Diary, lactose, casein and your child

Are you still feeding your child cows milk or other dairy products?  Do they suffer ear infections, bloated tummys and other symptoms that can’t be explained? At 38 my mum told me that I was always ill when I had milk, yet because she believed that it was good for me, she carried on giving it to me.  I also suffered from recurrent ear infections and once was rushed to hospital because of...
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Essential Fatty Acids

Anyone being advised to follow a healthier lifestyle will surely have been told that they need more EFA’s.  Wondering what on earth they are? The simple facts are that essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) are necessary fats that humans cannot synthesize, and must be obtained through diet. In technical terms EFAs are long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids derived from linolenic, linoleic, and oleic...
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Don’t eat the Petunias

If you are feeling irritated chances are that you are eating something that’s just not quite right for your system. Sense tells you that you should be eating fruit and veg, complex carbohydrates, drinking more water and adding good oils.  But what do you go and do? Eat rubbish, fast foods, crisps, sugary foods, dairy and other junk. These are the most obvious to start cutting out. What if...
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