareness Week. This week (8th – 14th June) is Diabetes Awareness Week in the United Kingdom. In recent decades, the numbers of people with diabetes in the UK has grown exponentially. The consequences for individuals can be very serious. The impact on the NHS is overwhelming its ability to...
LET’S EDUCATE BEFORE WE MEDICATE! Building our immune resilience is the key to reducing the risk or recovering from illnesses and viruses such as the devastating Covid-19. Of course, we must protect ourselves and each other with important hygiene measures like thorough hand-washing… but we must face the fact that...
💪Immune Resilience #22: How to Buy Local and Sustainable Food. Buying local and sustainable food is one of the key messages in The Real Food Solution – why and how local, seasonable real food, cooked from scratch is a powerful medicine for people and planet. The Covid-19 pandemic is bringing...
Immune Resilience #15: Nigella Seed Spiced Rice Recipe. Nigella seed (nigella sativa) black cumin or black caraway seed has been hailed as a potential superfood ‘cure-all’ – critically supporting immune health. Dr Kara Fitzgerald ND, renowned functional medicine practitioner writes: When it comes to versatility and the power of its...
Immune Support #12: A Nutrient-Dense Meals Matrix. In her recent blog, Diana Rogers RD, real food dietician, author, sustainability advocate and documentary film-maker of Sacred Cow – The Case for Better Meat (to be released this year) shows us how we can use The Nutrivore Meal Matrix to make nutritious meals...
