Paleo for Beginners

The Amazing Health Benefits of Curcumin & the Best Supplement for Maximum Absorption

The Amazing Health Benefits of Curcumin & the Best Supplement for Maximum Absorption

Curcumin is the active ingredient in the spice turmeric and is what gives turmeric its purported health benefits.   Curcumin is a polyphenol. Polyphenols are compounds that increase the activity of the body’s natural detoxification system (specifically something called Phase II detoxification).   Whilst there…

Can a Paleo Diet Improve Your Mental Health?

Can a Paleo Diet Improve Your Mental Health?

Many people have thoughtfully considered the physical benefits of the Paleo diet, but what about its impact on mental health? There are, in fact, advantages that the Paleo lifestyle can do both to the brain and one’s overall mental wellness. Although the Paleo diet can…

Stop Dieting to Lose Weight!

Stop Dieting to Lose Weight!

5 TIPS TO STOP DIETING   If you have set a New Year’s resolution of losing weight, you might be a little lost with how to begin. Here are some helpful tips:   SETTING YOUR WEIGHT LOSS GOALS   Before you get started with your…

How to Get Started with Fermentation

How to Get Started with Fermentation

Fermentation is so much fun but it can also be daunting! You don’t want to do the wrong thing and make yourself sick, but you definitely want the amazing benefits that homemade ferments have to offer.   Fear not, fermentation isn’t nearly as scary as…

Soup: Healthy Nourishment to Restore Your Gut

Soup: Healthy Nourishment to Restore Your Gut

Soup certainly doesn’t sound like any special or life-changing superfood. It’s soup, you’ve eaten it all your life. Yet soup has massive potential that often gets hidden behind nasty preservatives and less than ideal flavouring agents.   The true beauty and nourishment of soup comes…

Mitochondrial Health – Increase Energy & Slow Down Ageing

Mitochondrial Health – Increase Energy & Slow Down Ageing

Mitochondrial cells can be thought of as little batteries that create adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is the fuel that every cell in your body utilises for energy.  Mitochondria are found throughout the human body, in every cell. Maximising the health of your mitochondria, which naturally…

Make Paleo Eating Easy

Make Paleo Eating Easy

This is a guest post by Healthy Heroics.   A paleo diet is one based on foods that were eaten by early humans. You include a lot of fruit, vegetables, meat, and fish in your diet while excluding items such as processed food, dairy, or…

Meet the Meatbox… the best of British charcuterie

Meet the Meatbox… the best of British charcuterie

I was recently contacted by Meatbox, a innovative British company supplying hand crafted charcuterie products from small independent producers.   Meatbox have everything from sensational saucissons and brilliant biltongs to beefy beer snacks and protein-packed products and deliver them direct to you via their monthly…

How an Anti-Inflammatory Paleo Diet Can Help with Mental Illness

How an Anti-Inflammatory Paleo Diet Can Help with Mental Illness

Mental illness is highly prevalent in the US. Millions of people are affected every year by some form of mental illness. About 1 in every 5 adults in America develops some type of mental problem every year. That is around 44 million individuals. That also…