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Going bananas on a raw foods diet!

I use bananas as a safe sweetener for me as I do not react adversely to them. When I first started out on my raw foods diet, bananas were an absolute lifesaver as they were one of the few foods I could safely eat. I had severe Histamine Intolerance and I could not find anything […]

Pulp rocks! or what to do with juicing pulp…

I am always being asked if pulp is useful or even edible? Of course it is. Vegetable fibre is good for the digestive system including the bowel and in any event, I have always taken the view that  my juicer does not extract all of the nutrients from the pulp  -” there’s more in  them there veggies”. […]

What you eat today has to make your heart beat tomorrow…

… and create new blood, renew your bone marrow, fuel your brain, ease your mind, make your lungs work, support your immune system, heal your skin (including that tattoo you had done yesterday), keep your digestive system working smoothly, lubricate your joints, repair and build your muscles. What will you eat to do all that?”

Green Smoothie Recipe

Green smoothie for my breakfast in my garden. Green smoothie for my breakfast of celery, kale, lambs lettuce, cucumber, some mixed bean sprouts, a small banana and some water. Actually delicious! If you want it sweeter try adding some fresh pineapple!

A Reluctant Raw Foodist is Born!

(Or the day that my life as I knew it came to an abrupt end……) Scenario : Consulting room. Me and Consultant Biochemist: Me on a voyage of discovery as to why I was putting on weight at a rate of knots but, by accident, who was actually more interested in the plethora of things […]

Living on the Edge?…..

“Come to the edge. We might fall. Come to the edge. It’s too high! COME TO THE EDGE! And they came, and he pushed, and they flew.” – Christopher Logue