Leave Those Pigs In Peace!
A recent report by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), entitled Food, nutrition, physical activity, and the prevention of cancer, a global perspective, recommends avoiding processed meat such as bacon and ham. The report, a major analysis of research conducted by an international panel of experts every ten years, says there is convincing evidence that processed meats are a cause of colorectal cancer. Processed meats are preserved by smoking, curing, or salting or contain chemical preservatives. Ham, bacon, pastrami, salami, sausages, bratwurst, frankfurters and hot dogs are all processed meats.
Many of you are aware of the beneficial effects of CoQ10 on energy production, blood pressure and cholesterol…not to mention its brilliant antioxidant properties. 
Many of you are aware of the beneficial effects of taking vitamin B6 10 days pre-menstrually to decrease PMS symptoms such as moodiness, depression, fluid retention and breast tenderness. 
Many of you would have attempted a wheat exclusion diet along the road to good health, and no doubt discovered this grain is insidious! 
Yes that’s Italian for Revive…or thereabouts! Say Goodbye to Fatigue may be a more accurate translation, but I’m open to correction! As some may know, I went to Milan in September to publicise my first book Revive – How to Beat Fatigue Naturally which has been translated into Italian. 
Two recent studies have suggested a strong correlation between maternal use of multivitamins and the reduced incidence of a number of childhood cancers. 
Charlemagne considered flaxseed so important for the health of his subjects that he passed laws in the 8th century A.D., requiring its consumption. He was perhaps a little over ambitious and even a touch severe, he was nonetheless on the right track! Many of us regularly add flaxseed oil to our daily diets in order to benefit from its rich array of Omega 3 and Omega 6 essential fatty acids. We should however, also consider increasing our intake of these delightful seeds, as well as consuming the oil. Flaxseeds are a truly superb source of lignans and consequently have a wide range of beneficial effects for human health. 
This is one of my favourite herbs, a kind and generous friend of the digestive system and quite beautiful as well. If you have Meadowsweet growing in your herbal patch (and I strongly recommend anyone with tummy troubles should grow this herb in abundance), the best time to pick the fully opened flowers and leaves is mid–late summer and dry gently at a temperature not exceeding 40 degrees celsius. 
Don’t wince! With the cooler months approaching now is the time to ensure we have adequate zinc levels, and what better way to check than the Zinc Tally Taste Test. I know, I know… I can hear you politely complaining that the zinc taste perception test is sometimes not nice, but far better to know than not to know. And besides what’s 10 seconds of your time?