The problem with raw veggies
While some people feel great after doing a juice cleanse or eating raw, it’s not for everyone. We see a lot of patients who suffer from gas, bloating, constipation, insomnia, dry skin, decreased vitality, feeling cold and low libido from eating too much raw food. Our...
Pumpkin soup with gluten free bread
Serves 1-2 Ingredients: • ½ tablespoon ghee / safflower / rice bran • ¼ brown onion, finely chopped • ¼ small pumpkin cut into 2-3 cm cubes • 1¼ cups boiling water • Salt & pepper to taste • ¼ teaspoon fresh ginger, finely chopped • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon • ¼...
Everything you need to know about treating iron deficiency and anaemia – for good
If you’ve been feeling unusually tired, struggling with concentration, feeling dizzy, getting leg cramps, feeling low on energy or having trouble sleeping, you might have an iron deficiency or even be anaemic. When you’re low on iron, or anaemic, it can affect all...
Tips to manage different body types in the workplace
Do you have a colleague that can be hot-headed and reactive, maybe even competitive; or an employee, or boss, that tends to become anxious or frustrated if things aren’t going to plan? Each of these corporate character traits are reflective of your individual dosha,...
Gluten-free bread with avocado
Serves 1 Ingredients: • 1/2 ripe Avocado • 2 slices of Gluten-free bread • Fresh lemon Juice to taste • Fresh cracked black pepper to taste Method: 1. Halve Avocado and remove seed. 2. Scoop out and roughly fork smash in a bowl. 3. Add lemon juice and black pepper to...
The 5:2 approach – how to eat the Ayurvedic way
Dr Michael Mosely is renowned for making the 5:2 Diet, or Fast Diet, world famous, but he isn’t the one who came up with this style of eating – his ideas are based around intermittent fasting and Ayurvedic knowledge which dates back 5000 years. Mosley’s 5:2 diet...
5 Tips to travel well – and arrive feeling great
Have you ever wondered why sometimes you arrive in a destination ready to sightsee or hit the boardroom, whereas others you suffer terrible jet lag and come down with a head cold the minute you step off the plane? The state you arrive in, is going to heavily depend on...
Stopping sugar alone won’t reverse your diabetes, here’s what you need to do instead
Leading an inactive life and eating processed and sugary foods is not only going to put you on a collision course with diabetes, but there are also a whole suite of health issues that come with that diagnosis – eye problems, joint pains, impotency, kidney...
Bloating, weight gain, headaches and exhaustion had become part and parcel of daily life
By Eloise Palms * For the last 12 years I’ve been unwell and for the last five years my situation has been chronic. I was suffering with thyroid issues, osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia – this meant I was in a lot of pain and tired all the time. Most days I would need...
Hearty Buckwheat & Kale Soup
Ingredients: • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil • 1/2 onion, finely diced • 1 clove garlic, finely chopped • 1 teaspoon finely chopped thyme • 1 bay leaf, fresh or dried • 1 carrot, finely diced • 1 stalk celery, finely diced • 1/2 cup raw hulled buckwheat (groats)...
