Your body is amazing; thank it with some New Year Nourishing Ah New Years Eve. The anticipation of a new year ahead. The promise of a new start. The enthusiasm for change. No matter what kind of year you’ve had,…
THE SKIN YOU’RE IN Our skin is what we show to the world. If it is healthy and glowing we feel the same. If it is red and sore we want to hide it away. Lets explore what causes sensitive…
How well do you know your daily bread? At one point in time every home would have had a baker, every kitchen been a bakery, with daily bread crucial to the sustenance of the family. I’m not talking breadmaker machines…
Do you suffer from an allergy? With the incidence of allergies doubling in western countries during the past 25 years, you are not alone. Whether it’s to peanuts or pollen, allergies affect one in three New Zealanders at some time…
Looking after your body, after a pregnancy Natalie had a good pregnancy. Everything was always fine at her midwife appointments. At one point her iron was low but no one ever mentioned it again, and her platelets were borderline but…
Winters’ Herbal Heroes from your own backyard We instituted a rule about 8 years ago only to plant edible plants in the garden. It started with a hiss and a roar, replacing boring bushes with Chilean guava and miniature grapefruit…
We all know about hand washing, covering your mouth when you cough, or the updated version, coughing into your elbow. Our mums told us to keep warm, but does that really stop the bugs? There’s lots of advice but what…
Better babies – preconception and pregnancy health Our children’s health starts in the womb Preconception and pregnancy health really is the ultimate form of preventative health. We now know the first nine months in the womb can influence your…
Immunity ABC’s Keeping well is a balancing act. Should you be using antibacterial soaps and hand sanitizers? Or playing in the dirt and eating mud pies? The answer lies somewhere in the middle and even then, we will get many…
I’m no chef, that’s my excuse for calling this gumbo, when it’s clearly not. But Garbonzo Gumbo just rolls off the tongue doesn’t it? This is a deliciously comforting and warming Autumn soup. It’s full of phytonutrients and plant protein…