Go local!

Go local!

You could be forgiven for thinking that if you want to eat truly healthy foods, you’d have to get produce from faraway shores: Avocado, quinoa, chia seeds, goji berries and chocolate, for example, are listed as so-called “superfoods”, thanks to their apparently...
The Sunshine Vitamin

The Sunshine Vitamin

Among all the vitamins we need, there is just one that we can produce in our own bodies: vitamin D. Vitamin D is made in our skin, from a form cholesterol (7-dehydrocholesterol). Sunlight is needed to turn this cholesterol into vitamin D. In recent years, there has...
Stockpile Antioxidants!

Stockpile Antioxidants!

Do you want to bulletproof your immunity? You need to stockpile those natural antioxidants (and not just the packets and tins of pulses!). When you supercharge this “antioxidant potential” you give your immune system a real boost. And, if you’re wondering ‘where have...
Smart Girls Don’t Diet

Smart Girls Don’t Diet

Happy New Year to you all!  I hope that you have had the most amazing Christmas spending quality time with loved ones.  New Year brings new hopes and dreams and like all of you, I have my own personal goals that I would like to achieve this year: Really try and get to...
The Christmas Survival Guide

The Christmas Survival Guide

So it’s that time of year when all your hard work for that LBD (little black dress) has paid off! The healthy eating and exercise regime, started in November, has been hard, but you’re loving the new you and your ability to wear what the hell you want – you...
Immune Boosting Tips

Immune Boosting Tips

Autumn is Here ! Feel quiet smug whilst writing this blog as each year I am caught out by how quickly the feeling of Summer disappears and the cold dark nights seem to creep up and hit me with a spade. This year, I decided to buy winter coats and boots for all the...