As mentioned earlier, there will be an enticing prize of a free consultation with me for the most nutritious and interesting recipe for a baked vegetable dish. All recipes need to be submitted by 30th September (that gives you all plenty of inspired cooking and development time!) and the winner will be announced in my next newsletter.
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According to the World Health Organisation cancer rates could increase by 50% to 15 million new cases by the year 2020.
Particular nutritional and herbal constituents possess the ability to improve outcomes in oncology. Curcumin, green tea, Reishi, and Shitake mushrooms and selenium all have shown promising results in cancer support.
A recent study of children with peanut allergies and pro-biotics shows promising results.
Sixty-two children with an allergy to peanuts participated in the Australian double blind, placebo-controlled randomised trial at Murdoch University.
Recent research has shown that giving regular cigarette smokers 4.7 g of Omega 3 (2.7 g of EPA and 2.0 g of DHA) results in a significant decrease in the amount of daily smoking.
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Many of you will be aware that this winter has been particularly challenging immune-wise. Coughs and colds everywhere. The most important action you can take with the first inkling that a cold or ’flu is about to strike, you know the prodrome signs, slight sore throat, body aching a little, a bit blocked up, is nip it in the bud.
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Yes, I’m off to my beloved France yet again. And don’t worry I can hear the groans, “but she just got back”! I admit it. I have a serious French addiction, so off I go back again for another top-up!
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Winter is an excellent time to spend more time in the kitchen! Yes, that warm, cosy room can be an excellent place to conjure up a plethora of stomachwarming, nurturing soups and a delicious, colourful range of baked vegetable dishes.
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As many of you are aware, I spent most of March on my bottom contemplating the world post-ganglion! Not my favourite position! Briefly I had a very large ganglion (cyst filled with viscous fluid) removed from my right foot which was impinging on my deep peroneal nerve.
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Although the grains are best left to soak overnight, even with a half-hour soak you still get delicious results.
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Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa) is a herb we mainly use in the treatment of menopause. (Indeed I wrote an article on the wonderful herb in newsletter no 55, November 2013.)
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