Archive for the ‘Winter Health’ Category

Fat proof festive eating: how to keep the weight off this Christmas and have your healthiest New Year ever!

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

The Christmas/New Year celebrations are here once again. The pressure to indulge in family feasts, cooked breakfasts and festive drinking is immense. If you’re not sure how you are going to make it through the festive season without stuffing yourself silly read through the following steps to help you survive the Christmas calorie attack.

You’ll see that you can still enjoy all the goodies of the season, interleaved with some sensible eating, and not put on a stone and spend the next three months regretting everything. So start your celebrations here, with 12 healthy eating tips for the Christmas season…

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Your winter energy makeover

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

The nights start to draw in; energy levels drop and with them go our good health. If this all sounds familiar you need to give yourself a winter energy makeover and add some zest back into your life by following these simple energy boosting tips:

  • Eat well: You’ve probably heard it all before but the truth is very few people who complain of being tired are eating enough good quality…

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Echinacea: A closer look at this interesting immune booster

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Plants that boost immunity are a crucial part of a medical herbalist’s treatment plan and echinacea is one of those few herbs that no herbalist would want to be without. There’s a good reason why. Increasingly, the benefits of this pretty plant, also known as Purple Coneflower, are becoming clear.

Originally, Echinacea was used by the Native American Indians. It grew on the Prairie and was used specifically for rattlesnake bites. The Indians made it clear to the Colonists that if they wanted to survive a rattlesnake bite, they should learn to identify …

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