Warm baths open the pores and create sweating as well as helping to open the cells and release toxins. They also help lower blood sugar, relieve painful joints and muscles, and improve colon peristalsis – moving your bowels! My favourite, as a practioner, is the Epsom Salts bath. It is something I do on three consecutive nights, over three consecutive weeks, when I am fighting a virus, in need of a detox, or just in need of a bit of a health spa treat at home…

A very healthy saturated fat that is a  high source of lauric acid, one of the most important essential fatty acids for anti-ageing:  antiviral and antibacterial & protects against heart disease, senility, obesity and degeneration.  The medium chain fatty acids found in virgin coconut oil also help increase metabolism by supporting the thyroid and have been shown to reduce weight NOT increase it!  Use for frying, or pop a tablespoon into your daily smoothie, like me…

Wheat-free, dairy-free, baked, cheap and kids love it…

Wheat-free, dairy-free, sugar-free, and vegan!  Thank you Sara of Notes From a Stylist for the beautiful photogaphy. 

Simply whizz the list of ingredients in a blender, and chill in the fridge. It is so delicious you will not believe there’s nothing naughty in it – at all…

I was on Jeni Barnett’s programme, on BBC Radio Sussex earlier this week discussing the pros and cons of eating meat.  Along with Sue, from the Vegetarian Society,  we preceded the excellent and balanced BBC Horizon two part programme, Should I Eat Meat, that started on Monday night…