Category: Blog
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Simple healthy snack
I often get asked by friends & clients alike, what is a good healthy snack to help with sugar cravings? 1 date and some nuts, is my personal choice, this for me has replaced my snacking on chocolates, biscuits and so on. With plenty of potassium & natural sugars in dates, its guilt free, as…
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Spa day
Once a month or so, a friend and I treat ourselves to a spa day, its our down time/me time, without a care in the world, and certainly no guilt, we work hard, so well deserve it and have certainly earned it. My family endorse it, as they know if I’m happy and relaxed, I’ll…
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Thyroid Health
Did you know that your morning routine could be triggering your Thyroid disease?? Your toothpaste, the water you drink, the make up you use, the soap on your face and more, all could be triggers!! why?? Because of Toxins, the world we live in now is toxin loaded, we’re bombarded everyday by toxic chemicals, and…
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Juicers
I constantly get asked to recommend a sturdy Juicer brand, well if I had to choose one gadget in my kitchen that I can’t do without, it would seriously be my Juicer, what a better way to get an intense shot of nutrients, than with a freshly squeezed cucumber, celery and apple Juice, thats just…
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How to cut Alcohol cravings
After the excesses of the festive holidays, many people’s New Year’s resolution is to reduce their alcohol consumption. We know that alcohol is one of the biggest risk factors for developing conditions such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. It even affects the basic way our brain functions. So what makes us drink it? The reason…
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Egyptian Wives abroad continued…
July 2004 Moving on The next few weeks were a continuation of challenges, one after the other, it felt like a very long nightmare,from the challenge of getting a UK driving liscence (didn’t matter if you have been driving for 20 years in Egypt) to completing my residence paperwork, which entailed taking an exam for the…
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Egyptian wives abroad
This is a blog from the real world of Egyptian wives and mothers living abroad, trying hard to make it in the real world outside Egypt, without the support of maids, drivers, networking, doing it all alone like most western, modern women, who work, cook, clean, bring up children…etc… May 2004 The day I decided…
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“All disease begins in the gut” – Hippocrates
Medicine is definitely an Art, its a science but its also an Art that comes with experience. Nutrition is not a perfect science. Nobody holds the universal truth in this field. Keep researching until you find your answers. Recent research doesn’t necessarily mean better research, keep investigating. ‘Said a wise man’
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Visit to Zimbabwe
Truly one of the highlights of my life, was visiting the beautiful African country of Zimbabwe, with such kind, lovely people, walking with Rhinos at dawn was particularly invigorating for me. Whenever I visit a new country, I’m usually intrigued about their staple diet, and how it impacts their health, in this case Zimbabweans eat…