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Why do you supplement?

Why do you supplement?

The most common reason we hear is that ‘I don’t think I eat enough’. It’s not a bad reason. Eat enough organically grown nutritious veg is a better answer. Here’s a question – if you eat broccoli, have you noticed that the broccoli stem is hollow?  The hollow stem...
Organic Veg vs Regular Grown Veg

Organic Veg vs Regular Grown Veg

Q: Is there really a difference between organic veg and regular grown veg? A: The main difference between organic veg and regular grown veg is the pesticides. Besides the fact that these are toxic, they do some interesting things to the veggies as they grow. I’ll use...
Functional Medicine vs Conventional Medicine

Functional Medicine vs Conventional Medicine

I refer to the practice of conventional medicine today as The Sickness Industry, and i accept that it sounds disrespectful, and I am aware that I am generalising and that there are good and caring docs out there, but my experience in 53 years of life, 2 children, 20...
Food Has Become a For-Profit Industry

Food Has Become a For-Profit Industry

Recently, Carte Blanche blew the lid off fraud in the honey industry. It follows on a recent expose of flavoured olive oil. Its resonant of the fact that the industry that was set up to look after our health doesn’t care about our food, and the industry that...
What is Colostrum?

What is Colostrum?

We have had a strange number of people asking us for Colostrum Supplements, only to decide they are too expensive when they learn the price, so let me dip into colostrum as a supplement: Colostrum, a nutrient-rich fluid produced by female mammals immediately after...
Supplements are a minefield.

Supplements are a minefield.

Supplements are a minefield. People’s belief systems range from ‘waste of money, expensive pee’ to ‘I can’t function without these’ and every shade in-between. Let me try and clear up a few misconceptions, and by all means if you have any specific questions that...