by Linda | Jun 29, 2020 | Health
Wearing a face mask is inherently dangerous, there are no two ways about it. We all learnt what happens when we inhale and exhale in school, we learnt the importance of getting oxygen into our lungs and the importance of eliminating carbon dioxide (CO2). Wearing a...
by Linda | Mar 11, 2020 | Health
This is my 2nd blog on ways to support your immune system in the light of COVID-19. Part I is available here Vitamin C: I’m sure everyone has heard of vitamin C and it’s highly likely you have used it at some stage when fighting a cold or flu. Vitamin C has been shown...
by Linda | Feb 25, 2020 | Health, Traditional foods
COVID-19 is an infectious virus that affects the upper respiratory tract. Its asymptomatic incubation period has been found to be up to 30 days though most cases manifest within 14 days. It is transmitted by respiratory droplets from infected individuals. It is not...
by Linda | Jan 30, 2020 | Health
The HPV vaccine is by far the most controversial vaccine available, and with good reason. The original research by Merck on the Gardasil vaccine was fast-tracked, they carried out all the research themselves, controlled the data and selected which results they wanted...
by Linda | Mar 25, 2019 | Health
Kinda fell into watching several videos from ex vegans over the last couple of weeks. I had no idea (though I probably should have realised) that vegan vloggers have such enormous followings… For anyone who doesn’t know, someone following a vegan diet only eats...
by Linda | Feb 20, 2019 | Health, Traditional foods
Rather than writing a really long article about the countless holes in the recent highly publicised Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems, I’ve put together some excellent articles which take the paper...
by Linda | Jan 26, 2019 | Health
It’s been hard to miss the subtle-as-a-brick fearmongering trying to get people to adopt a vegan diet (one which avoids all meat, fish, eggs, dairy and honey). Listening to the hype you’d think a vegan diet would instantly translate us into some sort of utopia where...
by Linda | Nov 30, 2018 | Health
Lowering cholesterol has become a major past-time for people of many ages. It is fuelled by fear of having a heart attack and/or stroke, much of which comes from pharmaceutical companies wanting people to rely on statins (medications which lower cholesterol...
by Linda | Nov 30, 2018 | Health
This may seem like a bizarre question but think about the definition of food: “any substance eaten to provide nutritional support to the body”. Is what you are eating providing nutritional support to your mind and body? Or are your calories devoid of health promoting...
by Linda | Nov 30, 2018 | Traditional foods
Spirulina is an algae which grows on inland waters and ponds. It is an extremely rich green colour due to it’s high chlorophyll content and is rich in vitamins and minerals. Did you know that: In Russia Spirulina is known as a “medicine food” due to its ability to...
