Note from C today about the BBC programme The Men Who Made Us Fat on Thursday night: I've just finished watching this ... did you catch the programme too this evening on BBC2? I thought it was a good piece of reporting on the history of how we have got to our current processed / fast food …
New Chilli and Split Pea Soup
I don't often advocate processed food as you know, but sometimes having a tin of something in is a better choice than pigging out on chocolate when you're hungry! And, if you're going to have a tin of something, at least make it a good one. Goodness Foods have just listed three new products from …
Have You Noticed More Rapeseed Fields This Year?
I have. Apparently, more UK farmers are growing the frankly hideous yellow crop this year than ever before because the price they can get for it has shot up. Can't really blame them; it's about time farmers had a good cash crop. Apparently, Europe's early frosts have meant theirs has suffered, but ours is booming …
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National Vegetarian Week Recipe: Berry Burst Breakfast Bars
I see it is National Vegetarian Week 2012. I also see the society has released some nice recipes. Trouble is, most of them are choc full of the usual wheat and dairy, which you know I don't like to encourage you to eat! I did notice this nice breakfast bar recipe though so here it …
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Free From Food Award Winners
I always look forward to the winners list from the Annual FreeFrom Food Awards run by our friends at FoodsMatter. This year, the overall winner was a dairy-free cheese that all the dairy-free judges thought was great; no mean feat for a cheese! ‘Ohmigod! This is the best thing I have tasted in years!!!’ So said …
Eat Almonds For Breakfast
"If you have a sudden urge for something sweet in the middle of the day to raise lagging energy levels, try eating almonds for breakfast – they should help keep you going for longer, a new study has discovered. Almonds – a low glycemic food – help make you feel full for longer, and keep blood …
Seven Foods You Should Never Eat
Saw this today and thought it was an excellent piece. Which foods do the experts in each field avoid? Endocrinologists: canned tomatoes. Farmers: corn-fed beef. Fisheries expert: farmed salmon. Read the full post to find out why. Good general healthy eating rules. Obviously, the brands mentioned are US ones but the general principles remain the same. …
An Apple A Day Gives Equivalent of 1500mg Vitamin C
Nice tip from Dr Marilyn Glenville in my inbox this morning: In a study conducted by Cornell University, it was found that in addition to vitamin C, apples contained many other chemicals, including the antioxidants flavonoids and polyphenols. Eat an apple a day (organic where possible) to get a combined antioxidant effect equivalent to 1,500mg …
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Chocolate Smoothie For Breakfast Anyone?
Yum, yum. Proper cacao is extremely high in antioxidants so why not have some to set you up for the day? Check out the Super Breakfast Smoothie in the Elements for Life recipes. You don't have to add kelp, rosehip powder etc but raw cacoa nibs or powder mixed with banana, berries and whatever milk you can have (hemp …
Digestive Munchy Mix
Have you seen those little dishes of seeds and herbs people of Indian descent traditionally dip into after a meal to help their digestion? I have always thought that was a great idea. I note now that Conscious Foods have launched a Digestive Mix and that it is now available from Natural Dispensary along with lots …