After whining about not being able to find turmeric root (although I hadn’t exactly gone out my way to find it), a friend who regularly goes to her local market picked me up a couple of roots for me. Having read a lot about the anti-inflammatory properties of turmeric, I wanted to give it a…
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Beet Boost
I recently grabbed a ‘boost’ juice from Benugo and I loved the concept of having a mini pick-me-up shot of goodness. Sometimes I struggle with fibrous foods and juicing is a sure way of getting those nutrients in. So I took the elements of the Benugo boost shot I had (beetroot lemon and ginger), mixed…
IBD Awareness Week 2016
This week (1-7th December) Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) advocates are making the condition visible for IBD Awareness Week. I am writing this after having a nap this afternoon and while this isn’t unusual for a student (it still feels weird writing that again), there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t have to…
Opening the backdoor to vulnerable communities
“We don’t know how to make a backdoor that only good guys can go through” Cory Doctorow I hope that the debate over the Investigatory Powers bill is common knowledge. I know that I am particularly concerned about my online privacy and security so much so I am often met with a lot of resistance…
Eat to Heal
As you may have read in this post, I found some an interesting TED talk by Mark Hyman; however, I actually came to his research about healing your inner tube prior to finding his talk on the social aspect of managing chronic illnesses. I think that this advice has got to be helpful for anyone,…
Community can be part of our healing
“Most chronic disease is very often a social disease and not just a problem of biology” We are so fortunate to be living in such a well-connected society that building communities does not necessarily mean we have to be geographically placed close to others. Through social media (particularly Instagam and Twitter) I have met some…
Happy Gut for 2016!
I’m welcoming 2016 with open arms, not that 2015 was bad or anything… So come December I really started to think about making positive changes in my life and if you follow me on Instagram, you might have noticed a sudden spike in activity (especially with the food pics). I haven’t ever been shy about…