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Have you tried the new coffee craze?
Quick question - have you been in to see our new Cafe on Glengarriff Road yet? It’s all change at Organico Cafe at the moment! We are very excited about our new location. We have moved - all the way downstairs! Our new ground floor cafe is spacious and stylish and we’re very proud of it. We’re launching our new... -
Late Summer Salad of Local Courgettes, Puy Lentils and Toonsbridge Feta
Late Summer Salad of Local Courgettes, Puy Lentils and Toonsbridge Feta For the next month courgettes will be plentiful; in Organico we have a wonderful supplier locally called Kristin and her courgettes are sweet and delicious (call in on Fridays to try some!). In this salad we have paired them with Toonsbridge Feta, puy lentils, mint and basil; don’t forget... -
Wild Atlantic Way Seaweed Salad
Seaweed is so fashionable these days - it seems like everywhere you turn there is positive news coming out about new health benefits. I saw a BBC article just now which quoted seaweed as a key help in weight loss because it contains Alginate which helps the body to digest fat. The seaweed used in the study was Kelp which... -
Cardio Clinic with Erina ScSweeney
Cardio Clinic at Organico on June 13th with Erina Macsweeney If you are interested in a knowing more about your heart health, come along to our Cardio Clinic on June 13th. Erina MacSweeney is a registered nutritional therapist who has spent the last 5 years focusing her business in the area of early detection of cardiovascular disease. She operates a... -
Introducing Revive Active
We are very excited in Organico to be stocking Revive Active, an energy-giving drink which has been formulated in Galway by an Irish Company in conjunction with medical professionals. Revive Active can be taken on a daily basis to keep you on top form, but it has a lot of extra benefits; the active ingredients it contains help to maintain... -
Are you Iodine Deficient? May Article in The West Cork People. Hannah Dare
I have been curious about the talk of widespread Iodine Deficiency in Ireland and the UK for a while now, but it took a recent radio interview with Professor Mike Gibney, professor of Food and Health at UCD, to prompt me to further look into the claims that most of us are getting insufficient iodine for our needs. Professor Gibney... -
Spring Seaweed Salad
Seaweed is so fashionable these days - it seems like everywhere you turn there is positive news coming out about new health benefits. I saw a BBC article just now which quoted seaweed as a key help in weight loss because it contains Alginate which helps the body to digest fat. The seaweed used in the study was Kelp which... -
Organico Shop, Cafe and Bakery are now Fluoride Free Businesses!
Earlier this Spring, Organico Cafe in Bantry became the first cafe in Bantry to install a reverse-osmosis filter which removes all chemicals, heavy metals and bacteria from our water - including, of course, chlorine and the now infamous Fluoride. We also installed a filter in our Bakery so that all the food and beverages that we prepare are made with... -
Why it’s smarter to think about your food by Fleur Hindley of Organico
Keeping in mind the relevance of optimum brain function with this years exams approaching, our teenagers and lifelong learners may benefit from some helpful nutritional tips. With the intermittent sound bites from the media about how caffeine affects brain function and performance, we could perhaps look instead at foods which play a far more important role in how we feel... -
What’s Hot - lets take a look at Coconut Oil by Hannah Dare
Coconuts are exotic but are certainly not a new food in Europe, having been first reported by Marco Polo in 1280! However, it feels as if there is a coconut craze both in Ireland and across the world at the moment. More and more companies are developing new and exciting coconut products, for example there is a new Irish made...