Mint, parsley pesto

Ingredients: • 1 packed cup mint leaves • 1 packed cup parsley leaves, without stalks • Finely grated zest of 1 lemon • 2 cloves garlic, peeled • ¼ cup toasted almonds • ¼ teaspoon salt • ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil • Ground black pepper, to taste  Method: 1. Purée together mint leaves, parsley, lemon zest, garlic, toasted almonds, salt and olive oil […]

What really happens to your body if you don’t get enough sleep

Are you getting the sleep you need? Do you feel sleep deprived, are you making mistakes, forgetting things or feeling a bit foggy? If this sounds like you, you may not be getting the deep restful sleep that you need for physical and mental wellbeing. After a day of stimulating activity, your body needs deep […]

Why You Need To Be Going To The Toilet Every Day

Author and scientist Giulia Enders has become renowned for her charming way of talking about the gut, and also promoting the importance of gut health. The 27-year old, who wrote the New York Times best-seller Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ, talks in no uncertain terms about the need to be regularly […]

Vegetable Kebab

Serves 1-2 Ingredients: • 1 zucchini cut into 2cm pieces • 1 cup pumpkin cut into 2cm cubes • 5-6 yellow button squash cut into quarters • ½ cooked beetroot diced into 2cm cubes • ½ small head broccoli cut into florets • Salt and pepper to taste • Olive oil Method: 1. Preheat oven to 200C. 2. Arrange the vegetables on skewers in a […]

Nourishing the 7 tissues: how to pick up health issues before they turn into disease

Gastroenterologists traditionally say that the digestion of food, passing through your digestive tract, takes anywhere from 24 to 72 hours. In Ayurveda we place great importance on the subtle digestion as this affects all health, as well as longevity, appearance and mood. The subtle digestion kicks in after the third phase of digestion – when the […]