Most supermarkets have entire aisles with oils. The shelves are heaving with all the cooking oils you can think of: coconut, avocado, walnut, sesame, corn, vegetable, sunflower, rapeseed just to name a few! Even the good old simple traditional olive oil has dozens of options each with enticingly branded slogans.…
When headlines read: Baby teeth removals ‘up 24% in a decade, it makes you realise the reality of some families and how fortunate we are to have knowledge and access to information. Are the statistics a reflection of bad parenting, neglect, lack of information or mass manipulation by media and branding?…
We all grew up on milk. It’s the first thing we are given when we are born. A glass in the morning before school at breakfast soon is the norm. If that wasn’t enough we were often topped up with a carton of milk at school break. So is this…
Almost every supermarket shelf now seems to offer a Gluten Free variant. The product packaging majors on the fact that it is labelled attractively. So they obviously think this is a key benefit and selling feature. Why are so many people having problems with wheat? In many ways the…
We’ve all heard of the benefits of Manuka Honey so let me summarise the what, where, which, why and how… What? Manuka honey is honey in its most raw form. Along with hydrogen peroxide, manuka honey contains methylglyoxal (MGO) and dihydroxyacetone, two chemical substances with high antimicrobial action, and probably…
