Feeling fruity?
November 7, 2011 by Ange
I’ve started adding fruit to cooked vegetable dishes and I have to say they taste rather lovely! During the summer I was adding lots of fruit into my salads, be they goji berries, strawberries or pears. As the nights draw in, I’m carrying that over into my cooked vegetable dishes. So next time you’re stir-frying [...]
Pesticides in Fruit & Vegetables
April 6, 2010 by Ange
Lower your pesticide exposure by 80%
Pesticide residues in foods is one reason for switching to organic produce. Each year the Environmental Working Group, a not-for-profit US organisation who have a mission to “use the power of public information to protect public health and the environment” publish a shoppers guide to pesticides in food.
Through their calculations [...]
Do we need to detox?
January 7, 2010 by Eco
If you google detox 11,800, 000 entries appear. It has become a real buzz-word in the health and wellness field.
Last year a dossier published by The Voice of Young Scientists concluded that ‘detox’ as used in product marketing is a myth. I would agree with them on the whole, I believe that detox has become [...]