This is a daily menu from Dr Elson Haas, a world-renowned nutritionist and detox expert. It is a very simple daily meal plan, with grains for breakfast and vegetables thereafter. If you like the idea, and can stick to it, it will certainly bring results. For the 'better butter' mixture we would recommend the new 'fresh' olive oil we have recently started stocking mixed with an organic butter and some flax oil. Elson Haas also recommends the Master Cleanse drink (I am about to post the recipe for that) and it can be a good pick-me-up and an aid to the overall detox. Continue reading →

We advise preparing over the weekend to give yourself a chance to approach the cleansing week slowly and have certain things ready in advance. For example, if you are working all week, it might be good to make some batches of soup and freeze them so you can have a healthy light meal easily. Or if you don't normally cook brown rice now is a good time to practice - rather than Monday night when you are tired and hungry! Continue reading →

Organico Bantry is now on Facebook, and during the week starting the 17th of April we will be putting up daily cleansing meal ideas and menu plans. If you would like to follow our suggestions for 3 days or the full week become a fan or look on our website. We will also give the information out instore during that week. It’s much easier to do a cleanse with a little support! Modern life tends to burden our digestive system. We eat unhealthy foods, we eat too much and we don’t give our bodies a chance to recover and flush out the toxins we ingest from our food, the environment and the alcohol we consume. 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 digestive systems need a little break. Continue reading →

Please note: if you have a medical condition you shouldn’t make any changes to your diet without first consulting your GP or health practitioner. If you are trying to eliminate Candida from your system, you have to follow a very strict diet for at least (in my experience) 2 weeks; but it really is the longer the better. You probably also have to take a number of supplements to help eliminate the yeast from your body. Please call in to the shop and discuss your supplement needs with one of our staff. Foods to Eat: All vegetables except mushrooms (though you should go easy on the spuds as they become sugar very quickly and can exacerbate a candida condition), all lean proteins including fish, chicken, lean meats (all organic preferably or at least antibiotic-free), brown bread, brown rice, eggs, lentils, peas and beans, organic natural yoghurt, cottage cheese, apples in limited amounts. Flax seed oils, all nuts and seeds, rye or spelt crackers. Continue reading →

I hadn't heard of Chia Seeds until about a month ago. My excuse is that I was out on Maternity Leave and this new 'craze' has all blown up in a very short time! However, Chia seeds have a rich history and a lot going for them so I think they are around to stay. They originate in Southern Mexico...

Organico Bantry is now stocking the full range of Helios Homeopathic kits. We have the Traveller's Kit, the Birth Kit and both the 18 and 36 Home Prescribing Kits. Helios Homeopathic Kits are very useful for both the amateur and the experienced homeopathic user. Having used the Traveller's Kit when adventuring in India over 10 years ago, the Birth kit...

Organico Bantry now stocks Lavera Skincare. Lavera is an extremely high quality natural skincare range, using only organic and naural ingredients, certified by BIDH who gaurantee purity in natural cosmetics. And yet they offer great value. We have stocked a wide range of natural skincare for over 10 years but when we looked into Lavera we felt that the value...

Digestive complaints are common and debilitating. We are bombarded with advertising for products that will help with bloating, acid, stomach aches but remember there are some very effective free remedies that will help your digestion. 1. Remember your mother’s advice – chew your food! 2. Leave time between meals for digestion. 3. Drink more water. Continue reading →