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The Importance of Potassium in a Healthy Diet
In my recent blog about Apple Cider Vinegar (HERE) I said that the reason us well being types like ACV is because of it’s potassium content, and I thought, maybe I should explain a little about that because it’s really simple and could make a huge difference as to why you feel tired and crap…
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Green and Broad Bean Salad
This is a great salad to use up yesterday’s rice and any beans you have in the fridge. The recipe calls for just green beans but I add broad beans when in season just because I like them and sugar snap peas for a sweet hit. This salad works really well as a side, with…
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Carrot and Beetroot Salad
This is a super versatile salad that keeps for days and actually improves in the fridge. The beauty for me is that you can mix and match the grains, leaves, fruit and nuts depending what you have in your cupboard. And a little goes a long way so it’s great just on it’s own as…
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Lemony Roasted Broccoli and Lentil Salad
This salad is a great way to get your 5 a day intake of green veg! Roasting veg caramelizes and makes it lovely and sweet and easier to eat if you struggle with conventional cooking. When roasting the veg don’t overcrowd so they have room to caramelize and add or change the veg depending on…
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The Health Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar Explained
Vinegar, love it or hate it, it’s something of a miracle of nature! It was first mentioned for preservation and healing at least 7000 years ago in Babylon, the Romans and Greeks used it to treat scurvy and the Roman armies used it as an antiseptic for wounds and as a tonic to drink. In…
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7 Tips for a Healthy Body
1 Start the day with a big cup of lemon and ginger water before anything else. During the night your liver has been working hard to cleanse, you’ve been asleep for maybe 7 or 8 hours and naturally you will be dehydrated. Lemon is very alkalising to the body so this helps the liver to…
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Do Our Bodies Hold On To Emotion?
So here’s a question – do our physical bodies (joints, muscles etc) hold on to trauma and emotion? When we go through a tough time – illness, abuse, accident, grief or any very emotional period in our lives – leaving home, losing a job, divorce etc do our bodies ‘take’ that emotion and ‘store’ it…
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Coming Home
As some of you will know I have been living in Penrith Cumbria for the past year helping my elderly aunt (93!) after my uncle died in March 2023. Things have been tough, I can’t lie, living with an old lady on the edge of dementia, who never had kids herself, in a big house…
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Seated Acupressure Massage
Seated Acupressure Massage (SAM) is a type of massage based on ancient Japanese techniques that have been adapted for the modern world. It is received fully clothed on a specially designed chair that gives total support and is ultra comfortable allowing me to work on the areas that are traditionally affected by stress – the…
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Nutritional Guidance
Modern life is full. Work, family, friends, hobbies, emails, social media, YouTube, TV, games, we all feel the need to ‘keep up’. And in the process our health suffers. We forget to drink water, we eat processed ready made food and drink coffee to make up for our lack of energy. We feel tired all…
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