I got a good reminder yesterday – not everything is what it seems!
I saw some new hand-soap which called itself ‘organic’ with a very eco-friendly name. As I looked on the back label for a company website to see where to buy it, I noticed the ingredients – the second one listed was Sodium Lauryl Sulphate!
It was a real reminder that one has to read the labels and decide for oneself what is healthy. Too many companies have jumped on the eco-friendly band wagon…
A small article caught my eye in the news early this week – “Fish oil IV drip boost to intensive care”. It mentioned that hospital trials involving adding fish oil to the intravenous nutrition of patients suffering from systemic inflammatory response syndrome recovered much quicker than those still on the regular treatment. That sounds sensible…
Quite bizarrely, my last blog (Just Blown Away) about soil erosion and declining soil quality due to modern conventional farming methods was published on exactly the same day that Norman Borlaug died. And who is Norman Borlaug? I hear you ask. He is considered to be the father of modern grain farming because he developed…
I must apologise for not writing for over a month while I was back in the UK – it was a hectic time in England. I’m back in Perth, Australia and ready to write again! In April I wrote about our water filter episode and how Mike’s hand was having problems healing. He’s been back…
Here on the retreat, we are always asked about ‘superfoods’. What are they, why do we use them, where can you find them and how can they be incorporated into daily life? These are just a few of the questions we are frequently asked. So, with that in mind, welcome to the first instalment of…
Understanding the Chemistry of Fats Ref: http://www.westonaprice.org/know-your-fats/the-skinny-on-fats/#understand Clearly something is wrong with the theories we read in the popular press-and used to bolster sales of lowfat concoctions and cholesterol-free foods. The notion that saturated fats per se cause heart disease as well as cancer is not only facile, it is just plain wrong. But it is…
Ever since I watched a documentary called ‘The Disappearing Male’ a few months ago whilst flying from Perth to London I’ve been meaning to write about this subject. I only saw this Canadian programme by accident – there was not enough time left of the flight to watch a full movie and the title caught…