Why Buying Fruit and Veg May Be Bad for Your Health
If you ask anyone why it’s important to eat more fruit and veg, they are likely to focus on the physical health benefits and prevention of physical illnesses. But fruit and veg is not only important for physical health but is essential for mental wellbeing too. Recently, researchers studied...
Making a meal plan is a great way to figure out what ingredients you’ll need for the meals you plan to cook this week, taking into account what you already have in the fridge, freezer and cupboards already and how many of each type of fruit and veg you’ll need to buy. Not sure ...
However, what we found is that if you hang out in this vegan bubble for too long, you start to think veganism is more prevalent than it is. The reality is, consumerism and animal cruelty have never been at a higher level. This is not necessarily a bad thing, though. If anything, sp...
Let’s take a look at each of these important factors. Go vegan for the animals This is arguably the most important reason to go vegan! Non-human animals are individuals, just like us, who want to live and experience well-being and avoid suffering as much as possible. We can see this...
Sally Cunningham, author of 'Asian Vegetables: A Guide to Growing Fruit, Vegetables and Spices from the Indian Subcontinent', is spearheading the Sowing New Seeds project to get exotic food growing locally. She said: "If you look at how eating habits have changed over the last 40 years, ...
Which is convenient, since I really didn’t want to fight my dad anyway.Before Paleo, he ate like most people did. Now, he pays attention to what he eats, making sure to have a salad every day, bringing fruit and a homemade sandwich to work, cooking most of his food, and avoiding...
I love vegans, vegetarians, fruitarians, pescatarians, and anyone who has a passion for the food they eat and how it impacts our world. But, put down the tofu and take a step back! You can have your gluten free cake and eat it too. The presupposition that this article is about ...
Choose a high-potassium fertilizer to encourage tomatoes to fruit Insufficient Nutrition Finally, check what you’re feeding your tomatoes. Once the first flowers appear you need to begin applying an organic fertilizer that is high in potassium (which promotes flowering and fruiting) and includes tra...
Unfortunately, we live in the age of stress, antibiotics and junk food, so a birth canal populated with beneficial bacteria is not something most of us should take for granted (including me).So on your baby’s birth day why not give them the gift that will last a lifetime . . . a ...