How to create better health on World Cancer Day? It’s a critical question we all need to be asking ourselves. World Cancer Day is an annual international event to raise awareness and reduce the stigma associated with cancer. This year, the theme is ‘I am and I will’ which aims to...
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...
The Real Food Solution began 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 book has been revised and fully updated to reflect the ever-changing debate on food, farming and emerging science,...
How real food can save the planet should be a major talking point… so why isn’t it? I won’t beat about the bush. The media’s manipulation of public thought and opinion used to be cunning and covert; now (even in the UK) it’s upfront and unashamedly blatant with a whole...
World Menopause Day takes place on 18th October, and far from menopause being down-the-hill-time, our midlife is our prime-time. Menopause is a time to embrace our wisdom, share our gifts with confidence and to step forward courageously to make the rest of life, the best of life for ourselves and...
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...
As we saw in Part One, our modern bread is making us sick. The Real Bread Campaign’s Sourdough September is an initiative to share the delicious delights of genuine sourdough and to encourage more people to bake their own. Genuine sourdough made with three simple ingredients: flour, water and salt,...
April is Stress Awareness Month in the UK. Stress Awareness Month has been held every April since 1992 to increase public awareness about both the causes and cures for our modern stress epidemic. Despite this running for 20 years there’s still a LONG way to go. According to the Mental...
Every 7th April is designated by the World Health Organisation as World Health Day. From its inception at the First Health Assembly in 1948 and since taking effect in 1950, the celebration has aimed to create awareness of a specific health theme to highlight a priority area of concern for...
World Sleep Day is an annual, global call to action on the importance of healthy sleep. The focus of WSD is to raise awareness of the many burdens of sleep problems, as well as the importance of healthy sleep. World Sleep Day 2019 will incorporate the slogan ‘Healthy Sleep, Healthy Ageing’ which...
