To celebrate the wonder that is chocolate 🍫 and our love of medicinal mushrooms🍄, we asked Ana (Sweet Nourishments) to create a delicious cake incorporating both of these wonderful ingredients… she didn’t let us down. Utensils Food processor 8’’ square baking dish (ideally with a removable bottom) Baking paper 2 Pots and bowls (for bain-maries – a bowl over a […]
No matter what we try to do to downplay its importance to us, even as we cover up with masks, we just can’t hide how much a smile means to us. Even if we’re only seeing it in the bathroom mirror these days, the health of our teeth, our gums, our tongue and the quality […]
So you’ve all heard the phrase “see no evil, hear no evil” right? Well with the current avalanche of worldwide terror, I think it’s safe to say as a species we’ve had our head in the sand for a good few decades, and now the planet is showing us just how fragile our place on […]
Testosterone: the very word conjures up the hairy alpha male, female in one hand and club in the other, forging his way through the forest. Less well known: women make testosterone too, and it is central to a womanâs sexual wellbeing. When pondering hormones âfor herâ we think of oestrogen and progesterone but it is […]
In the summer of 2005 Russian-born American author Victoria Boutenko was messing about in her kitchen. She was looking for ways to incorporate more greens into her diet without drowning them in fat-laden dressing. Why greens? Green leaves and vegetables are an abundant source of minerals, vitamins, amino acids, chlorophyll, enzymes and fibre, all of […]
I've Got a Cold, I'm Boiling Hot, Nothing Makes Sense So here’s the “boiling hot take” (for all you Blind Boy fans in the audience) on our coughs and colds winter pandemic… If you’re sniffling right now, chances are it’s not because some bacteria or virus is actually in your body wreaking havoc, […]
Hydrargyrum (Hg), more commonly known as quicksilver or mercury, is one of the most toxic elements on earth. Exquisite to behold when flowing around Alexander Calderâs Mercury Fountain in Barcelona, itâs not quite so beautiful when residing two inches from your brain. The phrase âmad as a hatterâ directly describes the mercury-induced psychological and neurological […]
Dr Robert Verkerk and Senator Dierdre de Burca both gave cause for concern and fuel for the fight in relation to this looming EU food supplement regulation at the recent meeting in the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire. In a broad ranging presentation to a group consisting mainly of members of the public and […]
More than 5000 years ago, while we were busy making healing poultices from cow dung and arsenic (please allow for a touch of artistic licence hereâ¦), Chinaâs practitioners of traditional medicine were mapping out the energy pathways flowing through our organs, a network still known as the meridian system. Certain points along the pathways are […]
A few months ago I was in a rut. Every Sunday, Iâd read (or doze) the morning away, get up at lunchtime, walk to Dun Laoghaire market, eat Lebanese falafel, buy artichokes, cheese, raw chocolate, fruit and veg, browse the bookshops, buy dinner, cook it, watch TV and go to bed. A nice leisurely Sunday? […]
