Category Archives: Health
I am in constant wonderment at the requests people make for herbs from faraway places to help with common ailments, when we have our own native plants which are just as effective and which have been tried and tested over the centuries. Every region of the world has its own 'materia medica'. This collection of […]
If you and your partner long for the pitter-patter of tiny feet but the only pitter-patter you hear is rain, do not despair. Dr Marilyn Glenville, the UK’s leading nutritional specialist on women’s hormonal health, is giving a seminar in Dublin this Saturday on natural solutions to infertility. Dr Glenville has studied and practised nutritional […]
Dr Bill Walsh was on Pat Kenny’s Today programme on RTE Radio1 yesterday to talk about his research into the link between bio-chemical imbalances in the brain that cause depression and other mental disorders. Â His studies have focused on the use of nutrients to affect these abnormalities. Â He has amassed the worlds largest […]
Given it’s recent rise to fame, I suppose we shouldn’t have been so surprised to learn that the longest tennis match in history was fuelled by none other than Vitacoco coconut water. John Isner, victorious in 11 hours and 5 minutes over Nicholas Mahut at Wimbledon last week was drinking copious amounts of this super-refreshing […]
Actually no, it’s a lily, but that’s not the point. Â Quite apart from the stunning yellow bloom that aloe vera puts up to attract pollenators, it has usefulness far beyond the proliferation of its own species (unlike some mammals I know). Â Since times immemorial (1553BC to be precise), aloe has been prized for […]
Introduction to Permaculture Weekend Workshop October 2-3, Finlough Farm, Co. Roscommon Cost â¬170 (includes all homecooked vegetarian and organic meals…and scones…and tea) In association with The Hopsack Health Store Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day, give him a rod and he’ll sit on a lake and drink beer all weekend. […]
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Recently, The Irish Times reported that nutritional rickets has once again been observed by dieticians in Irish maternity and paediatric hospitals after a long respite. Rickets is a deficiency disease that manifests in childhood if vitamin D is severely lacking. In the 1600s it was known as an illness that softened and deformed bones. In […]
Doesn't sound like the best motivational productivity pep talk you've ever heard does it? But that's what permaculture is all about – learning from nature how to economise our energy input into the world around us and get the best results. And by that we don't mean downing tools on the hour every hour for […]
Today, I sit at my PC, delighted with my rapid recovery from a âflu-like virus that took hold just yesterday. Aches in every part of my body, sick tummy and headache have receded. As I reflect on what I'm using to speed the passage of this virus, I think about whether, in a yearâs time, […]