Wellness Blog
Fermented foods: Beetroot kvass and vegetable mix recipes
Fermented foods provide large amounts of various probiotics in the best possible form that is easy for the body to utilise and absorb. These probiotics can travel all way down to the colon where most fermentation by the good bacteria takes place. Fermentation predigests the food, making it easier for [...]
Holy basil: a key herb for stress, anxiety, depression and fatigue
Ever since I’ve been helping clients to recover from adrenal fatigue (or adrenal burnout), I keep researching many natural medicines such as herbs, nutritional supplements and nutrition-dense foods to gauge which ones work best for them. As a herbalist trained in a western tradition, I mostly prescribe herbs used in the [...]
Beautiful cakes and my 2 favourite cake recipes
Creating beautiful cakes and original cake decorations is such fun! It's my time to play, be creative and give a gift of love for my family or friends. The good news is that any cake can be transformed (even a plain cake you can buy at a supermarket!) by using [...]
Gallbladder function: problems, symptoms and natural treatment
Good gallbladder function is often overlooked when searching for solutions to common health complaints such constipation, flatulence, fat digestion problems, low or high cholesterol levels, nutritional deficiencies, or imbalances of gut bacteria and parasites, to name a few. Clinical evidence confirms that optimising gallbladder function is often the key to [...]
Know and love your herbs – Sage
Sage bushes are blooming in my garden, it's time to remind ourselves what a great healing herb sage really is! Sage is commonly used as a culinary herb but there certainly is nothing 'common' about its medicinal powers! To start with, its Latin name, Salvia, is derived from the word [...]
Digestive first aid for bloating, indigestion, reflux, constipation or diarrhoea
Most of us need some digestive first aid after overindulging during the festive season or just eating too much any day. Here are my best tried and tested digestive first aid home remedies to relieve most digestive upsets. It may be a good idea to print and keep them handy [...]