Healthy Living Blog
SuperHero #6 – the amazing benefits of maca
"Maca (Lepidium meyenii)is a plant that grows in central Peru in the high plateaus of the Andes mountains. It has been cultivated as a vegetable crop in Peru for at least 3000 years. It is a relative of the radish and has an odour similar to butterscotch. The root (or...
SuperHero #5 – the power of chia seeds
Over the last couple of years, chia seeds have made themselves very well known in the world of healthy food bloggers. Why? Our student homeopath Katie tells us why Chia Seeds are a nutritional powerhouse and her favourite SuperHero SuperFood... "My...
SuperHero #4 – Pack a punch with Omnium
Our 4th SuperHero SuperFood is owner Trish Stephenson's favourite - our Advanced Phytonutrient Multivitamin and Mineral from Solgar, Omnium. Find out why she thinks it's a true SuperHero... "So…. Most of us pop a Multi Vitamin daily, often just a random...
SuperHero #2 – fabulous Coconut!
This time it's the turn of our final year Nutrition student, Kristie, to tell us about her SuperHero SuperProduct... "Coconut oil is my favourite superfood simply because of its versatility, with a long list of benefits and uses. It's very stable at high heat,...
SuperHero #3 – Cacao for the chocaholics!
Today is the turn of our self-confessed chocaholic, Emily to explain why Cacao nibs are her SuperHero SuperFood! "Being something of a chocaholic, cacao nibs are my SuperHero SuperFood. I love to eat them in the mornings mixed with goji berries, chia seesds...
SuperHero SuperProducts – Echinaforce
One of our favourite products is quite simply, a SuperHerb for your immune system. At the beginning of the 1950s Alfred Vogel spent some time with the Native American Oglala Lakota in the USA. The way these indigenous people used the power of nature for their health...
Ever wondered what’s so super about superfoods?
It seems like everyday there's a new superfood or an amazing supplement that we can't live without (as I write this, it's all about Inulin in store today thanks to Angela Rippon on Thursday night!) but how do we know? What really is super, and why? Should we all rush...
Keep Moving
We all want to be as fit and active as possible in life so looking after our joints is an important part of our health. If you find that you ache more than you would like, try our top 5 ways to keep moving! Glucosamine & Chondroitin- these help you body to repair...