If you have high blood pressure but have not been put on medication then it might be worthwhile trying a glass of beetroot juice a day, says a study completed earlier this year by researchers in the UK. The study was funded by the British Heart Foundation and was published by the American journal Hypertension. The participants, who drank a...

Musings on juicing! Carrots don't yield much juice but it tastes great and if you mix one carrot with half an apple and juice them most kids will drink it and enjoy it Beetroot are pretty strong; personally I love the flavour but it can be a bit 'earthy' for some people. One small beetroot packs quite a punch. You...

As those of you who read The West Cork People will know I am back on track with daily juicing at the moment and loving it. I don't really follow recipes as such, which sometimes backfires - I'm not sure this mornings concoction of cabbage, celery, kale, apple, pear, green beans, mange tout, green grapes and lime was all that...

What an amazing summer we are having! At the time I am writing this we are looking at another lovely week of sunshine. Such a treat. It is important though that we remember to look after our skin this summer - during hot weather like this our skin can easily be neglected. Here are a few tips for easy natural...

Fresh sprouts are some of the most nutritious, tastiest and cheapest foods on the planet. They contain vitamins, minerals, protein, enzymes...and all in an incredibly easy to digest form. In fact, because of all the enzymes, eating sprouts is actually beneficial to our digestion. And amazingly, they grow without any soil, fertiliser or even sunlight - just a jar or...

When I was a child, my parents always drank coffee on Sundays. They would make it almost ceremoniously, take it to the conservatory, and sit and enjoy it while reading the Sunday papers. This wasn’t a grab it and go take away as you raced around the supermarket. This was an enjoyable break from the routine of housework and farm-work...

1. They put WHAT in the dough? Sometimes we are, quite literally, what we eat! Human hair has been on our menus for quite some time although few of us knew it and we certainly won't see it listed on ingredients labels. In organico, we recently received an organic pastry product and were intrigued to read on the label ‘Does...

Modern living can easily burden our whole system. We eat unhealthy foods, we drink unhealthy drinks and we don’t give our bodies a chance to recover and flush out the toxins we ingest. Traditionally many cultures had fasts built into the year, like Lent or Ramadan. Unfortunately the tradition of fasting has waned in Ireland and this means that our...

Where I live we are lucky to have our own supply of water that comes from a mountain spring. We have a wealth of water in ireland, and we often forget just how lucky we are. However questions on the topic of the mandatory fluoridation of our public water supply have raised a spectre of suspicion and fear over the...

I love water. It is my favorite drink. It’s my 3 year old daughters favorite drink. As we all know, drinking water is good for our health – isn't it? But what if the water we are drinking contains a chemical is actually damaging our health and contributing to our excessively high rates of certain cancers, of neurological diseases, of...