Are smoothies good for weight loss? Well smoothies can be good for you. But as with all things, it’s a little bit more complicated than that. We know that consuming more fruit and […]

Where do tomatoes come from? The first evidence that we have of people growing tomatoes for consumption is in the Aztec civilisation, who used tomatoes in their cooking. It took around 2,000 years […]

The author Eve Babitz once said “I don’t ever think I‘ll get enough mangoes in my life, eating one in the hot rain is one of the more perfect divine interventions. Mangoes will […]

… but 30 plants a week! Everyone’s talking about gut health, aren’t they? Even us… But there’s a good reason for it – as more and more research is done, we are getting […]

A history of Broccoli – What have the Romans ever done for us? Broccoli is a Mediterranean vegetable that is part of the cabbage family. It started to become  prominent during the Roman […]

I don’t think there is a Mum in the country that hasn’t, at some point, encouraged their children to eat their breakfast by describing it as the “most important meal of the day”. […]

It’s strange to think that around 20 years ago blueberries weren’t the everyday fruit that they are today – what on earth were we thinking? Fortunately, in the intervening years, a lot of […]

The link between our gut and our brain We learn it from a very early age; what happens in our brain has an effect on our gut. We all get butterflies when we […]

Did you know that that Veganuary was first launched 9 years ago? And more people than ever are taking on the Veganuary challenge this year, after over 610,000 people took part in 2022’s […]

Drinking (alcohol) will create havoc with your blood sugar levels, dehydrate and strip out key minerals. The best way to start to feel better is with a glass of water, then one of […]