health
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To jab or not to jab – What’s the secret to healthy, long-term weight management?
In a marketplace that can sell you ‘get thin quick’ pharmaceutical injections that require little or no effort on the part of the consumer, where is the incentive to make the slow progression towards a healthy weight achieved by naturopathic,… Continue reading
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Why slow cooked stews are the shizz!
Or curries, or pot roasts, or… If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you’ll know that I have more than a passing fancy for my slow cooker. It sits there on my work top, bubbling and hissing away,… Continue reading
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Musings on the Changing of the Seasons
Well, autumn (fall) has come around again and, as much as I love the long balmy evenings of the summer, I am ready to embrace the cooler climes, darker nights and riot of reds, orange and gold that go with… Continue reading
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Going gluten-free: How I cut out gluten and reintroduced it (hoorah)!
My partner has been gluten-intolerant for a couple of decades. He cited some savage antibiotic courses when he had that pesky stomach bacteria H Pylori. Since then, despite taking probiotics, he has never been the same. He is also reluctant… Continue reading
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Bounteous blackberries and plump cherry plums: A foraging summer walk
I confess, I am nursing a horrible head cold right now. Yesterday was the first time I walked any distance in a few days – along the canal towpath near my house. There I saw an abundance, a riot, an… Continue reading
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To sleep, perchance to dream…
Hot nights and a lot of daylight means sleep is proving elusive right now, as it has done frequently throughout my life. There’s not much I don’t know about sleep hygiene but I don’t always practise it, even though the… Continue reading
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Oily fish and how to get them into your diet
I’ve just got back from a week’s holiday in Greece, and one of the BIG highlights was the food. I think I ate oily fish most days! As a Nutritional Therapist, it’s one of my chief considerations when analysing a… Continue reading
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Feed the body, feed the soul
As a Naturopathic Nutritional Therapist, I am always looking at the whole person to get as complete a picture as possible with regards to health and wellness. Of course, what you eat is important, but where you eat, how you… Continue reading
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Vitamin C: A deep(ish) dive into the reason the English were called ‘limeys’ and what we have in common with guinea pigs
Most people know that if you don’t get enough vitamin C, you get scurvy (major sign: bleeding from everywhere) but did you know that the Americans called English people ‘limeys’ because of the habit of carrying limes (and other citrus)… Continue reading
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Addiction to little black boxes: how it impacts your brain, mood, and health—and what to do about it
Irony alert: You will be reading this, no doubt, on a little black, or slightly larger black, or possibly grey or silver or white box. Don’t feel bad. This might just be the most important thing you read online all… Continue reading
Jo Priest - Natural Nutrition 