Health Articles
Quinoa: The amazing and versatile quinoa – Part 1
Quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) is becoming more popular in our kitchens as more people realise its many benefits and how easy it is to prepare. Quinoa has been around for a while and is an ancient seed (often referred to as a grain) native to the Andes mountains in South America where [...]
Lunch recipe: Onion, Fennel and Lavender Tarts
These unusual and mouth-watering tartlets make an appealing light lunch meal served with a green salad (rocket, baby spinach, lettuce mix etc plus olive oil dressing with lemon and balsamic vinegar). Fragrant lavender combines perfectly with the aromatic flavour of fennel and mildly flavoured red onion. Fresh fennel is an [...]
Fluoride: Harvard study shows fluoride reduces IQ in children
A Harvard University meta-analysis (from July 2012) has concluded that children who live in areas with highly fluoridated water have "significantly lower" IQ scores than those who live in low fluoride areas. You can read the summary of the findings of the 2012 study and the follow-up 2014 study here. In [...]
Green vegetables help train digestive immune system
Super interesting information about the importance of eating green vegetables from Wellness Resources: In a stunning discovery researchers have shown for the first time how green vegetables are required to activate and maintain specialised lymphocytes (immune cells) that line our digestive tract. These special immune cells not only protect against [...]
Effect of urban life on our brains
More than half of the world's population now lives in cities. Cities have both health risks and benefits, but mental health is negatively affected. Mood and anxiety disorders are more prevalent in city dwellers and the incidence of schizophrenia is strongly increased in people born and raised in cities. Although [...]
