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...
Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 runs this week, from 10-16 May. During the pandemic, millions of us have experienced a mental health problem, or seen a friend or loved one struggle during the lengthy lockdowns. The theme for this year is ‘Nature’. Over the past year, we’ve largely seen more...
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...
3 ways to help your immune resilience. In the UK we’re now joining our friends from Europe and other parts of the world and entering another period of isolation, anxiety and uncertainty. And at this time of year (autumn/winter in the UK) this heralds a period of not only emotional but...
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 Resilience Series #25: Human Connection, Covid-19 & Black Lives. I wonder if humankind has ever felt more vulnerable, alone, disconnected, misunderstood and unhappy? All these are factors which impact powerfully on our sense of self-worth and value, and also provoke a chronic and enduring stress response which depletes and...
Immune resilience #19: Vitamin D (aka Vitamin Sunshine). In light of COVID-19, health experts across the globe are advising us to pay attention to and bolster our vitamin D levels. Every single cell in our body – including our immune cells – contains receptors for vitamin D. Indeed, as early...
World Milk Day – 1st June 2020. Monday 1st June is World Milk Day 2020. Established 20 years ago, World Milk Day recognises and celebrates the importance of milk as a global food, actively promoting the benefits of milk and dairy products around the world, including how dairy supports the livelihoods of...
