Zucchini and pea soup with minted yoghurt
This delicious springtime soup is pleasantly green, very easy to make and has a pleasing texture to it. I would be delighted to receive any variations you may consider…
Enzyme supplementation, a cautionary note
The production of digestive enzymes decreases by about 10 per cent each decade after the age of 20.
A small note on water
Drinking the right amount of water is essential to health. It takes water to create energy.
Cystic fibrosis and magnesium bisglycinate
Magnesium bisglycinate holds a potential role for improving clinical outcomes in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CF).
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Less screen, more green
Now that is an excellent concept!
We could extend it further and add “less distraction, more interaction!"
The incidental exerciser
Want to lose 5 kilos per year without lacing up even one runner? Try fidgeting or every hour get up from your desk, stretch, walk around straighten up the paintings or pace while you wait for the tram or bus.
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A naturopath’s (weekend) breakfast
Okay, here’s part two! As I mentioned in my last newsletter, I have been receiving a weirdly large number of requests to share my breakfast ritual with you…which I did last month. But I did say my seeded breakfast changes slightly on the weekends.
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Rosemary and the prostate
A recent review paper has concluded that rosemary may be beneficial for prostate cancer. The focus of the paper is on the anti-cancer activity of two rosemary polyphenols, carnosic acid and carnosol, in prostate cancer.
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Infection Control
The best way to avoid colds and flu’s is to ensure your immune system can rise to the challenge. Around this time of year it is vital to ensure adequate zinc levels.
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Artificial Sweetners – Are they safe?
Some of the artificial sweeteners available in food products, pharmaceuticals and nutritional supplements are aspartame, sucralose, acesulfame-k, alitame, thaumatin, saccharin, cyclamates and neotame. Natural sweeteners include sorbitol, mannitol, stevia (a herb) and fructose.
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