Stuffed Peppers with Mince
Sometimes you just get a hankering for comfort food……. The challenge is how to make comfort food that is healthy and relatively low carb, but still has the feel-good qualities of comfort food that you crave. Classic stuffed pepper recipes normally use rice as one of the main ingredients, however to reduce the carb count … Read more
Stress Effects On Your Body – Endocrine Disruptors
Stress Comes In Many Surprising Forms Many different types of stress can have an affect on your body and health, in particular on your adrenal glands. One way to think of your adrenals is as the ‘Emergency Glands’. They are the glands that go into action when our body perceives an imminent threat or danger. … Read more
Soy Milk v Almond Milk
So Many Dairy Milk Alternatives Many years ago, the question of soy milk v almond milk didn’t come up for discussion. If you were found to be lactose intolerant or had sensitivities to dairy, it was too bad, you just had to give up your favorite ice-cream and forget about eating cheese smothered tacos. … Read more
Why Drink Bottled Water ? – Healthy Drinking Water Facts For C.F.S.
Why Drink Bottled Water? Why Did We Even Start Drinking Water From Plastic Bottles? Saying this may age me, but I remember the days when we didn’t all walk around constantly with a plastic bottle of water in our handbag, sports bag, attached with a handy clip to the outside of a backpack … Read more
What Do Endocrine Disruptors Do?
What Do Endocrine Disruptors Do ? The Endocrine System The human body system is a structure composed of the functioning of diverse parts that are all interrelated. It’s important to overall health that these diverse parts work together in concert. This also applies to the hormones in the human body system – they … Read more
Why Drink Bone Broth – 3 Great Reasons (You’ll love Number 3)
Our Ancestors Had The Right Idea………………. They made good use of every part of the animals they hunted for food. Eating the whole animal provided them with a wide range of minerals and nutrients to keep them vitally healthy. But why drink bone broth? Our cavemen ancestors didn’t cook up broth, the pot hadn’t … Read more
Vegetable Superfood – Carrot Ginger & Turmeric Soup Recipe
Vegetable Superfood Soup – Really? It seems that every week a new fruit, vegetable, seed or nut is proclaimed a ‘Superfood’. But how does a food become a superfood, particularly when it’s one as simple as the humble carrot? With nutritional qualities that out-weigh others in the vegetable family, carrots are loaded with beta carotene … Read more
How Gut Health Importance Affects Your Overall Well-Being
Your Gut – A System Of Living Things Your body is home to trillions of bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microscopic organisms. The large portion of them live inside your gut and is collectively referred to as the gut microbiome – a system of living things, primarily concerned with maintaining your body’s digestive and … Read more