I spoke recently at a local ladies meeting on the subject of looking after ourselves from the inside out. We had a lovely evening of pampering, which included demonstrations on making face masks from ingredients in your own kitchen, as well as foot massages, manicures, facial treatments, and finally my talk. I thought it would [...]
Do you wake up every morning full of vim and vigour, ready to tackle the day with all of your energy, youthfulness and vitality? No? Well, as you might expect, you’re not alone. Many of us virtually sleepwalk through the morning in a serious mental and physical fog, desperately plying ourselves with coffee in an [...]
One of the things, which makes dieting so difficult, is the tremendous amount of information available. Information is not a bad thing in and of itself, but the extent to which we’re inundated with new data on a daily basis, can be overwhelming at times. With all this information, we often tend to over-think our [...]
Being told you have celiac disease can be daunting. But, it is a condition that can be very well managed, by making the right dietary choices. This disease is an inflammatory condition of the small intestine, which improves when gluten is removed from the diet. Gluten is a protein most commonly found in foods like wheat, [...]
I’ve already noticed quite a few people on Facebook mentioning they have a cold, and it’s not even officially fall yet. So, why does the common cold occur more frequently during the fall (autumn) and winter months? It’s actually not the cold weather itself which causes the cold, as some people think. But rather, it is [...]